Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Ukrainian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU). Mariya Yaremchuk performed the Ukrainian entry "Tick-Tock", which she co-wrote with Sandra Bjurman. The song qualified from the first semi-final and placed sixth in the final, scoring 113 points.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processNational Final
50% jury
50% televoting
Selection date(s)21 December 2013
Selected entrantMariya Yaremchuk
Selected song"Tick-Tock"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Mariya Yaremchuk
  • Sandra Bjurman
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 118 points)
Final result6th, 113 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

On 23 October 2013, NTU announced that a national final would be held to select Ukraine's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[2]

Competing entries

A submission period for interested artists and composers was opened and lasted until 6 December 2013. After the submission deadline, artists that submitted an entry were required to take part in a casting process on 7 December 2013 where a professional jury selected 20 participants to proceed to the televised final. The professional jury that selected the competing entries consisted of Vladislav Baginskiy (NTU music producer), Mikhail Nekrasov (composer and producer), Yevgeniy Feshak (general producer at radio Lux.FM) and Vladimir Kozlov (program director at television channel RU Music).[3][4]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Anatoliy Shparev "Waiting For You" A. Osadchuk
Anna Khodorovska "Yesli yest lyubov" (If there is love) Ruslan Kvinta, Vitaliy Kurovskiy
Anna-Maria "5 Stars Hotel" Eduard Pristupa, Sergey Ozeryanskiy
Denis Lyubimov "Love" Denis Lyubimov
Eugene Litvinkovich "Strelyanaya ptitsa" (Wounded bird) Eugene Litvinkovich
Illaria "I'm Alive" Katerina Prishchepa
Lissa Wassabi "No Fear" Yelyzaveta Zhykhareva
Marietta "It's My Life" Dmitriy Sidorov, Natali Dali
Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" Mariya Yaremchuk
Nataliya Valevska "Love Makes You Beautiful" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson
neAngely "Courageous" Alexander Bard, Andreas Öhrn, Christian Wahlberg, Per Ljungqvist, Henrik Wikström
Roman Polonsky "Wanted Dead Or Alive" Roman Polonsky, Sergey Dubenko
Shanis "Moya dusha" (My soul) Elaydzha
Stas Shurins "Why" Stas Shurins
Tania BerQ "Believe Me" Borys Tarshys
Tetiana Shyrko "Let Go" Yuliya Slobodyan, Evheniy Matyushenko
Uli Rud "Tsvetok" (Flower) Misha Klimenko, Kseniya Shevchenko
Viktor Romanchenko "Na krayu propasti" (At the edge of the abyss) Volodymyr Dushevnyi, Viktor Romanchenko
Viktoria Petryk "Love Is Lord" Giga Kukhianidze, B. Kadagidze
Volodymyr Tkachenko "Buty tam, de ty" (Be where you are) Volodymyr Tkachenko, Iryna Pyrih

Final

The televised national final took place in Kiev on 21 December 2013, hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova. The combination of votes from a professional jury and SMS votes from the viewing audience selected Ukraine's representative in Copenhagen.[2] In the event of a tie for first place, the tie would be decided in favour of the entry that received the highest number of points from the jury.[5] Mariya Yaremchuk was declared the winner of the competition with the song "Tick-Tock" after receiving top scores from both the jury and the public SMS vote.[6]

The professional jury that evaluated and assigned votes to the competing entries consisted of the Oleksandr Panteleymonov (director general of NTU), Vladislav Baginskiy (NTU music producer), Yuriy Rybchinskiy (poet), Yan Tabachnik (composer) and Mikhail Nekrasov (composer).[7]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured guest performances by 2013 Ukrainian Junior Eurovision entrant Sofia Tarasova, Masha Sobko, Natalia Buchynska, 2011 Ukrainian contest entrant Mika Newton, Kamaliya, Matias and 2013 Ukrainian contest entrant Zlata Ognevich[5][6]

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Anna-Maria "5 Stars Hotel" 3 136 1 4 16
2 Roman Polonsky "Wanted Dead Or Alive" 5 73 1 6 12
3 Uli Rud "Tsvetok" 1 76 1 2 20
4 Marietta "It's My Life" 4 107 1 5 14
5 Stas Shurins "Why" 5 194 4 9 10
6 Anatoliy Shparev "Waiting For You" 7 124 1 8 11
7 Nataliya Valevska "Love Makes You Beautiful" 5 1,050 9 14 5
8 Lissa Wassabi "No Fear" 1 170 2 3 18
9 Volodymyr Tkachenko "Buty tam, de ty" 11 368 5 16 3
10 Shanis "Moya dusha" 9 47 1 10 9
11 Viktoria Petryk "Love Is Lord" 10 476 7 17 2
12 Eugene Litvinkovich "Strelyanaya ptitsa" 2 1,090 10 12 8
13 neAngely "Courageous" 6 800 8 14 5
14 Illaria "I'm Alive" 8 420 6 14 5
15 Tetiana Shyrko "Let Go" 3 171 3 6 12
16 Tania BerQ "Believe Me" 3 41 1 4 16
17 Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 12 3,478 12 24 1
18 Viktor Romanchenko "Na krayu propasti" 5 1,170 11 16 3
19 Anna Khodorovska "Yesli yest lyubov" 2 99 1 3 18
20 Denis Lyubimov "Love" 4 120 1 5 14

Controversy

Following the national final, several participants launched a protest against the final results, alleging that the phone lines for their entries were blocked while the phone line for Mariya Yaremchuk remained open.[8] Elena Mozgovaya, the producer of Volodymyr Tkachenko, challenged the legitimacy of the results and planned to take legal action; similar complaints were also launched by Viktoria Petryk and the duo neAngely regarding the result of the public vote.[9][10]

At Eurovision
Mariya Yaremchuk at the first semi-final dress rehearsal

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014.[11] In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Ukraine would perform ninth, following Azerbaijan and preceding Belgium.[12] Ukraine qualified from first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Ukraine was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.[13] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Ukraine would open the show and perform first, preceding Belarus.[14] Ukraine placed sixth in the final, scoring 113 points.

On stage, Mariya Yaremchuk was joined by four backing vocalists: Anna Linnea, Graciela Chin A Loi, Anneli Maria Tornkvist and Elin Eva Maria Svensson. The performance featured a male dancer, Igor Kuleshyn, performing acrobatic choreography on a large running wheel. The staging was completed by Ukrainian director, choreographer and head of the ballet "Freedom", Olena Kolyadenko.[15]

In Ukraine, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on First National with commentary by Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova.[16][17][18] All shows were also broadcast via radio on NRCU with commentary by Olena Zilinchenko.[19] The Ukrainian spokesperson revealing the result of the Ukrainian vote in the final was 2013 Ukrainian contest entrant Zlata Ognevich.[20]

Points awarded to Ukraine
Points awarded to Ukraine (semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Ukraine (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Ukraine

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Ukrainian jury:[21]

  • Oleksandr Zlotnyk – Chairperson – composer
  • Kateryna Komar – producer, vocal teacher
  • Kostiantyn Mishukov – producer, DJ
  • Alla Popova – singer, composer
  • Olena Valovyk – singer

Semi-final 1

The Ukrainian votes in the first semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[22]

Semi-final 1 – Ukrainian Results
Draw Country O. Zlotnyk K. Komar K. Mishukov A. Popova O. Valovyk Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Armenia 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 12
02  Latvia 15 10 4 15 15 13 9 13
03  Estonia 13 6 13 13 10 12 13 14
04  Sweden 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 2 10
05  Iceland 4 9 6 4 8 4 14 8 3
06  Albania 8 7 11 7 3 5 15 11
07  Russia 5 12 14 6 6 9 2 5 6
08  Azerbaijan 9 5 12 9 7 7 5 6 5
09  Ukraine
10  Belgium 12 11 15 12 11 14 8 12
11  Moldova 7 14 9 8 5 10 10 9 2
12  San Marino 11 13 7 11 12 11 7 7 4
13  Portugal 14 15 8 14 13 15 11 15
14  Netherlands 3 4 3 3 4 3 6 4 7
15  Montenegro 10 3 10 10 9 8 12 10 1
16  Hungary 6 8 5 5 14 6 3 3 8

Final

The Ukrainian votes in the final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[23]

Final – Ukrainian Results
Draw Country O. Zlotnyk K. Komar K. Mishukov A. Popova O. Valovyk Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine
02  Belarus 3 8 10 3 3 5 4 5 6
03  Azerbaijan 9 9 17 9 10 9 10 10 1
04  Iceland 25 22 22 24 24 25 16 21
05  Norway 23 15 25 23 23 23 13 19
06  Romania 12 11 21 13 12 13 19 15
07  Armenia 8 2 4 8 8 6 2 2 10
08  Montenegro 22 20 23 20 17 21 23 24
09  Poland 6 21 11 6 7 8 1 4 7
10  Greece 7 13 16 7 6 7 15 11
11  Austria 5 3 3 5 5 3 5 3 8
12  Germany 1 4 2 1 1 2 9 6 5
13  Sweden 2 1 1 2 2 1 6 1 12
14  France 13 24 19 19 16 20 22 22
15  Russia 10 14 9 10 11 10 3 7 4
16  Italy 24 25 13 25 25 24 25 25
17  Slovenia 14 18 14 14 14 14 18 14
18  Finland 20 10 6 11 9 12 20 16
19  Spain 4 5 8 4 4 4 14 9 2
20   Switzerland 16 16 15 16 19 18 8 12
21  Hungary 11 7 7 12 18 11 7 8 3
22  Malta 17 19 18 17 13 19 24 23
23  Denmark 15 12 20 18 15 16 21 20
24  Netherlands 21 17 5 15 21 15 12 13
25  San Marino 19 23 24 21 20 22 11 17
26  United Kingdom 18 6 12 22 22 17 17 18

See also

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