Who should represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024: bookmakers and Ukrainians surveyed are unanimous. Video

On February 3, 11 finalists of the National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will compete for the right to represent Ukraine on the international music scene in Malmö, Sweden. Bookmakers are making their predictions about the potential winner, and Ukrainians have organized a "rehearsal" of the voting, which will help them find out their favorites among the audience.

It so happened that the opinions of bookmakers and potential voters coincided this year. The first place is given by a wide margin to the duo Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona with their song Teresa & Maria, which has already made a lot of noise on the Internet. The relevant ratings can be found on the Eurovision World website.

Thus, bookmakers put as much as 65% on Jerry Heil and alyona alyona to win, which makes them the undisputed leaders. We'd like to remind you that after the release of Teresa & Maria's track, Ukrainians were divided. It's all about the ambiguous personality of St. Mother Teresa, who is one of the leading characters in the song. A bitch, a sadist, a hypocrite – these are the words that were used to describe her in the comments under the track. Read our article to find out why the mention of Mother Teresa caused such a strong reaction online. Nevertheless, the song is currently holding the leading positions in the Ukrainian YouTube charts, and it is also the song that Europeans listen to most often, leaving positive reactions.

In second place is MELOVIN, who has already represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018. This year, he plans to conquer the contest with his track DREAMER, and bookmakers are giving him 9% odds of winning the National Selection.

Third in the analysts' rating is ANKA and her song "Palala". Its odds are 6%. It is followed by YGODY with the same percentage with their song Tsunamia. YAKTAK rounds out the top five with Lalala, which bookmakers are betting on to win at 5%.

Meanwhile, the viewers have also formed and continue to form their rating of favorites. At the time of writing, 10,954 people have voted for their favorite on the Eurovision World website. Of these, 6,371 have voted for Jerry Heil and Alyona Alyona. 1802 people want MELOVIN to win, so they are second on this list. Next is YGODY – they have 707 votes, but ANKA dropped to fourth place in the list of viewers with 655 votes. The duo NAHABA broke into the top 5 with their track GLASSS. They received 421 votes.

The following singers and their songs will compete in the final of the National Selection for Eurovision 2024 in the following order:

1. YAKTAK – Lalala

2. INGRET – Keeper

3. NAZVA – Slavic English

4. ANKA – "Palala"

5. DREVO – Endless chain

6. Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria

7. MELOVIN – DREAMER

8. SKYLERR – Time is running out

9. Ziferblat – Place I Call Home

10. YGODY – Tsunamia

11. NAHABA - GLASSES

We would like to add that Ukraine also holds the top spot in the overall ranking of bookmakers among all countries. We became the leader after all the songs of the National Selection finalists were announced. As of January 25, analysts put 10% odds on Ukraine winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Great Britain is in second place with 8% odds, and Italy closes the top three with 6% from bookmakers.

Earlier, OBOZ.UA wrote about where and when to watch the final of the National Selection for Eurovision 2024. The winner will be determined by voting: the jury and the audience will share the points. 

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