The 15 longlist participants for Vidbir 2025 have been revealed.
The Ukrainian broadcaster has revealed the names of the 15 acts that have advanced to the longlist stage of Vidbir 2026. These 15 acts have been chosen from a total of 392 submissions.
- ANSTAY
- Jerry Heil
- Karyotype
- KHAYAT
- LAUD
- LELÉKA
- MOLODI
- MON FIA
- Monokate
- Mr. Vel
- OKS
- The Elliens
- Valeriya Force
- Marta Adamchuk
- ShchukaRyba
There are some familiar names among the longlist line-up, including Jerry Heil who represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2024 with Alyona Alyona,and Monokate, who was the lead singer of Go_A, Ukraine’s 2020 and 2021 representatives. We also see Vidbir 2025 and 2020 runners-up Molodi and KHAYAT, as well as Ukraine’s Junior Eurovision 2021 representative Olena Usenko as one member of The Elliens.
From these 15 longlist acts, nine of them will advance to the Vidbir 2026 final. The remaining six acts will take part in an online vote where one more act will be chosen to perform in the Vidbir 2026 final, which is expected to take place in February.
Ziferblat won Vidbir 2025 and went on to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with their song “Bird of Pray”. After winning their semi final, they went on to finish in 9th place with 218 points in the final.
What are your thoughts on the Vidbir 2026 longlist line-up? Which artists’ songs are you most looking forward to hearing? Let us know in the comments below!
Photo credits: Alma Bengtsson / EBU and Suspline
