With the start of the new year, Ukraine’s broadcaster, Suspilne, has revealed further information has revealed further information about its Eurovision 2026 selection, Vidbir.
Voting for Wildcard opens, song titles of finalists, and date for this year’s competition revealed
The entries for the wildcard, which will select the final entry participating in Vidbir 2026 has bee revealed. The six entries running for the final spot in this year’s selectiona re as follows:
| Order | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | KHAYAT | “Hertzi” |
| 2 | Karyotype | “DNA” |
| 3 | Mon FIA | “Do You Hear Me?” |
| 4 | ANSTAY | “by the way” |
| 5 | Marta Adamchuk | “Silvered Pines” |
| 6 | OKS | “SAY IT ALL” |
At the moment of writing, voting for the wildcard opened on January 8, and will run until January 13 at 10:00EET, and will be open to Ukrainian citizens on the Diia App. The results of the wildcard vote will be revealed on January 15.
Whilst the voting for the final entry is underway, Suspilne has also revealed the title of the entries that are already in the final of Vidbir 2026, with the entries are as follows:
| Artist | Entry (English Translation) |
| Jerry Heil | “CATHARTICUS (Prayer)” |
| LAUD | “Lightkeeper” |
| LELÉKA | “Ridnym” (To Relatives) |
| MOLODI | “The Legends” |
| Monokate | “TUT” (Here) |
| Mr. Vel | “Do or Done” |
| The Elliens | “Crawling Whispers” |
| Valeriya Force | “Open Our Hearts” |
| ShchukaRyba | “Moia Zemlia” (My Land) |
The entries will be performed live before being released on January 15, in an event that is hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Anna Tulieva, ahead of the live final of Vidbir 2026, which will take place on February 7.
What is Vidbir?
Informally known as “Vidbir”, Ukraine’s national selection has been around since 2016, when it picked a Eurovision winner–Jamala’s “1944”–right off the bat. It’s a small selection with generally between six to ten entries competing each year, and is traditionally held in February. Vidbir features a three-person jury panel, and this year an online vote as well.
Ukraine’s Eurovision journey
Ukraine is one of the most successful countries to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has scored nine top-five placements, with an extra four top-ten finishes. Ukraine won the Contest three times – in 2004, 2016 and 2022 respectively. Ukraine made history for being the first ex-Soviet country to win the Contest more than once.
In 2025, Ziferblat represented Ukraine in Basel with their song “Bird of Pray”. The band finished in 9th place, scoring 218 points – of which 60 points came from the jury, whilst the remaining 158 points came from the televote.
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