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"Ukraine in Eurovision 2022"

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Ukraine took part in Eurovision 2022, held in Turin, Italy, with the song "Stefania" of Callosh Uchstera. It was her 17th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. At first, Alina Faesh, the pre-existor of the Ukrainian "Vidbir 2022", was supposed to make poetry, "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" on the island. However, following a dispute about her travel to her, she retired. In its place, the Ukrainian Broadcasting Authority was selected by members of the Kalosh group. The country won first place in the final stage of the competition with 631 points (192 of the judges and 439 from the audience).

background

Prior to the Eurovision 2022, Ukraine has participated in a contest of sixteen times since its debut in 2003, and reached the first place twice: in Eurovision 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" by Rosalanna Lazhico, and in the Eurovision 2016 Eurovision with the song "1944" of Jamala. With the introduction of the semifinals in Eurovision in 2004, Ukraine is the only country that has managed to qualify for the finality in all the competitions in which it participated. She came to the second place twice, in 2007 and 2008. The lowest result was the 24th place to which he came in Eurovision 2017 with Time. In Eurovision 2021, the Ukrainian band Gu Aye reached the fifth place, with the song "Shum".

Ukraine’s National Public Broadcasting Company (UA:PBC) regularly broadcasts the event to elect the representative and song to Eurovision. On June 18, 2021, UA:PBC approved its participation in Eurovision 2022. The company has previously selected the representative internally. However, from 2016 to 1920, it produced a dedicated pre-eminence in collaboration with STB channel. In 2020, Goey won the song "Solovey". Due to its limits in the Netherlands, the Eurovision 2020. The band was chosen to represent the country again in Eurovision in the internal selection of the Authority.

Before the Eurovision
On August 30, 2021, the Broadcasting Authority announced its cooperation freeze with STB. On October 8, the same year announced that they would independently produce my country, asking for proposals from a different production company. The tender ended on October 24. On 29 December, the Ukrainian Broadcasting Authority announced that it was pre-installed with Friends Pro TV.

"Vidbir 2022" took place in NAU's cultural and arts tender in Kiev, on 12 February 2022, under the guidance of Maria Africana and Tamirnićenko.

The choice of artists who participated in the pre-Earth was made in three stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters submitted their application to participate in the event through an online form. On January 17, 2022, the Ukrainian Broadcasting Authority announced 27 artists who moved to the next stage. At this stage, they were auditioned against the previous producers. Eight were chosen for the next stage. The third stage was the previous final, held on 12 February. The winner was selected by a combination of the votes of the audience and the votes of the judges in equal ratio of 50/50.

Writers and composers had the opportunity to submit songs between 14 December 2021 and 10 January 2022. Only musicians who have not appeared in Russia for eight years, and entered the Crimea territories could take part in the event. A special justice committee that includes the musical producers of "Vidbir 2022," Mikikim Koshevi and Alexis Honchenko, reviewed the 284 songs sent, and reduced them to twenty-seven. After the exposure of the artists who have undergone the audio phase, UA:PBC announced that Leonid was sculpted from the competition, since he was shot, "Head Under Water", was published in 2018, against the rules of competition. Hear My Words.

Finals
The final took place on February 12, 2022. Representatives of Ukraine in Eurovision and the Children's Eurovision, such as Tina Carroll (2006), Jamala (2016),