Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Ukrainian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU). Zlata Ognevich represented Ukraine with the song "Gravity", which qualified from the first semi-final of the competition and placed 3rd in the final, scoring 214 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processEvrobachennya 2013 - Natsionalyni vidbir
Selection date(s)23 December 2012
Selected entrantZlata Ognevich
Selected song"Gravity"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 140 points)
Final result3rd, 214 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Evrobachennya 2013 - Natsionalyni vidbir

On 28 September 2012, NTU confirmed Ukraine's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The Ukrainian national final took place at the NTU studios in Kiev and consisted of a final on 23 December 2012.[3] The competition was hosted by Timur Myroshnychenko, Tatyana Goncharova and Tetyana Terekhova.

Format

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over two stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition by attending a scheduled audition. Twenty acts were selected and announced on 21 December 2012. The second stage was the televised final, which took place on 23 December 2012 and featured the twenty acts vying to represent Ukraine in Malmö. The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public SMS vote and an expert jury. Each member of the jury assigned scores to each entry ranging from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) and the ranking was converted to scores from 1 (lowest) to 20 (highest). Viewers participating in the public SMS vote during the show had the opportunity to submit a single vote per phone number for the participating entries and the ranking was also converted to scores from 1 to 20. The entry that had the highest number of points following the combination of these scores was declared the winner.

Competing entries

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 1 October 2012 and 21 December 2012.[4] All performers who submitted a song to the broadcaster attended an audition on 21 December 2012, during which a seven-member selection panel reviewed 52 received submissions and selected twenty entries to compete in the national final.[5]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Alina Grosu "Let Go" Alina Grosu
Ana Stesia "Dare to Change Your Life" A. Kuzmenkov
AngeliYa "Love Is Life" AngeliYa
Dasha Medova "Don't Want to Be Alone" Oleksandr Shvets, Evheniy Matyushenko
Dima Skalozubov "Davno" (For a long time) Dima Skalozubov
DiO.filmy "Medlyak" (Slow song) Yuri Melnik, Oleg Voronovich, Vladimir Gudkov, Vadim Oleynik
Dmytro Yaremchuk "Mamo" (Mum) Nazariy Yaremchuk
Duet Emotion "Saviour" Milos Rosas
Eduard Romanyuta "Get Real With My Heart" Emanuel Olsson
Gvozdivchanka "Naleteli gusenyata" (Little geese swooped down) Traditional
Inesh "Ya delayu shag" (I make a step) A. Shell, Inesh Kdirova
Lena Korneeva "You'll Be the Winner Forever" Lena Korneeva, N. Katolina
Marietta "Wonder" Dmitriy Sidorov, Natali Dali
Mariya Yaremchuk "Imagine" Mariya Yaremchuk
Matvey Vermiyenko "Otkryvay menya" (Discover me) Matvey Vermiyenko
Oksana Pekun & Maxim Novitskiy "Zeleniy dubochok" (Green oak tree) Maxim Novitskiy
RealIvanna "You Gave Me Everything" RealIvanna
Tetyana Shyrko "Feeling Like a Sir" Yuliya Slobodyan, Evheniy Matyushenko
TriNiti "Belym po belomu" (With white on white) Astraya
Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" Karen Kavaleryan, Mikhail Nekrasov

Final

The final took place on 23 December 2012.[6] Oksana Pekun & Maxim Novitskiy announced their withdrawal from the competition live on stage immediately after their performance. The winner, "Gravity" performed by Zlata Ognevich, was selected through the combination of votes from a public SMS vote and an expert jury. 14,612 votes were registered by the SMS vote during the show. The jury panel consisted of Egor Benkendorf, Walid Arfush, Olena Mozgova, Yurij Rybchunskyj and Olga Navrotska. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Tetyana Vorzheva, Shanis, Matias, Pavel Sokolov and Oleg Vynnyk performed as guests.[1]

Final – 23 December 2012
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Oksana Pekun & Maxim Novitskiy "Zeleniy dubochok" — 23 — — —
2 Mariya Yaremchuk "Imagine" 16 260 14 30 5
3 Marietta "Wonder" 9 87 5 14 15
4 Dmytro Yaremchuk "Mamo" 11 533 17 28 7
5 Inesh "Ya delayu shag" 10 133 8 18 13
6 Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 20 8,639 20 40 1
7 Duet Emotion "Saviour" 15 162 10 25 10
8 Gvozdivchanka "Naleteli gusenyata" 11 208 11 22 12
9 RealIvanna "You Gave Me Everything" 14 247 13 27 8
10 Tetyana Shyrko "Feeling Like a Sir" 17 365 15 32 4
11 TriNiti "Belym po belomu" 8 108 6 14 15
12 Ana Stesia "Dare to Change Your Life" 9 127 7 16 14
13 Alina Grosu "Let Go" 13 387 16 29 6
14 Dasha Medova "Don't Want to Be Alone" 19 905 18 37 2
15 Lena Korneeva "You'll Be the Winner Forever" 13 240 12 25 10
16 AngeliYa "Love Is Life" 8 81 4 12 18
17 Eduard Romanyuta "Get Real With My Heart" 14 1,847 19 33 3
18 Matvey Vermiyenko "Otkryvay menya" 7 70 3 10 19
19 DiO.filmy "Medlyak" 18 141 9 27 8
20 Dima Skalozubov "Davno" 12 49 2 14 15

Preparation

The composer of "Gravity", Mikhail Nekrasov, revealed that the Ukrainian entry would be undergoing revisions before officially being handed over to the EBU.[7] On 27 January 2013, Nekrasov opened a survey on the social network VK in order to gauge public opinion about possible changes including adding another refrain, increasing the tempo of the song (originally at 85BPM), possibly changing the backing vocalists and making modifications to the beginning and end of the song.[7] On 6 February 2013, the survey had come to a close with the following decisions being taken under consideration by the producers:[7]

  • 69% of voters believe the beginning has to be more powerful.
  • 40% believe 85BPM is optimal, 24% advise an increase to 87-88BPM.
  • 60% believe a third refrain is required, 45% advise that the third refrain would need more development.
  • 41% believe the lyrics that the backing vocalists sing ("You'll never, you'll never break free from gravity") are adequate, 40% advise that Ognevich should also sing these lines.
  • 86% believe the current backing vocalists should not be changed, 46% believe their vocals should be more simplified so they do not overshadow Ognevich.
  • 35% believe the ending is strong as it is, 25% advise that it should be performed higher and louder.

Nekrasov revealed that the song's main focus would remain on the instrumental, but that certain modifications have already started to take form such as changes in the backing vocals and the addition of new sounds to the instrumental.[7]

In an interview with Novyi Kanal, Ognevich revealed that they have received over 300 ideas for the music video of the song from a competition they opened invited fans to submit their concepts and that Angela Lisitsa would be responsible for designing the outfit for her Eurovision performance.[7]

On 11 March 2013, the final version of the song was released on YouTube along with the music video.[8]

At Eurovision
Zlata Ognevich at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

Ukraine was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[9] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Ukraine would perform 7th, following Russia and preceding the Netherlands.[10] On stage, Ognevich was joined by Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest living person in the United States, who played the role of a fantasy giant.[11] In addition, four backing singers were also on stage: Ann Bailey, Holly Petrie, Cleveland Watkiss and Dasha Mineeva.[11]

Ukraine qualified from the first semi-final, placing 3rd and scoring 140 points.[12][13] At the first semi-final winners' press conference, Ukraine was allocated to perform in the second half of the final.[14] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Ukraine would perform 22nd, following Greece and preceding Italy.[15] Ukraine placed 3rd in the final and scored 214 points.[2]

Points awarded to Ukraine
Points awarded to Ukraine (semi-final 1)[13]
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)[2]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Ukraine

See also

References
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  2. "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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  12. Leon, Jakov (14 May 2013). "We have our first ten finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  13. "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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