Jerry Heil and alyona alyona to represent Ukraine at Eurovision-2024

The final of the national selection for "Eurovision-2024" was completed in Ukraine. Jerry Heil and alyona alyona will represent Ukraine at the song contest in Malmö, Sweden, this May. More than 723,000 Ukrainians voted for them.

This became known during the broadcast of the results show.

In total, 11 participants performed on the stage of the finals of the national selection:

• singer Yaktak with the song Lalala;
• singer Ingret with the composition Keeper;
• Nazva band performed the song Slavic English;
• singer ANKA with the track "Palala";
• singer Drevo with the song Endless Chain;
• singers alyona alyona & Jerry Heil with the composition "Teresa & Maria";
• singer Mélovin with the song Dreamer;
• singer Skylerr, who performed Time Is Running Out;
• band Ziferblat with the composition Place I Call Home;
• band Yagody with the song Tsunamia;
• duet Nahaba, who sang the song Glasses.

The jury of the national selection final included:

• artist Andriy Danylko, known for his stage image of Verka Serdiuchka,
• singer Jamala,
• Serhiy Tanchynets, the leader of the band "Bez Obmezhen."

The frontwoman of The HARDKISS band Yuliia Sanina, TV presenter Timur Miroshnychenko, and stand-up comedian Vasyl Baidak became the presenters.

The winner was determined by the sum of points scored from 1 to 11 by the audience and judges separately. Over 1.67 million Ukrainians voted for contestants through the "Diia" application, significantly higher than last year's 166 thousand votes.

The winner was determined based on the results of the jury's (50%) and audience's (50%) votes.

alyona alyona and Jerry Heil's joint song "Teresa & Maria" scored 21 points – 10 points from the judges and 11 points – from the audience.

The band Ziferblat came in second place with 19 points (11 from the judges and eight from the audience), and the singer MÉLOVIN came in third (9 points from the judges, nine from the audience, a total of 18 points).

The performer YAKTAK took fourth place (16 points in total), the group YAGODY – the fifth (14 points), and INGRET – the sixth (10 points). In seventh place – SKYLERR (a total of 9 points, while the audience gave 6 points), in eighth place – ANKA (9 points, of which 4 points – from the audience), in ninth place – Drevo (7 points), in tenth place – NAHABA (6 points), on the eleventh – NAZVA (3 points).

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On February 3, the final of the national selection for "Eurovision-2024" took place in Ukraine. As in previous years, the winner is determined based on the results of the jury and audience votes.

Viewers vote through the Diia application for the second year in a row.

Voting lines were opened at 8:30 p.m.

However, Diia experienced a technical issue at 8:40 p.m. A "Sorry, an error has occurred" message appears when attempting to access the survey tab.

However, it was not possible to restore Diia's work promptly. The presenters announced live that on February 3, the results would not be determined. Voting would continue, and the winner would be announced on February 4.

The singer SKYLERR, who participated in the national selection "Eurovision–2024" with her song Time is running out, has decided to withdraw her candidacy. She believes the voting cannot be considered transparent due to a mishap in the "Diia" system and fears that the votes may have been tallied incorrectly.

However, "Public Broadcasting" announced that it would not remove the singer's candidacy because the rules do not provide for this.

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest, in which representatives of 37 countries will participate, will be hosted by the Swedish city of Malmö in May 2024. The grand final of Eurovision 2024 will be held at Malmö Arena on Saturday, May 11. The semi-finals are on May 7 and 9.

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The Swedish broadcaster SVT, the organizer of the song contest 2024, has already released detailed graphics of the Malmö Arena stage and lighting design and shown photos.

Ukraine has become the main favorite for Eurovision 2024, taking first place in the bookmakers' ratings.