FIЇNKA is the winner of the Vidbir 2025 wildcard round with her song "Kultura".
The wildcard round in this years Vidbir has come to an end today, and we now have our tenth and final finalist – FIЇNKA, who will perform her song “Kultura” (Culture) in the Vidbir 2025 final.
A total of ten acts were competing in the Vidbir 2025 wildcard round. The voting opened on the Diia app on January 13th, and closed today. More than 262,170 votes were cast in the wildcard, with FIЇNKA picking up an impressive 79,699 votes.
FIЇNKA now joins these nine acts who were chosen as finalists from the auditions stage of Vidbir. Their songs will be released on January 23rd.
- Future Culture — “Waste My Time”
- KHAYAT — “HONOR”
- KRYLATA — “STAY TRUE”
- MOLODI — “My Sea”
- Ziferblat — “Bird of Pray”
- Абіє — “Dim”
- ДК Енергетик — “Sil’”
- Маша Кондратенко — “No Time To Cry”
- Влад Шериф — “Wind of Change”
The final of Vidbir 2025 will take place on February 8th. A mix of 50% televote and 50% jury vote will determine the final results of the show. After a vote was held to decide the jury members for the Vidbir 2025 final, Jamala, Serhiy Tanchynets and Kateryna Pavlenko came out on top with 156,048, 89,516 and 52,359 votes respectively.
Reigning champions of Vidbir, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, achieved great success at Eurovision 2024 in Sweden, finishing top 5 in semi final one, and top 3 in the final. Since Eurovision, the duo has released another song together, “Подоляночка” (Get Up), as well as solo songs and collaborations with other Ukrainian artists. They also performed together at this years Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in Amsterdam.
What are your thoughts on FIЇNKA’s song “Kultura”? Which of the other nine songs in the final are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments below!
Photo: Natalie Boichuk