Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
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Country | Ukraine | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Evrobachennya 2007 – Natsionalyni vidbir | |||
Selection date(s) | 9 March 2007 | |||
Selected entrant | Verka Serduchka | |||
Selected song | "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Andriy Danylko | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 2nd, 235 points | |||
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As one of the ten highest placed finishers in 2006, Ukraine automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing during the show in position 18, Ukraine placed second out of the 24 participating countries with 235 points.
Background
Prior to the 2007 contest, Ukraine had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest four times since its first entry in
The Ukrainian national broadcaster,
Before Eurovision
Evrobachennya 2007 – Natsionalyni vidbir
The Ukrainian national final took place on 9 March 2007 at the NTU Studios in
Format
The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took place over two stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition through an online submission form. Eight acts were selected and announced on 13 February 2007, one of them which was later withdrawn.[5][6] The second stage was the televised final, which took place on 9 March 2007 and featured the remaining seven acts vying to represent Ukraine in Helsinki.[7] The winner was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. Both the public televote and the expert jury assigned scores ranging from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest) and the entry that had the highest number of points following the combination of these scores was declared the winner.[8] Viewers participating in the public televote during the show had the opportunity to submit their votes for the participating entries via telephone or SMS. In the event of a tie, the tie was decided in favour of the entry that received the highest score from the jury.[9]
Competing entries
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries via an online submission form which accepted entries between 24 January 2007 and 10 February 2007.[10] A five-member selection panel consisting of Volodymyr Hryshko (opera singer), Svyatoslav Vlokh (President of the World Dance Sport Federation), Oksana Novytska (Vice President of the Confederation of Designers and Stylists of Ukraine), Olena Mozgova (director of music and entertainment at NTU) and Vitaliy Dokalenko (general director of NTU) reviewed the 18 received submissions and shortlisted eight entries to compete in the national final.[5][11] On 13 February 2007, the eight selected competing acts were announced.[5] On 22 February 2007, Vitaliy Kozlovskiy withdrew from the national final due to disagreements with the format of the competition.[6]
Final
The final took place on 9 March 2007. Seven entries competed and the winner, "
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||
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Phone | SMS | Total | Points | ||||||
1 | Godo | "Stolen Rain" | 1 | 142 | 779 | 921 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Evgenia Vlasova | "I Will Be (Ya budu)" (Я буду) | 6 | 499 | 4,069 | 4,568 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
3 | Olena Hrebenyuk | "Zla bol'she net" (Зла больше нет) | 2 | 391 | 2,035 | 2,426 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
4 | Verka Serduchka | "Danzing" | 7 | 734 | 5,123 | 5,857 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
5 | neAngely | "Ya znayu, eto ty" (Я знаю, это ты) | 4 | 47 | 536 | 683 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
6 | Vasil Bondarchuk | "Serebrom" (Серебром) | 5 | 176 | 1,997 | 2,173 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
7 | Aviator | "Angely" (Ангелы) | 3 | 95 | 874 | 969 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Controversy
The choice of Verka Serduchka, a
In addition, "Danzing" caused controversy due to the lyrics "Lasha Tumbai" being phonetically similar to "Russia goodbye", allegedly a reference to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004 and 2005.[16] Serduchka clarified that "Lasha Tumbai" is a Mongolian phrase for "whipped cream", "milkshake" or "churned butter", although it was subsequently confirmed that there are no such words in Mongolian and that the catchphrase bears no meaning at all, and Serduchka would later confirm that there "Lasha Tumbai" was in fact meaningless, only chosen because she needed a rhyme for the song.[17] "Danzing" was retitled as "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" for the Eurovision Song Contest.[18]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations except the "
In Ukraine, both the semi-final and the final were broadcast on
Final
Verka Serduchka took part in technical rehearsals on 7 and 8 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 11 and 12 May. The Ukrainian performance featured Verka Serduchka performing on stage in a silver costume as well as sunglasses and a silver star hat designed by Anzhela Lysytsia, together with two dancers dressed in silver with military boots and tie and three backing vocalists, one of them which also played the accordion, dressed in gold and standing on raised platforms.[21][22] The performers did a dance routine on a stage with flashing lights while disco balls and light projectors appeared on the LED screens.[23][24] The two dancers that joined Verka Serduchka on stage were Sergey Ogurtsov and Tudor Zberea, while the three backing vocalists were Elena Romanovskaya, Natalia Gura-Golubovskaya and Vasily Goldakovskiy.[25] Ukraine placed second in the final, scoring 235 points.[26]
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Ukraine and awarded by Ukraine in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Belarus in the semi-final and the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Ukraine
Score | Country |
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12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | |
7 points | |
6 points | |
5 points | |
4 points | |
3 points | |
2 points | |
1 point |
Points awarded by Ukraine
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