Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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The Ukraine entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was originally selected internally by the Ukrainian national broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine
(NTU). Vasyl Lazarovych
was the original artist, select in December 2009. On 6 March a national final was held to select the Eurovision song to be performed. Out of five entries the song "I Love You
" was the winner.
However on 17 March it was announced that a new NTU management would hold another national final on 20 March to select a new Ukrainian entry after objections to the internal selection of Lazarovych as the country's entrant. The winner of the new national selection was Alyosha
, who will represent Ukraine with her song "Sweet People", which replaced her song "To Be Free" due to allegations of plagiarism and evidence that the song was publicly available two years prior.
had been internally selected to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
. The broadcaster officially made a call for songs on 13 January 2010, with no restrictions on songwriters. However songs could only be written in either English
, Ukrainian
, Spanish
or Italian
, as well as in both the language it will be performed on stage and in Ukrainian and English versions.
NTU held a national final on 5 March where five songs competed, selected by an NTU jury from the submitted entries. A combination of a professional jury vote and public televote with a 50% stake for both selected the winner, with the jury vote taking preference in the case of a tie. NTU announced the song titles and songwriters for the five entries on 2 March, with songwriters coming from Ukraine as well as Romania
, Germany
, Slovenia
and Sweden
.
Guest performances in the final were made by some of this year's Eurovision entries: Armenia
n singer Eva Rivas
, Georgian
singer Sopho Nizharadze, Azeri
singer Safura Alizadeh
and Bulgaria
n singer Miro
, as well as Ukrainian singers Iryna Rozenfeld, Tatyana Nedelska and Katya Burzynska. The song "I Love You
", written by German composer Brandon Stone and Ukrainian songwriter Olga Yarynich, was the winner of the final, performed in both English
and Ukrainian
.
On 17 March NTU held an emergency press conference to announce plans for a new national final, to be held on 20 March, after objection's to NTU's internal selection of Lazarovych and thus an unfair competition for anyone who wished to take part. A qualifying rounds was made on 18 March, where 20 finalists were chosen from an open audition of songs. 20 second clips of the songs will be released, with full-length versions of the 20 songs broadcast on Friday on the show "Shuster Live", broadcast on the Ukraina
channel. A gala show will then held on 20 March to select the winner, declared by a televote.
On 18 March, NTU announced 20 selected artists who progressed from the auditions stage out of 67 submissions. The line-up includes the previous selected artist Vasyl Lazarovych
. NTU announced the 20 selected songs and their songwriters on 19 March, as well as releasing clips of the 20 competing songs.
After the votes of a professional jury and SMS voting Alyosha
and Masha Sobko tied for first place. With Alyosha
getting the most points from the professional jury she was declared the winner with her song "To Be Free", with music composed by herself and lyrics provided B. Chukalyuk, who had written the lyrics in 1977 in America.last=Omelyanchuk|first=Olena|date=2010-03-20|publisher=European Broadcasting Union
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and Grace Slick
song "Knock Me Out", and had been made available publicly 2 years before its entry in the national final. NTU stated in a press release that they would conduct an investigation over the issue.
On 22 March, at the start of the Heads of Delegation meeting, it was announced that NTU had been given an extended deadline by the EBU to submit their entry, proposing that they change the song that Alyosha will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the Head of the Ukrainian Delegation, Viktoria Romanova, "Ukraine has to submit all documents on the new song in Oslo no later than Friday, March 26th 2010." However, it was later stated that because NTU had not submitted their entry to the EBU by the original deadline, the broadcaster would be fined, and would continue to be fined every day after the deadline that no entry has been received. The replacement song, "Sweet People", was revealed on 24 March.
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
(NTU). Vasyl Lazarovych
Vasyl Lazarovych
-Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University...
was the original artist, select in December 2009. On 6 March a national final was held to select the Eurovision song to be performed. Out of five entries the song "I Love You
I Love You (Vasyl Lazarovich song)
"I Love You" is a song composed by Brandon Stone and Olga Yarynich and performed by Vasyl Lazarovych, and was to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway...
" was the winner.
However on 17 March it was announced that a new NTU management would hold another national final on 20 March to select a new Ukrainian entry after objections to the internal selection of Lazarovych as the country's entrant. The winner of the new national selection was Alyosha
Alyosha
Alyosha is a Ukrainian singer.-Eurovision 2010 qualification scandal:On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine...
, who will represent Ukraine with her song "Sweet People", which replaced her song "To Be Free" due to allegations of plagiarism and evidence that the song was publicly available two years prior.
Original selection
On 29 December NTU announced that Vasyl LazarovychVasyl Lazarovych
-Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University...
had been internally selected to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
. The broadcaster officially made a call for songs on 13 January 2010, with no restrictions on songwriters. However songs could only be written in either English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
or Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, as well as in both the language it will be performed on stage and in Ukrainian and English versions.
NTU held a national final on 5 March where five songs competed, selected by an NTU jury from the submitted entries. A combination of a professional jury vote and public televote with a 50% stake for both selected the winner, with the jury vote taking preference in the case of a tie. NTU announced the song titles and songwriters for the five entries on 2 March, with songwriters coming from Ukraine as well as Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Guest performances in the final were made by some of this year's Eurovision entries: Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n singer Eva Rivas
Eva Rivas
-Early life:Rivas was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don to an Armenian mother and a father of Russian and Greek descent. She took the stage name Eva Rivas from her Greek great-grandmother...
, Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
singer Sopho Nizharadze, Azeri
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
singer Safura Alizadeh
Safura Alizadeh
Safura Alizadeh is an Azerbaijani singer and saxophonist. Alizadeh took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, where she brought Azerbaijan on 5th place, with song "Drip Drop". She later released her debut album It's My War, which made its way into several European countries...
and Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n singer Miro
Miroslav Kostadinov
Miroslav Kostadinov born 10 March 1976 in Bulgaria is a singer and songwriter who represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song Angel si ti....
, as well as Ukrainian singers Iryna Rozenfeld, Tatyana Nedelska and Katya Burzynska. The song "I Love You
I Love You (Vasyl Lazarovich song)
"I Love You" is a song composed by Brandon Stone and Olga Yarynich and performed by Vasyl Lazarovych, and was to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway...
", written by German composer Brandon Stone and Ukrainian songwriter Olga Yarynich, was the winner of the final, performed in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"Adrenalin" (Адреналін) | Dmitriy Klimashenko (m), Olga Yarynich (l) |
| 2 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"Shine of Your Star" | Ziga Pirnat (m & l), Brandon Stone (m & l) |
| 3 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"I Know" | Nikola Karajia (m), Brandon Stone (l) |
| 4 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"Don't Wanna Lose You" | Claes Andreasson (m & l) |
| 5 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"I Love You" | Brandon Stone (m & l), Olga Yarynich (l) |
New national final
On 15 March, one week before the deadline for Eurovision entries to be submitted to the EBU, it was announced that NTU may hold another national final to replace Lazarovych as the Ukrainian entry for the Contest, with a new national final to take place on 20 March. However EBU rules may prevent a new national final being held, as Eurovision rules state that national final details must be made known to the EBU by 31 January. As well, if Ukraine fail to find a replacement song by the submission deadline - 22 March - due to possible legal action by Lazarovych, then Ukraine may be forced to withdraw.On 17 March NTU held an emergency press conference to announce plans for a new national final, to be held on 20 March, after objection's to NTU's internal selection of Lazarovych and thus an unfair competition for anyone who wished to take part. A qualifying rounds was made on 18 March, where 20 finalists were chosen from an open audition of songs. 20 second clips of the songs will be released, with full-length versions of the 20 songs broadcast on Friday on the show "Shuster Live", broadcast on the Ukraina
Ukraina (TV channel)
Telekanal Ukrayina is one of the most popular television channels in Ukraine. Its broadcast range covers 95% of the Ukrainian territory. The corporate mission of the channel is to maintain one general interest channel and few theme channels, such as the "Football TV channel", that was launched in...
channel. A gala show will then held on 20 March to select the winner, declared by a televote.
On 18 March, NTU announced 20 selected artists who progressed from the auditions stage out of 67 submissions. The line-up includes the previous selected artist Vasyl Lazarovych
Vasyl Lazarovych
-Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University...
. NTU announced the 20 selected songs and their songwriters on 19 March, as well as releasing clips of the 20 competing songs.
After the votes of a professional jury and SMS voting Alyosha
Alyosha
Alyosha is a Ukrainian singer.-Eurovision 2010 qualification scandal:On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine...
and Masha Sobko tied for first place. With Alyosha
Alyosha
Alyosha is a Ukrainian singer.-Eurovision 2010 qualification scandal:On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine...
getting the most points from the professional jury she was declared the winner with her song "To Be Free", with music composed by herself and lyrics provided B. Chukalyuk, who had written the lyrics in 1977 in America.last=Omelyanchuk|first=Olena|date=2010-03-20|publisher=European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
|accessdate=20 March 2010}}
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitaliy Kozlovskyi & Iryna Bilyk | "I-L@VE?" | V. Serov (m), H. Kruhlyk (l) | 11 | |
| 2 | Vasyl Lazarovych Vasyl Lazarovych -Biography:5 August 1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine.2002 - graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University... |
"I Love You" | B. Stone (m & l), O. Yarynich (l) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | SH & BB | "Ne zhurys" | D. Bohush (m), Y. Kolesnik (l) | 11 | |
| 4 | Oleksiy Matias | "Angely ne umirayut" | K. Meladze (m & l) | 32 | 3 |
| 5 | Zaklyopky | "Anybody Home?" | K. Komar (m), S. Kabanec (l) | 23 | 8 |
| 6 | Ivan Berezovskyi | "No Doubt" | M. Nekrasov (m), O. Chornyi (l) | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | Stereo | "Ne shodi s uma" | S. Shurins (m & l) | 22 | 10 |
| 8 | Iryna Rozenfeld | "Forever" | I. Rozenfeld (m), O.Mankin (l) | 29 | 6 |
| 9 | Shanis | "Lechu k tebe" | M. Shajduryk (m), T. Piskun (l) | 11 | |
| 10 | Max Barskyh | "Belyi voron" | M. Barskyh (m & l) | 11 | |
| 11 | Vladyslav Levytskyi | "Davai, davai" | V. Levytskyi (m), T. Topolya (l) | 11 | |
| 12 | Miya | "Vona" | N. Savko (m & l) | 11 | |
| 13 | DaZzle Dreams | "Emotion Lady" | D. Tsyperdyuk (m & l) | 11 | |
| 14 | Masha Sobko | "Ya tebya lyublyu" | R. Kvinta (m), V.Kurovskyj (l) | 36 | 2 |
| 15 | Zlata Ognevych | "Tiny Island" | M. Nekrasov (m), Y. Matyushenko (l) | 30 | 5 |
| 16 | Mira Gold | "Crazy Lady" | M. Hold (m), S. Sytnyk (l) | 11 | |
| 17 | Nataliya Valevska | "Europe" | R. Kvinta (m), N. Valevska (l), L. Flint (l) | 31 | 4 |
| 18 | Juliya Voice | "Zaviazhy mne glaza" | J. Voice (m & l) | 11 | |
| 19 | El Kravchuk | "Fly To Heaven" | A. Danylko (m), S. Horov (l), V. Dikenson (l) | 22 | 10 |
| 20 | Alyosha Alyosha Alyosha is a Ukrainian singer.-Eurovision 2010 qualification scandal:On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine... |
"To Be Free" | O. Kucher Alyosha Alyosha is a Ukrainian singer.-Eurovision 2010 qualification scandal:On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine... (m), B. Chykalyuk (l) |
36 | 1 |
Rule violations and replacement
After the national final on 20 March, allegations were made that the song "To Be Free" plagiarized the Linda PerryLinda Perry
Linda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer...
and Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
song "Knock Me Out", and had been made available publicly 2 years before its entry in the national final. NTU stated in a press release that they would conduct an investigation over the issue.
On 22 March, at the start of the Heads of Delegation meeting, it was announced that NTU had been given an extended deadline by the EBU to submit their entry, proposing that they change the song that Alyosha will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the Head of the Ukrainian Delegation, Viktoria Romanova, "Ukraine has to submit all documents on the new song in Oslo no later than Friday, March 26th 2010." However, it was later stated that because NTU had not submitted their entry to the EBU by the original deadline, the broadcaster would be fined, and would continue to be fined every day after the deadline that no entry has been received. The replacement song, "Sweet People", was revealed on 24 March.
External links
- Alyosha to represent Ukraine at Eurovision with ‘Sweet People’ as her song (editorial), Kyiv PostKyiv PostThe Kyiv Post is Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper.-History:The Kyiv Post was founded in September 1995 by an American, Jed Sunden. The paper covers politics, business and entertainment. The staff is a team of Western and Ukrainian journalists. Historically, the editorial policy has...
(March 25, 2010)