Suspilne, the Ukrainian national broadcaster, has revealed the date and song titles for Vidbir 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna.

Suspilne have announced that the final of Vidbir 2026 will take place on Saturday 7th February. During the announcement, it was also revealed that Vidbir 2026 would be raising money for Superhumans, a charity that fundraises for prosthetics for veterans. Oksana Skybinska, the Ukrainian Head of Delegation, had the following to say:

“It is important for us that Vidbir has a social mission. After all, this is an event that attracts attention and can unite us once again to do an important thing together. For two years in a row, Ukrainians have been collecting for humanitarian demining during Vidbir, and we have donated over 5 million hryvnias to this goal. This year, we want to focus on the issue of prosthetics, because this problem is very relevant now. We hope that together we will be able to make a tangible contribution to our defenders and all the victims who are helped by our colleagues from Superhumans.”

Suspilne have also announced the song titles ahead of Vidbir 2026. Along with the finalists, the wildcard song titles have also been revealed – they are:

• 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)
• KHAYAT – “Hertsi” (Hertz) – WC
• Karyotype – “DNA” – WC
• MON FIA – “Do You Hear Me?” – WC
• ANSTAY – “By the Way” – WC
• Marta Adamchuk – “Silver Pines” – WC
• OKS – “Say It All” – WC

In a new format, the ten songs that will compete in the final of Vidbir will be performed live before they are released on streaming platforms, in a song presentation taking place on Thursday 15th January, at 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET, at the Origin Stage in Kyiv. The event will be hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko and Anna Tulieva. Oksana Skybinska, had the following to say:

“The idea to hold a Ukrainian pre-party, similar to the events that are organised in different countries before Eurovision, arose during a conversation with Eurofans at the beginning of this season. Such an event makes it possible to present the songs of the participants more loudly, to reveal them more as personalities, to communicate more closely with Eurofans and fans of the contest. This year, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Eurovision, we decided to hold a similar event in Ukraine as well. We are grateful to our partners Maybelline New York and Matrix for supporting this idea and helping to organise the event.”

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovoix