Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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Country | Ukraine | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National Final 50% jury 50% televoting |
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Selection date(s) | 21 December 2013 | |||
Selected entrant | Mariya Yaremchuk | |||
Selected song | "Tick-Tock" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 118 points) | |||
Final result | 6th, 113 points | |||
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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 6th in the final, scoring 113 points.[1]
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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] 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 NTU music producer Vladislav Baginskiy, composer and producer Mikhail Nekrasov, general producer at radio Lux.FM Yevgeniy Feshak and program director at the television channel RU Music Vladimir Kozlov.[3][4]
The televised national final took place in Kiev on 21 December 2013 where the combination of votes from a professional jury and SMS votes from the viewing audience selected Ukraine's representative in Copenhagen.[2] The competition was hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Tetiana Terekhova. 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]
The professional jury that evaluated and assigned votes to the competing entries consisted of the director general of NTU Oleksandr Panteleymonov, NTU music producer Vladislav Baginskiy, poet Yuriy Rybchinskiy and composers Yan Tabachnik and Mikhail Nekrasov.[7] In the event of a tie for first place, the tie would be decided in favour of the entry that received the highest amount 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]
Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | SMS Vote | Jury | Total | Place | |
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1 | Anna-Maria | "5 Stars Hotel" | Eduard Pristupa, Sergey Ozeryanskiy | 136 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
2 | Roman Polonsky | "Wanted Dead Or Alive" | Roman Polonsky, Sergey Dubenko | 73 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
3 | Uli Rud | "Tsvetok" | Misha Klimenko, Kseniya Shevchenko | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
4 | Marietta | "It's My Life" | Dmitriy Sidorov, Natali Dali | 107 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
5 | Stas Shurins | "Why" | Stas Shurins | 194 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
6 | Anatoliy Shparev | "Waiting For You" | A. Osadchuk | 124 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
7 | Nataliya Valevska | "Love Makes You Beautiful" | Linda Persson, Ylva Persson | 1,050 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
8 | Lissa Wassabi | "No Fear" | Yelyzaveta Zhykhareva | 170 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
9 | Volodymyr Tkachenko | "Buty tam, de ty" | Volodymyr Tkachenko, Iryna Pyrih | 368 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 |
10 | Shanis | "Moya dusha" | Elaydzha | 47 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
11 | Viktoria Petryk | "Love Is Lord" | Giga Kukhianidze, B. Kadagidze | 476 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
12 | Eugene Litvinkovich | "Strelyanaya ptitsa" | Eugene Litvinkovich | 1,090 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
13 | neAngely | "Courageous" | Alexander Bard, Andreas Öhrn, Christian Wahlberg, Per Ljungqvist, Henrik Wikström | 800 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
14 | Illaria | "I'm Alive" | Katerina Prishchepa | 420 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
15 | Tetiana Shyrko | "Let Go" | Yuliya Slobodyan, Evheniy Matyushenko | 171 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
16 | Tania BerQ | "Believe Me" | Borys Tarshys | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
17 | Mariya Yaremchuk | "Tick-Tock" | Mariya Yaremchuk | 3,478 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
18 | Viktor Romanchenko | "Na krayu propasti" | Volodymyr Dushevnyi, Viktor Romanchenko | 1,170 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 |
19 | Anna Khodorovska | "Yesli yest lyubov" | Ruslan Kvinta, Vitaliy Kurovskiy | 99 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
20 | Denis Lyubimov | "Love" | Denis Lyubimov | 120 | 1 | 4 | 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
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 9th, 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 1st, preceding Belarus.[14] Ukraine placed 6th 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
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Ukraine
Semi-final 1Points awarded in first semi-final:
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FinalPoints awarded in the final:
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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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