Ukraine Eurovision Reaction on ALL SONGS of VIDBIR 2025 | Eurovision 2025 Ukraine

[@archie-runs]

It’s fascinating how different opinions on music can be 😅 I didn’t like wildcard songs at all (only enjoyed 2 of them) But I think that the finalists’ level is amazing. Love 7 of them and will be happy with any of those if they deliver live tbh

[@iraa8043]

Agree with you on all the points.

[@Radionsobolev]

Same here

[@solarsystemtoday]

Suspilne listened to 20 songs. They focus on live performances, on how the artists perform on stage. That’s the most important thing. Almost all Wildcard participants performed worse live, even if they might have had better songs.

[@JanBors]

if songs already need revamps, something went wrong... the issue is, last 10 years, those selections were outstanding. This year, not a case. I am sad honestly, as i am a big fan.

[@1nataliia2]

​​@@JanBors а мені подобаються деякі з цих пісень прямо дуже дуже. Буду голосувати за того хто сподобався мені ,не дивлячись на думку інших євро фанів. Не важливо яке місце буде. Фольклор дуже набрид мені ,хоча пісня Фіїнки мені дійсно подобається. З пісень які не потрапили у фінал мені подобалася тільки Фіїнка та ще Монфіа( monfia) і все . Залежить від живого виступу . Але скоріше за все це буде Циферблат або Фіїнка , можливо Маша Кондратенко. А євро фани ,якщо хочуть почути нашу folc можуть слухати будь-коли у нас повно гуртів та виконавців які постійно працюють в цьому жанрі, ласкаво просимо😊. Мені подобається, що в цьому році у фіналі folc менше ,а те що є представлене не звично навіть для України ,як от циферблат.

[@olehpolo]

Yeah, I understand your opinion, but I think any song that wins, will have a revamp. Because these are young singers, they need the experience of professionals, so there is a chance that after the national selection, the winner will improve their song

[@JanBors]

@@olehpolo again, if there is a need of revamp at this stage, something is wrong already... but lets see performances first, this is audio only opinion

[@earhin_eraendhir]

12:18 "maybe they're ultra famous" - nope, they aren't. It's a jam band, a group of people occasionally befriended each other when they met in Kyiv after the start of Russian invasion. Some of them are street musicians I believe. Most of Ukrainians haven't heard of them before our national selection at the end of 2024. I think this song was chosen for finals for the diversity sake. It's a really nice song, I feel its vibes - but I agree it's not so powerful like some songs from the wildcard. 24:58 This band got explosive popularity after the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. If I'm correct, there are 3 songs by DK Energetyk in it. And... well, the band took its name from the "club" in Pripyat (Dim Kultury "Energetyk" on Kurchatov street, 10). Their music is giving the vibes of post-nuclear Chornobyl. It's a sound that many of us feel for now. So that's the case when "they're ultra famous" stands up a bit. And that may be the reason they're in the final selection. Oh, and your theory... gorgeous! Thank you for it! IMO Yagody should have been selected to the finals as well as Fiyinka. And Mon Fia, and Muayad, and Slukhay Sashu. And if it was done so, there would be just Ziferblat, Khayat and DK Energetic to be contenders for them. I think the list of actual finalists is more wide in terms of genres - but less powerful for ESC. Actually it's a problem. Ukraine doesn't have any other big platform for the beginning artists to get the audience. So the main purpose of Vidbir slowly shifted from choosing the best song for ESC to presenting the upcoming stars to the listeners. It's more internal than external purpose.

[@JanBors]

@@earhin_eraendhir haha! so I was not far feeling terminator vibes 😂🙏

[@AJKoval]

That is fair reaction. Thanks for honesty, but once again staging will elevate any song that we are going to send, honestly. Zifferblat will hit hard if staging will be done on the same level as we always do. Trust the process 😂

[@JanBors]

@@AJKoval lets hope :)

[@annVKh]

I have opposite impression. Wildcard selection was boring and there were mostly no message, no experiment. I feel like final is the strongest in years

[@JanBors]

@@annVKh thats fair :)

[@1nataliia2]

Повірте Євробачення це найменше що зараз хвилює українців навіть артистів. Тому мені реально байдуже чи вам чи комусь подобається наш відбір. Тому не хвилюйтеся думаю ніхто не буде вас ненавидіти😊.Добре що в цей час у артистів є хочаб цей майданчик щоб їх хтось почув і вони знайшли свою аудиторію. Це вде добре.

[@JanBors]

I know you have completely different things to think. Already 10 years :/ And during all periods this is a huge competition full of outstanding quality. So something must have changed suddenly.

[@Nomenklator128]

@@JanBors Ви також маєте знати що ми боремося за нашу українську мову, тому нам важливо щоб частина пісні була українською.

[@denkwai]

Lol are you serious? Wildcard songs were so goddamn boring and unmemorable besides a couple of exceptions. Ukrainians might not want to be defined by exclusively sopilka, drymba, bandura and white voice singing (even if we're very proud of all those folk elements). There's so much more than Ukrainian music can offer to the world. Ziferblat, for example, embodies the tradition of Ukrainian music of 70s, modernizing and bringing some glam to it.

[@JanBors]

its cool by me, let Ukraine select whatever Ukraina wants. I am just commenting that I dont like the selection as wildcard one and also past editions. Bar was set very high.

[@Liydmyla]

Не вибачайся, в мене така сама реакція. 😊 Дякую за чесний огляд)

[@TAKE_EAM]

As a Ukrainian, I will say that I am very pleased with our selection, but I clearly single out 3 favorites for myself 1) Ziferblat 2) Molodi 3) Abie

[@ДашаМаляр]

ZIFERBLAT are winners 🤍

[@777-vz6id]

FIINKA 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊👍😊👍😊🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Uaspacegirl]

Thank you for your reaction, what can I say, it's absolutely normal when a song doesn't work for you the first time. But in May in Basel, I will definitely have someone to vote for 🤞 Over the years of watching the Ukrainian vidbir, as a Ukrainian, I can tell you exactly what we look for: - The meaning of the song, remember last year's song by Melovin "dreamlover", for which people didnt vote, - the language, ukrainian mova must be in the lyrics, if the lyrics are in english, there will be a lot of hate, so bilingual is better. - most of the contestants want to raise their 💰 for the performance and sell tickets to their concerts, so not all participants want to go to Eurovision. - We are all big critics and when there are a lot of backing vocals, there will be a lot of hate 😅 But this makes us successful in production and because we love Eurovision very much, because it is a great opportunity to show our country - rich culture and people.

[@JanBors]

Yes, surely, I was commenting on music, not this essential principle. On the one hand you have artists who need a promo, on the other hand you have TV who should find a way how to get the best songs from the best possible artists (not necessary the most famous, but the ones with the international ambitions and appeal). I know and I am glad that Ukraine takes Eurovision as a serious project. But still, It feels like absolutely different selection than previous years. Like big shift on what kind of music is going in.

[@Uaspacegirl]

@JanBors Yes, I understand that you are making a reaction to the music, not a personal assessment 🎶🥹 I like that artists are not afraid to offer their own format, their own sound and uniqueness and prove why it should be heard and known. All of us in the comments on the Suspilne channel note how many strong performers there are this year and no obvious losers. The selection is different, you are right, perhaps because of the taste of this year's producer Tina Karol (Eurovision 2006). For me, everything will be decided during the live performance

[@1nataliia2]

Класний огляд . Люблю чесність. Не люблю коли кажуть вау ,а очі пусті без справжніх емоцій. Тому від мене не ненавість як ви думали ,а підписка❤.

[@JanBors]

❤️🙏

[@1nataliia2]

Прикро що вас україна не змогла порадувати.😊 Але для мене як українки я знайшла декілька нових пісень та навіть виконавців яких я не чула а тепер буду слухати . Як от Молоді , полюбила їх. Циферблат також та Абіє. Цікаві артисти, я про них не чула .

[@JanBors]

yes, its pity this time, normally I always find some very cool ones including amazing songs trying to represent the country, that its even hard to choose a personal favorite as like 3-5 songd can slide into top10 easily. This year I dont see this. But what not, as you say, some new artists, thats fine :)

[@1nataliia2]

​@@JanBorsтак. Дякую за огляд ❤

[@zubra4143]

Harsh opinion,but I respect it...anyway,there will be revamp for winning song, I'm 99% sure,and we'll again make it to top-5-6)

[@JanBors]

its not harsh, its honest

[@gmr6898]

I don't think there is an 5-6th placement entry in this lineup but if the level this year is poor maybe Ukraine can sneak into that places like in 2023.

[@olgas7178]

I dont see a winner in any of this songs, (im from Ukraine)

[@natastudyN]

Such a grumpy reaction! Vidbir has two goals: to select the contender for Eurovision and to expose interesting promising new artists to the national audience. That is why there is always a lot of originality, experimentation, and a very wide variety of genres including ones that don't usually get sent to Eurovision. The meaning of the lyrics is important for Ukrainians, although it isn't for you. Adding English gives an international audience an idea of the song. It's strange that you feel more comfortable not understanding anything than understanding part of it. You have a very specific taste because you reject everything but "Kultura".

[@JanBors]

music does not need translation, you feel it or you dont, I feel Kultura from musical and quality levels as it has it. In past apprx. 10 years quality of Vidbir never was so low, thats the bar Ukraine set itself.. Sorry. You can have opposite opinion, I am fine with it. Its fine.

[@adriana_rayer]

Music taste is subjective, so you're entitled to your own opinion and it's okay. But you have even a problem with them switching between two languages, which mind you Teresa and Maria had too, and we remember it ended up #3. Many countries do the same. So at this point, I can't help but start thinking that you just hate for the sake of hating or...were just hungry and not in the mood. Have a snack or a drink before reacting to anything. A friendly sujestion 😁

[@JanBors]

thats why existing full reactions video - yi mind it when its not done logically. Maria Teresa did it seemlessly, here it feel forced. Imagining that Masha for example is not even very well english speakibg person, it simply has no logics and you can feel it in those songs

[@1nataliia2]

​​@@JanBors в Тереза Марія дівчата теж погано англійською розмовляють😅просто дуже мало слів ,крім репу . Але я з вами згодна що треба робити однією мовою мені так теж подобається.

[@Radionsobolev]

I don’t like switching the languages too. It confuses the listener more than it gives to understanding the song. And I don’t think the Eurovision crowd really needs to understand the lyrics. You can transmit everything you want by your emotions and staging, and whoever wants they will come and read the translation of the lyrics or watch you on press conference where you’ll speak about your song. I don’t have a problem connecting to, let’s say, French performances which are usually at French and I don’t understand a word. They don’t play at this “half French, half English” thing, and it still works. Barbara Pravi’s performance is a great example. But speaking of the overall reaction I also felt like @JanBors wasn’t in the mood or something. But I guess it’s a preferences issue. As I didn’t like the wild-card songs at all, opposite to Jan and I love almost each song from the final selection.

[@adriana_rayer]

I also prefer Ukrainian language, instead of English. I like it when countries sing in their own native language,show their culture, instead of generic english songs. And what I know for sure is that so many of these songs are stage oriented. So let's wait for the 8th of February and see how they perform on stage. I trust our professional enough to create a masterpiece. Plus, they can always revamp those songs a bit more. Most of these singers are young and do everything themselves. They'll get proper help when it comes to Eurovision 😊

[@adriana_rayer]

​@@Radionsobolev Yes, I prefer native language too. This is the point of Eurovision - to show your culture and language. But again, I see so many reactors say: oh, I don't understand the lyrics I don't know how to sing along 😅 Though nobody had a problem singing along with Go_a, right? What fascinates me is that all of the reactions I've seen so far have a completely different favorite song. Like completely. And I agree with you, I liked 2 songs in the wild card selection and I personally don't feel that the wild card list was better than those 10 final ones. And yeah, the reactor was definitely not in the mood. It's okay to be honest, absolutely. But I personally feel like it's the strongest vidbir. Because I really don't know who's going to win this one. All the previous years we had 2-3 clear favorites and the others were filling the number 😅

[@yaroslavblendonohy8754]

Sweden and other countries sound always the same with typical pop songs each year. But Ukraine should always be special with nice songs and show something unreal. We're so tired to prove something to everybody each year.

[@JanBors]

again - I am not comparing Ukraine at this moment with other countries. This is not neccessary as it always deliver its own quality and its a top quality all the time, unless this year selection. In compare to previous years, I feel its a solid downgrade. Its also not about proving and it is - Eurovision is a competition, so you need to prove something if you want to succeed. If the goal is just to take part, fine, but I cannot low down standards mine and also standards which Ukraine set to itself. Professional life is always about proving, thats why its dynamics is huge and cruel

[@STFN-q6m]

I like Fiinka too

[@nataliahennessy]

MOLODI are the best. they are from Mariupol city on Azov sea which is currently under occupation since 2022

[@julia_sk_happy]

Влад Шериф ❤❤❤

[@serialssilvermoon]

Abiye 💘

[@mr_zannettos6780]

Yup, this is an unexpectedly weak Vidbir. I was surprised too.

[@maechka]

Так і є, у нас, українців, такі ж самі відчуття як і у тебе.

[@borutpetrovic7203]

You didn't miss anything. There's simply nothing grabbing or truly magical in these songs. They left me bored. Let Kultura win! The only song I love.

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

Even if you cried with the Ukrainians, who are suffering terribly from the Russian genocide, I would think the song hit the heart.

[@АнтонінаЧерпак]

Better songs were in wild card selection. You are absolutely right. These are boring. So Ukraine will not win Eurovision this year.

[@ІринаМілошевська]

Who cares? Don’t you think we have much worse problems than not winning or getting to the final of the ESC?

[@adriana_rayer]

Who said anything about winning? What for? We can't even host Eurovision in Ukraine. So what's the point?

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

​​@@ІринаМілошевськаSome residents of prosperous countries are incapable of sympathy for Ukrainians and a realistic assessment of the situation. And they naively hope that when the Russians destroy the Ukrainians, peace will finally reign, and everything will be as before for them. They do not realize that the old world order has been destroyed forever in favor of the Russian Empire. "The only goal and the very way of existence of any empire is its constant expansion in space and time" (the law of dialectics). EU countries capitulate very quickly. For Ukraine, any participation in any international cultural, artistic, and sports events is important, because it is an opportunity to raise the spirit and mood of its people and prove to the world that Ukraine has not died yet, that the Ukrainian nation continues to fight for its existence, and to remind the world of the values ​​of democracy and human civilization, of the supremacy of international law, of human dignity, of humanity.

[@1nataliia2]

А воно нам обов'язково комусь щось доводити та завжди перемагати в цьому конкурсі ? Головне у війні перемогти а Євробачення то дрібниці . Я буду голосувати за те що мені подобається а не більшості, так як за інші країни голосую.

[@rozen-1]

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