Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Evrobachennya 2008 – Natsionalyni vidbir
Selection date(s)Artist: 21 December 2007
Song: 23 February 2008
Selected artist(s)Ani Lorak
Selected song"Shady Lady"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 152 points)
Final result2nd, 230 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Shady Lady" written by Karen Kavaleryan, Philip Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos. The song was performed by Ani Lorak, who was internally selected in December 2007 by the Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) to represent Ukraine at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. Her song was selected through a national final held on 23 February 2008. Five songs competed in the national selection and "Shady Lady" was selected as the winning song following the combination of votes from a four-member jury panel and a public televote.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 4, "Shady Lady" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 152 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 18 and placed second out of the 25 participating countries with 230 points.

Background

Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2008 contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest five times since its first entry in 2003, winning it in 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana.[1] Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Ukraine had managed to qualify to final in every contest they participated in thus far. Ukraine had been the runner-up in the contest in 2007 with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" performed by Verka Serduchka. Ukraine's least successful result had been 19th place, which they achieved during the 2005, with the song "Razom nas bahato" performed by GreenJolly.

The Ukrainian national broadcaster, National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), broadcasts the event within Ukraine and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. NTU confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on 21 December 2007.[2] In the past, the broadcaster had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select the Ukrainian entry. Between 2005 and 2007, NTU had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ukraine, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. The Ukrainian broadcaster internally selected the artist for the 2008 contest, while a national final was also organised to select the song.[3]

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 21 December 2007, NTU announced that they had internally selected Ani Lorak to represent Ukraine in Belgrade. Lorak previously attempted to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, placing second in the national final with the song "A Little Shot of Love".[2] On 25 December 2007, NTU announced that they would organise a national final to select her song.[4]

Evrobachennya 2008 – Natsionalyni vidbir

Composers had the opportunity to submit their songs between 25 December 2007 and 5 February 2008.[3] A seven-member selection panel consisted of Eduard Klim (CEO of Lavina Music), Vitaliy Dokalenko (President of NTU), Oleksandr Ponomaryov (singer, represented Ukraine in 2003), Oleksandr Zlotnik (composer), Ihor Poklad (composer), Vasyl Vovkun (Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine) and Serhiy Kuzin (CEO of Russian Radio Ukraine) reviewed the 109 received submissions and shortlisted five songs to compete in the national final.[5][6] On 20 February 2008, the five selected competing songs were announced.[7]

The national final took place on 23 February 2008 at the NTU Studios in Kyiv, hosted by Maria Orlova and Timur Miroshnychenko and broadcast on Pershyi Natsionalnyi.[8] All five competing songs were performed Ani Lorak and the winning song, "Shady Lady", was selected through the combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. The jury panel consisted of Serhiy Kuzin, Eduard Klim, Oleksandr Ponomaryov and Oleksandr Zlotnik, and "Shady Lady" was also Lorak's personal favorite.[9][10] 10,765 votes were registered by the televote during the show.[11] In addition to the performances of the competing songs, Oleksandr Ponomaryov, 2007 Ukrainian Junior Eurovision entrant Ilona Halytska, 2008 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant Elnur and Samir, 2008 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Ruslan Alekhno, 2008 Czech Eurovision entrant Tereza Kerndlová, 2008 Maltese Eurovision entrant Morena and 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Geta Burlacu performed as guests.[12][13]

Final – 23 February 2008
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
Phone SMS Total Points
1 "Zhdu tebya" (Жду тебя) Yuriy Ostapenko, Ani Lorak 1 69 847 916 1 2 5
2 "Ya stanu morem" (Я стану морем) Vitaliy Volkomor, Mykola Brovchenko 2 233 1,225 1,458 2 4 4
3 "The Dream of Brighter Day" Ani Lorak, Yuriy Sak 3 368 2,491 2,859 5 8 2
4 "I'm Your Melody" Bozhena Kostromskaya 5 168 1,444 1,612 3 8 2
5 "Shady Lady" Philip Kirkorov, Karen Kavaleryan 7 512 3,397 3,920 7 14 1

Promotion

Ani Lorak made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Shady Lady" as the Ukrainian Eurovision entry. On 9 March, Lorak performed "Shady Lady" during the semi-final of the Russian Eurovision national final Evrovidenie 2008.[14] On 25 April, Lorak performed during the UK Eurovision Preview Party, which was held at the Scala venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Paddy O'Connell.[15] On 28 April, Lorak performed during an event held at the Place Sainte-Catherine in Brussels, Belgium.[16] Ani Lorak also took part in promotional activities in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia performing a guest of Philip Kirkorov's concert tour, and concluded promotional activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Macedonia and Spain which included television and radio appearances.[17]

At Eurovision

It was announced in September 2007 that the competition's format would be expanded to two semi-finals in 2008.[18] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2008, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals.[19] Ukraine was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 22 May 2008.[20] The running order for the semi-finals was decided through another draw on 17 March 2008 and Ukraine was set to perform in position 4, following the entry from Turkey and before the entry from Lithuania.[21]

In Ukraine, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Pershyi Natsionalnyi with commentary by Timur Miroshnychenko. The Ukrainian spokesperson, who announced the Ukrainian votes during the final, was Marysya Horobets.

Semi-final

Ani Lorak during a rehearsal before the second semi-final

Ani Lorak took part in technical rehearsals on 13 and 16 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 21 and 22 May. The Ukrainian performance featured Ani Lorak performing on stage in a silver dress designed by Roberto Cavalli together with four dancers and a backing vocalist.[22] The performance began with the dancers being revealed one by one as individual sections of a rectangular glass wall lit up. The dancers then emerge on stage to join Lorak to perform a dance routine together. Towards the end of the song, Lorak climbed to the top of the wall and was helped back down by the dancers.[23] The stage and LED screens displayed red and black colours.[24] The stage director and choreographer for the Ukrainian performance was Fokas Evangelinos.[25]

At the end of the show, Ukraine was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first in the semi-final, receiving a total of 152 points.[26]

Final

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine the running order of the final. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Ukraine was drawn to perform in position 18, following the entry from Georgia and before the entry from France.[27]

Ani Lorak once again took part in dress rehearsals on 23 and 24 May before the final. Ani Lorak performed a repeat of her semi-final performance during the final on 24 May. At the conclusion of the voting, Ukraine finished in second place with 230 points.[28]

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Ukraine and awarded by Ukraine in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Georgia in the semi-final and to Russia in the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Ukraine

Points awarded by Ukraine

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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  3. ^ a b Klier, Marcus (26 December 2007). "Ukraine: details on song selection revealed". Esctoday. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ^ Klier, Marcus (26 December 2007). "Ukraine: details on song selection revealed". Esctoday. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ "ПОЛОЖЕННЯ про Національний відбір на участь у Пісенному Конкурсі "Євробачення–2008"". NTU (in Ukrainian). 25 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Ukraine 2008".
  7. ^ Royston, Benny (20 February 2008). "Exclusive: Ukraine will choose from 5 songs". Esctoday. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ^ Klier, Marcus (23 February 2008). "Tonight: Ukraine decides for Eurovision". Esctoday. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Ані Лорак на "Євробаченні" сяде на шпагат". gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 February 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  10. ^ UNIAN – Ani Lorak to sing song of Kirkorov in Eurovision
  11. ^ "Офіційні результати відбіркового конкурсу пісні для «Євробачення – 2008»". 1tv.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Ani Lorak to sing Shady Lady in Belgrade". eurovision.tv. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Лорак на "Євробаченні" заспіває пісню Кіркорова". news.obozrevatel.com (in Ukrainian). 24 February 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Dima Bilan again conquers Russian hearts". eurovision.tv. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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