The Ukrainian public has been voting for the past few days, and the line-up for Ukraine’s Eurovision 2026 selection, Vidbir, is complete as KHAYAT wins the wildcard vote for this year’s competition, with the entry “Hertsy”
Line-up for Vidbir 2026 complete
Suspilne has confirmed that KHAYAT received 32.41% of the votes (91,758), with 283,160 Ukrainians taking part on the voting, which took place between January 8 to 13.
The full line-up for this year’s contest are as follows:
| Artist | Entry (English Translation) |
| Jerry Heil | “CATHARTICUS (Prayer)” |
| KHAYAT | “Hertsy” |
| 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 streaming platforms, in an event that is hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Anna Tulieva on January 15. Suspilne has confirmed that a draw, which will determine the running order for the show will also take place.
Ukraine’s Eurovision 2026 selection, Vidbir, will take place on February 7, with the winner of the selection set to represent Ukraine in Vienna on the 2nd Half of the 2nd Semi-Final on May 14.
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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News Source: Suspilne
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Giwrgos Oiko