🇺🇦 Vidbir REACTION All Songs | Ukraine🇺🇦 | Eurovision 2025

[@lyalyalya2]

Interesting to see that Europeans are somehow dissapointed, while Ukrainians are really proud of their selection for once. Foreigners have some weird expectations, as if Ukraine should send Dua Lipa or Billie Eilish to the contest lol Also funny, how Europeans hated on GoA when they were selected by Ukrainians in 2020 and then suddenly in a year those same Europeans were questioning every entry, which did not sound like GoA. Ziferblat, Abiie, Fiinka, Masha are really great choices IMO, better then most other national selections.

[@1nataliia2]

Цілком погоджуюсь . Але обирати нам . Я буду голосувати за того хто подобається мені а не комусь там. Доречі, за Немо,пам'ятаю, теж було багато тих кому не сподобалося ,а потім коли він виступив і його пісню слухали декілька разів уже ставлення мінялося . І ще мені дивно, що від України завжди чекають фольклору на конкурсі ,якщо він вам так подобається то приходьте та слухайте наших виконавців поза конкурсом ,ласкаво просимо ,у нас не мало таких артистів. Та, може я когось із євро фанів здивую, українці слухають не тільки таку музику😅. У нас є і інші жанри і артисти які в них працюють не менш талановиті.

[@myrawatters1036]

I will admit, I was a GoA convert. Staging elevated it and now I love it. Also, we’re not understanding the lyrics, so I’m sure Ukrainians have more appreciation for meaningful lyrics.

[@Glory_To_Ukraine135]

Іноді мені здається, що європейцями просто хочеться обicpaти наш відбір незалежно від якості пісень. + вони чомусь дійсно після GoA очікують від нас лише якоїсь шароварщини, а не сучасних пісень (хоча у нас відбори дійсно набагато якісніші, ніж у більшості країн разом узятих)

[@craigpacker7171]

I didn't care for Shum at all until they revamped it. And it became a completely different entry. It remains my favorite Eurovision entry of all time. So I wouldn't count anyone out at this point. But I am fully on Team Fiinka the moment. That said, I never fall on swords for studio tracks. I need to see it live. I think it has tremendous potential.

[@FeeESC]

No one expects Dua or Billie to come out for Ukraine lmao idk where u got that from. Ukraine is best when sing in Ukrainian

[@voodoochild4839]

This year’s Vidbir, unlike many selections from previous years, truly represents the current music scene and messages that resonate with Ukrainians today. I don`t think, that we are focused on winning the contest for now, so the goal is to send a song that expresses our feelings and one that we as a nation can all collectively vibe to😄😊❤️ Love from 🇺🇦

[@shatelei]

+++

[@ygnik]

yep, that

[@d1sarmon1a]

I think it’s a lovely selection of songs, actually. I think people at this point just want to see Ukraine fail tbh, like every year we get this “oh there are no strong contenders maybe first nq” and then the final product at ESC is amazing. We need to see the performances. I think there are several songs that can do great with strong staging.

[@ESCTom]

this is a very unfair comment, every single other Vidbir video i have ever done has been very positive

[@d1sarmon1a]

@ Oh I actually am talking about comments and the general western attitude towards these songs more than about your video in particular, but I have to say it is still unfair to hold Ukraine, ESPECIALLY all things considered, to a higher standard than everyone else. And it literally is exactly what's happening, unless we bring some undeniable masterpiece it's suddenly not good enough, though in most national selections half of these would be a miracle.

[@adriana_rayer]

@@d1sarmon1a Amen to that, girl! I absolutely love the selection this year. And wasterns reaction bewilders me. Have no idea what they expect anymore 😅 I think same story with Sweden . Because I remember their song in 2021, loved it so much, have it in my playlist. But it flopped hard on Eurovision, while much worse songs got better points. While Sweden 2024? Totally generic, unoriginal song got in top 10... somehow 😅

[@marietg8025]

@@d1sarmon1a who is tipped to win, do you know? My Ukrainian friends aren't at all interested in Eurovision. I'm hoping Khayat gets it, personally. Love the song, just needs a little tuning up

[@d1sarmon1a]

@@marietg8025 I don’t think Khayat has a chance with this song, unless they do something unbelievable in terms of performance and staging. He is a great artist, but IMHO he made the same mistake again - abandoned his authentic unique style to sing generic english lyrics. the Ukrainian part of the song is great, but I’m not a fan of the English parts. I am predicting Ziferblat to take it, I think Masha or Fiinka might have a chance too, but realistically it all heavily depends on what happens live. We had unexpected results before, Go_A being one of them. And nobody this year is anywhere near as big as Jerry and Alyona to just pull televote based on popularity. Plus I think Ziferblat is verh likely to pull the jury win. + they are actually known for being great live.

[@Uaspacegirl]

Molodi is a duet of guys from the seaside city of Mariupol, the city was destroyed by the russians, and the guys are very lyrical, sweet and melancholy about “their sea”, we all miss for every city that was home to thousands of Ukrainians, the lyrics in ukrainian mova are beautiful: No matter how many new worlds I see In my heart there is always Only my sea And though it is stirred again by foreign winds You can't take my sea away from me

[@1nataliia2]

😢. Досі серце болить за Маріуполь. Коли вони співають я плачу. Хоча я не з Маріуполя сама але ж це наше рідне і скільки наших людей там постраждало .ой це неможливо знов плачу😢.

[@Uaspacegirl]

ziferblat - there are two twin brothers in the band, last year's song was written by one brother (the lead singer), this year's song was written by the other brother (the guitarist), in one interview they joked about the competition to see whose song would be better. We really like them because they are not afraid to show a song that is not a classic Eurovision format. I think this is a strong point of all the participants in the vidbir - to dictate trends for the other countries 🎉

[@PonchoSaGo]

@@Uaspacegirl and I think if they go, people wont support them, because eurovision fans are always looking the same type of folk song from Ukraine

[@Uaspacegirl]

@PonchoSaGo fiinka,masha and khayat have a larger sudience than the boys, So I dont know who will win to be honest. But I think folk isnt the only strong point of our ukrainian participants 😈🥹🎶

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

Вони не близнюки, а двійнята. Вони народилися з різних яйцеклітин, просто в один і той же день, тому вони такі різні.

[@annVKh]

Ok at this point it’s so entertaining to watch reactions of westerners. They totally don’t get the messages behind and the emotions singers were trying to convey. I got goosbumps and I was crying over some songs. Especially over my sea, because I might never see relatives I have on occupied territory, I might never see Azov sea. Just shows how distant people are in Western Europe from the horrors that are happening in Ukraine each day.

[@elvinam888]

Well obviously we are distant from there in Western Europe, isn't that kind of obvious?! You can hardly blame people for not being in war! What's the point in comment like that?

[@romchykk3]

Україна роками розбещувала Європу унікальними піснями, тому в них високі очікування. Пісня Molodi - my sea також викликають емоції в мене і є в моєму топ-3, але для більшості іноземців ця пісня 'nothing special' вони не розуміють про що пісня. Хлопцям треба її трохи доповнити, переробити, бо у теперішньому варіанті вона більше для українців, а не для Євробачення

[@annVKh]

@@romchykk3 та вони кожного року кажуть або нічого особливого, або те що пісня не зайде . До Go A ніхто і не просив українську мову чи фольк, зараз вони нічого окрім сопілки не хочуть чути😏

[@AmaanStorm]

​@@annVKhUkraine have sent some amazingly incredible songs over the years. For me at one point they were my favourite Eurovision country. From Ruslana to Verka Serduchka, Go-A and my favourite ever Ukrainian song 'Shady Lady'. I have loved the strong back-catalogue of Ukranian entries. I just didn't really care for the songs of the last two years, although they were of quality and we're staged amazingly. I dont expect anything from Ukraine but quality now.

[@polinaporechna2008]

@elvinam888 why are you so outraged by the person pointing out that you don't get the messages in songs?

[@zebrother]

My absolute favorite out of the 10 is Ziferblat. I already really liked their song last year (although not as much as the one that actually won), but their new one is even stronger and it is currently my favorite song from the entire Eurovision season. The song is unique and will definitely stand out and I also expect this to work very well on the Eurovision stage, especially with how great Ukraine's staging is every year. And they had great staging at last year's Vidbir already. I personally like how atmospheric the song is, but it is definitely a little risky. If they pick Ziferblat, Ukraine's likely to be my favorite again after last year My second favorite is DK Enerhetyk, but I know that they have basically zero chance of actually winning Vidbir. But I still appreciate that this genre (I think the song is Post-Punk) is represented at all. Some people would really like the song, but I feel like it is way to niche.

[@maxkrayniy7379]

well, we think it’s one of our strongest Vidbirs 🤷‍♂️ there’s so much context, metaphor and creativity behind most of them.

[@oksanakominko1494]

@@maxkrayniy7379 agree

[@Cringer77]

I think the reason why some weaker participants, like Future Culture, (who really have a small chance of success at Eurovision), got into the shortlist, while Fiinka (definitely a stronger choice) didn't, is next one. Over the years, Vidbir became in Ukraine more than just a way to choose a representative at Eurovision. Vidbir now is the only show where new unknown artists can get an audience of millions of people and become much more popular. So, producers try to put in the shortlist participants that can show to the public and to the world the most variety of our music. To show that we can have promising artists not just in "new folk", but in other genres too. Fiinka's song has similarities in genre with Abiє and maybe even with Masha and Ziferblat (all of them have folk elements), while Future Culture is the only soul-like band, which makes them unique in contrast, and I think that is the main reason why they were chosen. This mindset worries me a bit because now the goal of Vidbir is to not only choose the most competitive song but also to give new artists a chance to shine, even if they are of the mediocre quality.

[@florenna]

"Vidbir became in Ukraine more than just a way to choose a representative at Eurovision" - Interesting, as that's just like UMK in Finland now, it's the biggest domestic music show and nearly all entries become domestic chart hits. (And it also explains why not all songs competing are always to "international" taste, though this year most seem to be.) :)

[@1nataliia2]

Ні ,якраз якість у всіх пісень хороша .якщо комусь не подобається справа не у якості а у смаку, от і все. Наш відбір і досі один з найкращих. І це чудово що обирають різноманітних артистів .

[@oltomm]

My favorite is DK because I love this genre of music and would love to see it at Eurovision once. Is it actually a good fit for the contest though? Eh...

[@mio.vision]

Yes. For me "Sil" is excellent music, poetry, and art.

[@akimg145]

Thank you for reviewing the Ukrainian national selection. You do an excellent job evaluating the songs with your own taste and perspective. I appreciate your honesty for many years!

[@archie-runs]

I’m usually not the biggest fan of the songs we send to Eurovision and Vidbir lineups in general. But this year I’m so hyped about the songs and feel strong connection to them for once… only to see that people are disappointed 😅 Masha, Ziferblat, Abiie. Obsessed Everyone has a unique story and sings about relatable issues (only 2 songs didn’t really touch me) I don’t know what people expect from our selection but I think this year is a great showcase of Ukrainian music. So much diversity, talent and soul

[@ESCTom]

Well actually It kind of makes sense if you think about it though

[@zlahoda]

Exactly, the reactions are usually the other way around with Ukrainian and foreign Eurovision fans (at least for the previous few years), but this time our contestants got more positive responses from Ukrainians, ironically, lol

[@maryn.borysiuk]

@@archie-runs same here))

[@tomyam211]

Ooo I found this quite interesting (I'm neither Ukrainian nor from any part of Europe 😅). This sounds a bit like Benidorm Fest situation, not focusing on what does well in Eurovision, but instead focusing on what the people from your own country would love and be proud of. I'm okay with it if this is the direction for Ukraine this time around.

[@romchykk3]

@@zlahoda Foreign eurovision fans has high expectation of Ukraine, they were spoiled for years

[@oluniaaliakina5763]

I like Masha Kondratenko because her song has a vibe like watching an exciting movie - a thriller or a western. I also like Khayat, but only if he will wild dance during his performance. And I like Ziferblat too; even though the song is a bit complex, it's still cool.

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

This year, Ukraine does not have a song that can claim a high place in the ESC entertainment competition. Ukrainians have been living in another world for three years - in hell, without electricity, heat, water, under massive rocket and bomb attacks. They are methodically destroyed daily by the Russians. They are waging a heroic struggle for the survival of their nation with an incomparably larger and more powerful aggressor - the Russian Empire. Therefore, Ukrainians do not write entertaining songs, their songs are full of pain, grief, suffering, tears, despair, faith, hope, because this is what the Ukrainian people live with today. Therefore, I will give my vote for the song by the ZIFERBLAT group. Their song is an exquisite aesthetic, a special charm, a wonderful taste, it is Ukrainian ethnicity, depicted in the musical colors of The Beatles, Queen, and Ocean Elzy. It leaves a pleasant, long aftertaste... This is undoubtedly a wonderful gift for music connoisseurs, who, as we know, are very few among the ESC audience 😁. At least there will be no shame in this song, because it is art in its purest form.

[@xschnitzelx6641]

Honestly I enjoyed this NF as a whole. Favourites for me are Masha Kondratenko, Ziferblat and Abiie (I know the song might be a little underwhelming on first listen but I love the ideas and the progression throughout the track). DK Enerhetyk is pretty cool as well, not what I would send for Eurovision but glad to see some post-punk in a selection.

[@1nataliia2]

Повірте у нас ніхто нікого не змушує йти на нац відбір . Багато молодих хочуть тут примати участь так як у зв'язку з війною це єдиний майданчик де артисти можуть прорекламувати себе. Тому навіть потрапити навіть у лонглист вже досягнення для артиста особливо молодого.

[@daphnaval]

I think Fiinka was a wild card choice because Tina Karol selected contestants not only because of the song itself, but live performance also, and Fiinka told in interview that Tina advised her to work on some things. While Abiie, for instance, was the strongest singing live.

[@omegothic]

meanwhile we ukrainians think this is the best national selection in years... i am so obsessed with bird of pray, i usually don't care for our songs, i disliked teresa & maria, i was very underwhelmed with heart of steel, basically i didn't particularly care for any of our recent songs except for shum and 1944. but bird of pray... it's already my personal winner this year. i can listen to this song again and again and not get bored. really sad that nobody outside of ukraine seems to share the same feelings. all i see is people cheering because they think we won't qualify.

[@kaiknlast]

i LOVE DK Enerhetyk, my taste skews quite alternative so this is right up my alley. also massively enjoy Masha and Ziferblat, those are more likely to go to Eurovision. but i just love finding new artists through the national final season

[@mio.vision]

I hear you. This is how I find new music, and DK Energetyk's songs are the perfect mood for how I feel about 2025.

[@timster_]

Honor is an absolutely infuriating song because EVERYTHING is great and then the beat drops and it’s a real letdown!! Idk. My favorite is Bird of Pray here but if No Time to Cry wins I will root for it too. Honor maybe if he has a great stage performance

[@me0here0me0there]

This year's Vidbir is supervised by Tina Karol, and she has high requirements for live performance/vocals, so even more exciting songs from the wild card were probably moved there because of failing these requirements (I think Fiinka said in an interview she herself wasn't very happy with her own performance of Kultura, running out of breath, so she'll make tweaks to her Vidbir performance).

[@mio.vision]

That makes sense.

[@lachysims6327]

Vidbir 2020 was so damn strong, I warmed massively to GoA in the end once they won but yeahhhh was definitely pulling for Khayat, Call for love is a masterpiece

[@annakobuk3618]

This year I decided to go full hipster in as many NFs as possible and hardly like anything too pop adjacent. Lol, noooo... but jokes apart... Ziferblat and DK Elektryk just represent some of the music genres I listen to apart from ESC. However..., Vidbir is still very interesting overall

[@oksanakominko1494]

Thanks for your reaction! I love this Vidbir and I’m very proud of our artists. I’m sure that the final performance will be really cool at Eurovision Hugs from Ukraine💛

[@ESCTom]

❤️

[@_Forest_elf_]

Ziferblat ❤

[@zwelfbungt]

Ziferblat or DK Energetyk for me. Let's bring some ukrainian indierock to Eurovision!

[@lr2550]

And about DK Enerhetyk - they are rather niche but I think they were picked because they became popular among gamers after Stalker 2 came out. Well, at least I can't think of another reason to pick them for ESC particularly (not that they are bad).

[@mio.vision]

I've been on a journey this week listening to all of DK Energetyk's music. "Sil" is poetry, powerful lyrics, and for me, the sound of the production and his voice make sense to tell the story of the song. I'm thinking, and hoping, they will be excellent live.

[@Uaspacegirl]

Hello, thank you for your response and interest in our VIDBIR 2025 Абіє is wearing a variation of national clothes vyshyvanka and a variation of folk ethnic jewelry In general, this year almost all the participants are inspired by not very cheerful everyday life and in different ways they describe the experience of living in Ukraine because of the war. Абіє volunteered in the de-occupied territories and worked with women who survived sexual violence and torture by the russians, and the song is dedicated to the women who survived. Unfortunately, due to the many atrocities and crimes committed by russians every day, not all women have the strength to confess to violence.

[@ESCTom]

💙 💛

[@ArtSash]

Molodi are two guys from Mariupol. You totally know about this beautiful Ukrainian city. And those two guys lost their home in Mariupol… They have so strong message in their song. Molodi singing about our sea which now is occupied by r***an bastards. That song is so thoughtful and deep. Although we haven’t seen our sea we remember and cherish it! Thank you for the reaction 🇺🇦

[@Uaspacegirl]

The post-punk band DK Enerhetyk will get a new audience because this genre is very popular now

[@mio.vision]

I'm happy to hear this. I already downloaded their 2023 and 2024 albums from itum=nes, so you can count me as one of their new fans.

[@larysacherner312]

Hi Tom! Thank you very much for the reaction. It's always very interesting to get your opinion on our songs 💙💛

[@izumanety]

Ziferblat is my favourite this year! Incredible song❤❤❤❤

[@Dimishok]

U said about Khayat its litle bit Extra, its fun because Khayat have Album Extra😂 My favourites is Masha, Molodi, Khayat, Fiinka, Ziferblat

[@atminss]

25:14 the translation was wrong, it’s not forcils „syla”, it’s salt „sil’”. I wrote for ziferblat. As last year as this year they are one the highest rank for me.

[@logi-a]

I think that Kultura, Dim and No Time To Cry would all qualify for the finals as long as they have good staging, seeing as it’s Ukraine I think we can fully expect phenomenal staging.

[@user-ex9xy6kr6t]

Вітання із Києва.Щось багато від нас очікують європейці.Багатьом набридла тема війни,бо вони в цьому жахітті не живуть, і вони чекають щоб ми їх кожного року дивували та розважали.Go_А вони не приймали,але пригали і горлали під її пісню як скажені.Аж арена дригом ходила.На скільки я помню до фіналу,щодо пісні Jerri Heyl+Alyona теж були негативи та неподобання.Та багато чого до кучі,кожного співака окремо можна взяти.Чому їм не зайшов виступ Melovina і чому так низько оцінили,питання в просторі.Вони хочуть від нас наших вже реалізованих і запотребованих виконавців,які їх не хочуть.Українці,цінуйте і поважайте один одного,щоб не було це недорозуміння від нас самих.Є велика ймовірність того,що вони нас в цьому році зовсім скинуть і закинуть на остані місця.

[@joshuaanderson6953]

Ukraine just always knows whats up, god

[@NidhiSher]

khayat for the win!! my other two faves are ziferblat and masha kondratenko ❤

[@nick3805]

Being f4om Germany I say: Shida-Rida, hey hey, Shida-Rida hey!

[@zbx8ID]

Oh, I really want to see on the eurovision stage Khayat. His song on repeat in my head, in my room. And I think he can get Ukraine top-10 in this year. 😍

[@willardprenfrew4303]

My pick would be Masha Kondratenko or Fiïnka!

[@lr2550]

Tina Karol is picking the songs %) I was also very angry about Fiinka's need to compete for the final. But not surprised. I knew this all would happen with Tina taken over the choosing process.

[@redmoon4225]

1. KHAYAT 2. Masha Kondratenko 3. FIINKA 4. DK Energetik 5. ABIE

[@tatianatanja]

I like Masha and Khayat

[@EvaEsc]

Huh, it took me forever to watch this video, because I like to listen to the songs and then hear what Tom has to say. My favorite was DK enerhetyk, maybe because it had this finnish melancolic feeling 😅 but it's not the one to be sent to eurovision. I was missing the wow moment, but I think it was still pretty decent collection of songs that (mostly) felt Ukrainian to me.

[@willardprenfrew4303]

Fiïnka was my 2023 Vidbir winner 🥰

[@willardprenfrew4303]

The perception from inside and outside of Ukraine is so interesting!!! Personally I have loved Ukrainian folk music since being introduced to Go_A, and was rooting hard for Yagody 😔 although they should have entered with the song Chornomorets' 🇺🇦💙💛

[@tomyam211]

I agree with you, some the artists should stick in Ukranian because most of the English lyrics in this selection are.... not the best 😅. Funny that my favorite so far in here is the wildcard winner (also, honourable mentioned to Kahoney)

[@tallemajas]

Fiinka is by far my favourite (that chorus is crazy catchy!), but I get why people are rooting for Ziferblat too.

[@robinoswald]

Masha for the win! 😍

[@dsqg]

Ziferblat 🔥

[@wilyriley_]

My (very unpopular) favourite of this selection is Сіль, and overall I do think this is one of the better national final lineups of this overall pretty weak year.

[@HZ-fg9sf]

Not virgin man singing about peace 😂 Almost spat out my coffee chuckling lol (Btw honor is spelled without a U in certain places. 😉) Completely agree with you on Ziferblat. I really love the snippet they released of the portion of the song that sounds more stylistically like them. I feel like the chanting was just tacked on for optics and to me doesn't quite mesh that well. But considering this year isn't exactly the strongest, my top picks are Khayat (still super excited he is back), Masha, Ziferblat and Finka, though Finka's song does need a bit more oomph or mix up in the latter half to keep it fresh (but it did start strong and I love how she mixes ethnic sounds seamlessly with a more urban beat). Haven't checked the scoreboard but I get the feeling it's Ziferblat's to win. Side note but l am loving waking up to these videos in the morning. It has been such a treat, especially for someone who isn't a morning person. 😊

[@ESCTom]

haha as a fellow non-morning person, im glad that i can help ❤️

[@1nataliia2]

Вся пісня стилістично точно їх стиль . Якого ,як вони самі кажуть у них немає ,конкретного😊. Послухайте інші їх пісні і зрозумієте . У них уже давно є пісня з етно мотивами називається "земля" і там теж використано народний хор так як і тут.

[@svitlanapalanska5259]

Дякую за вашу реакцію. Ваша реакція для мене свідчення того, що ви очікуєте від України надзвичайних результатів (це визнання якості) і що Євробачення це не пісенний конкурс, це конкурс вражень.

[@lr2550]

For me it is between Fiinka and Khayat depending on the staging and performance.

[@PonchoSaGo]

Masha has the best song this year!

[@idraote]

I know out of experience that Ukraine's entries deserve attention but I did feel a little underwhelmed, this time. My current favourite is Ziferblat even though I will say he should be singing more with his natural voice which is beautiful (his falsetto is also great, though). I don't mind Khayat but I think the song needs some revamping. Fiinka I don't particularly like but I must say it is probably the most catchy one and the one bound to be most successful among foreing audiences.

[@ely03cassandra]

With the strong diaspora of Ukrainians around Europe, they will definitely make it to the final and as usual get a good result.

[@matheusgomes9812]

For me, it's Krylata, everything is there!

[@SemHuliselan]

Masha's song is the only one that i like, the rest of the songs are OK

[@vitaliiavita1063]

Ziferblat❤

[@pilarlopez8815]

The only ones that I like are "No time to cry" and "Kultura".

[@michaeldeangray]

"It's called "Honor" with no U, for some reason". So, in other words, the word "honor" is the word "honor"?

[@akimg145]

This is not my favorite Vidbir, but we have to pick one. I hope Ukrainians will make the right choice, not just focusing on local industry, but truly understanding the contest of Eurovision!

[@ESCTom]

who is your 1 pick?

[@akimg145]

@@ESCTom I can’t decide between “Dim,” “Cultura,” and “No Time to Cry.” It’s a tough choice with the Vidbir we’ve got today! Everything really depends on how the staging goes on February 8.

[@osobluva_divchuna]

My winner ist Ziferblat ❤❤❤

[@Stefania-rs4oe]

Андрій Хайат, Маша❤

[@mariyabodnar7368]

Ziferblat is masterpiece ❤❤❤❤

[@irina1296]

I'm afraid Ziferblat will win this year for Ukraine because they have a big fan base and related juries but the song is not for Eurovision. You have to listen to it a couple of times to get/understand/like. Europeans won't do that. Abiie, Masha and Fiinka have more interesting songs. Not to mention more charismatic artists

[@natastudyN]

I hope that Masha will win, as Zifeblat is currently ranked #7 in Vidbir among eurofans, forget the Eurovision stage. It tends to get love/hate reactions, and almost all say that the song is too complex for Eurovision and needs a few listens, which songs don't get at Eurovision.

[@svitlanapalanska5259]

Thank you for your reaction. My favourite is Masha, she’s very talented.

[@williamdacic]

6:53 That's because that's Usher's There Goes My Baby... 🥴

[@kasiawardak8113]

I definitely preferred some of the song in the wildcard round to some songs that were put through straight to the final...my guess is what happened during the auditions had a massive impact on the results.

[@kuvattelija]

Yeee just at the gym gonna walk on a treadmill - great video to watch while having the walkies😍

[@ESCTom]

have a good session!

[@kuvattelija]

​@@ESCTom thank you💪🏼

[@ОленаЗавадська-р1з]

❤krylata🎉

[@MarsBar-zf6wd]

can i just say smthn, and its not meant to be rude whatsoever. ... but u keep saying Jerry H iel, when its actually jerry Heil, like hail.

[@Ben-Immnl]

Khayat & Masha are good but all in all very disappointing selection

[@Marina.Menezes]

I really like the selection BUT I can understand why a lot of people are feeling underwhelm with it. I feel like we're definitely getting another woman this year as those are the strongest songs. Also, Birds of Pray reminds me of Joseph's Technicolor Dream Coat... Why? I don't know. It just does.

[@antkosai]

Idk but ziferblat kinda reminds me of Azerbaijan in 2024 that didn't qualify

[@florentynakrupa5713]

I'll definitely be rooting for FIINKA, I'm glad to see her back cause I loved Довбуш. Ziferblat has some interesting stuff going on but overall falls a little flat for me personally. A weak selection for Vidbir - last year I would've been happy to see almost any of the songs get picked, this time around it's barely one...

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

Are you wondering why Vlad Sheriff (#1) made it to the final automatically, and Fiinka - through an additional vote? Why are this year's participants from Ukraine so... inexpressive? I'll explain. It all depends on the musical tastes of the producer of the national selection. The new producer Tina Karol is a very famous singer with bad musical taste, a favorite of past generations of the lumpenized masses of the population, a representative of the old school of pop music, a pupil of the choir of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (police) 😁. By the way, she took 7th place at Eurovision 2006. Why did she become a producer? Because the organizers do not have enough funds, because Ukraine is waging a war for its existence against the powerful neo-Nazi Russian Federation, which is being helped by other totalitarian countries - China, Iran, North Korea. And Tina Karol agreed to work for free, because she is a wealthy person and a patriot of Ukraine. It's that simple. The world still does not understand that World War III is already underway. I wonder how many days Europe will last if Ukraine falls?

[@shatelei]

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[@voodoochild4839]

@@V.Zakomirnyi I don’t agree that Tina Karol has bad musical taste… She is extremely professional singer-songwriter and performer. Search for her project «Дім звукозапису» where she invites popular and talented contemporary Ukrainian musicians to “give life” to the forgotten Ukrainian bangers. She is pop artist, yes, but her taste is great, in a pop-diva way. Based on how she evaluated artists during her years of coaching at Voice Ukraine, live sound, compositional completeness and charisma are in priority for her.

[@V.Zakomirnyi]

@voodoochild4839 Проєкт "Дім Звукозапису" - мій улюблений проєкт 😁. Але цей проєкт не відкриває нові таланти, не запалює нові зірки. Він паразитує (у хорошому сенсі) на національному надбанні України. У проєкті ДЗЗ використовуються популярні музичні твори видатних українських митців минулого. А обирають і виконують їх як метри, на кшталт Юлі Саніної з гурту The Hardkiss, MONATIK, ONUKA, TVORCHI, KOZAK SIROMAHA, так і молоді, але вже добре знані і популярні виконавці SHUMEI, ZIFERBLAT, SCHMALGAUZEN, LELY45, KLAVDIA PETRIVNA (остання вже зібрала два Палаци спорту). Плюс до всього там працюють професійні музиканти з оркестру ДЗЗ під керівництвом відомого диригента. І при цьому Тіна примудрилася своїм авторитетом змусити юну LELY45 обрати іншу тональність для пісні, і в результаті ми не почули неповторну, самобутню, прекрасну LELY45. Бачте, мова не про голос і навички володіння ним, мова про музичні смаки. Тіна Кароль - типовий виконавець кітчевої попси. (Кітч, kitsch - вульгарність, несмак - стиль масової культури; культурна категорія, що характеризує невибагливі смаки "середньої людини" - люмпена.) Кітчева попса - це нЕсмак. В Україні є ціла плеяда дуже популярних представників кітчевої попси, наприклад, Олег Винник, Оля Полякова, Вірка Сердючка. У них величезна база шанувальників. Їх легіон, їх тьма. І що? Цих людей на гарматний постріл не можна підпускати до справи формування музичних трендів і музичної культури України! Американський філософ Макдональд, який ввів у науковий обіг термін "masscult", писав, що маскультура виникла, як ракова пухлина на тілі культури високої. Поп-культура - рангом нижче маскультури. А кітч-поп - це ознака деградації найбільшого прошарку населення - люмпенів. P.S. Як часто і на яких радіо "крутять" пісні у сольному виконанні Тіни Кароль?

[@voodoochild4839]

@@V.Zakomirnyi Ну от, я ж кажу, не згідна з вами в корні. Тіна Кароль - не кітчева музикиня. Це людина з талантом, освітою, досвідом та смаком. Дайте приклад її пісень, які б по якості смислів та/або аранжувань нагадували б Сєрдючку, Вінника чи Полякову😅 Цікаво, звичайно, звідки таке уявлення, проте не варто видавати ваш особистий смак і враження за факти.

[@777-vz6id]

Hello with UKRAINE 🇺🇦😊😊🇺🇦 My favourites FIINKA, KHAYAT and Masha Kondratenko ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@katerynakhol147]

Dk it’s my favourite ❤️at least not boring and something fresh . But I’m sure will win se boring pop (

[@elizabethingermann5911]

The "boingy thing" is a mouth harp. It is not Australian. They are believed to have originated from Turkic people living in Siberia at some point (according to the wikipedia page). It's pretty traditional for Ukrainian music. Go_A had one in Shum as well.

[@shatelei]

Firstly, these are different instruments, what you are talking about is called a vargan, and what is played in this song is called a drymba, they have different shapes. Secondly, the drymba is an ancient national Ukrainian instrument, which probably has analogues among other peoples inhabiting the Carpathians, it did not come there from Siberia. Thirdly, the Siberian Turks do not exist.

[@elizabethingermann5911]

@shatelei mouth harp is a family of instruments. There are various versions, presumably developed over hundreds of years in the different places where they have come to be part of traditional music. I could not personally identify different ones by sound alone. Secondly, "there is no such thing as a siberian turk" is super racist actually. Because there are several turkic cultures indigenous to Siberia. Idk why a random american on youtube has to be the one to tell you that Russia is extremely ethnically diverse, but here we are. Google is your friend.

[@AmaanStorm]

I'm so out of sync with the Ukrainian selection for the last couple of years, because the ones i liked always ended up falling by the wayside. I really loved 'Kohoney' by Grisana this year, and that crashed out earlier. Fiïnka is my choice now. Over-all, im not enjoying the Ukrainian selection as much this year.

[@natastudyN]

But the selections looked great and did well (especially Jerry and Alyona) at Eurovision despite your preferences.

[@AmaanStorm]

@@natastudyN not anywhere in my comment did i say that the songs didn't do well or not look great. Ukraine have been one of my favourite countries in Eurovision since Ruslana first entered. Since then their strike rate with sending songs that I really enjoyed has been so high. Its only the last two or so years where I've not felt any connection to the stuff that's been sent. Doesn't mean that the songs have been bad, so don't take it personally....my opinion clearly doesn't affect Ukraines performance at Eurovision. And nor should it. Ukraine set the bar so high for me that I'm just underwhelmed with this years songs (overall) in comparison to their previous years selection.

[@nocri2067]

There are several good songs I think! My only problem is that I honestly preferred the wildcard selection.. It's awkward looking at my Eurovision Scoreboard ranking and seeing 4 out of of my top 5 songs already being NQs 😭

[@JSGRanks]

This Vidbir edition was ✨UNDERWHELMING✨

[@lucabrown7470]

@JSGRanks it wouldn’t have been if grisana qualified from the wildcard round like that was the best song in that round

[@wilyriley_]

@lucabrown7470god no

[@JSGRanks]

@ One song probably wouldn‘t heavily change the general lack of inspiration in most of these entries

[@1iya]

On the other hand, Ukrainians think that all songs are great, that it’s one of the strongest selections we had recently and much better than last year’s :)

[@AmaanStorm]

​@lucabrown7470I totally agree. I loved Kohoney!

[@Segalocus]

Does anybody else kinda hear The Fugees in "Waste my Time"?

[@user-dr9jr3uf8f]

ziferblat

[@myrawatters1036]

From the snippets, Birds of Prey was my absolute favorite but in the full version, I find the verses disjointed from the chorus and bridge. It’s still intriguing but I’m not convinced I really like it yet.

[@ESCTom]

The parts that I like I really like, but yeah, there’s other parts of the song that don’t interest me at all

[@lapoopy]

The wildcard songs might've been better imo and that's not an exaggeration

[@polinaporechna2008]

well to ukrainians finals are way better, because of lyrics and depth, like i legit almost cried on 'my sea' because they sing about their occupied city and Azov sea they might never see again, 'you can't take my sea from me' just punched me in the guts which i guess will be lost to outside viewer, but very valuable to us

[@natastudyN]

It's a very poor idea to react to snippets and judge by a few random seconds of dynamic songs with development. And it's not much better to give an opinion about the songs at the very beginning of songs. 🙂🙃 It would seem wiser to give an opinion about the songs AFTER each song. I am not sure whether the reviewer was paying attention to the songs (details, instrumentation) or to his talking.

[@shatelei]

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[@ESCTom]

what are you talking about, i listened to the entirety of every song. i have to edit it down because of copyright

[@maslo9427]

Mama Mia 🤌🤌🤌

[@helenskirta3983]

Мабуть, Україна вперше не потрапить в фінал. Жодна з пісень мене не зачипила. Сподіваюсь, обраний виконавець щось змінить, щось виправить.

[@sarahenchanted]

from what I've heard most of the wildcard songs were better than the actual lineup. Idk what's going on but someone is getting fired for sure

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Ukrainians feel this is the best selection songs they ever had, so I guess we don't understand what they are singing about.

[@sarahenchanted]

@ThaGamingMisfit well at the end of the day if the country is behind a song then that should be seen as a good thing

[@ESCPOLLAAR]

please check Festival da Canção to🙏

[@ESCTom]

its on my list but its lower down because its 20 songs, which takes a long time

[@oltomm]

@@ESCTom Definetly worth it, Portugal has some great and very different options this year

[@vivid7875gbkjv]

every year you are getting more hotter and hotter