The wildcard acts for this years Vidbir have been announced.
The Ukrainian broadcaster has revealed the names of the ten artists (and their songs) that have made it to the wildcard stage of Vidbir 2025. Just one of these ten artists will advance to the Vidbir 2025 final to become the tenth and final finalist.
The voting for the tenth finalist will open on Monday 13th January and will close on Friday 17th January, which is when the winner of the wildcard will be announced. The songs will be available on the Eurovision Ukraine Official YouTube account from January 13th. Voting will take place on the mobile app Diya.
1. ENLEO – “SUPERNOVA”
2. МУАЯД – “AMNESIA”
3. BRYKULETS – “Кришталі” (Crystals)
4. Ranrawi – “Anymore”
5. GRISANA – “Kohoney”
6. Cluckhay Sashu – “Живи” (Live)
7. MON FIA – “Dive Inside”
8. YAGODY – “БрамаЯ” (Gate)
9. Starykova Hrystyna – “Rise”
10. FIЇNKA – “Культура” (Culture)
The winner of the wildcard will join these nine finalists in competing in the Vidbir 2025 final on February 8th:
- Future Culture — “Waste My Time”
- KHAYAT — “HONOR”
- KRYLATA — “STAY TRUE”
- MOLODI — “My Sea”
- Ziferblat — “Bird of Pray”
- Abiye — “Dim” (Home)
- ДК Енергетик — “Sil’” (Salt)
- Masha Kondratenko — “No Time To Cry”
- Vlad Sheryf — “Wind of Change”
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.
Which of the ten wildcard entries for Vidbir 2025 are you most looking forward to hearing to? Let us know in the comments below!
Photo: Corrine Cummings / EBU
