The National Selection for Eurovision 2025 has started: which stars will take part or hinted at it

The National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 has officially started. This marks the start of accepting applications from potential participants of the show who will compete for the right to represent Ukraine in Switzerland next year.

This was reported by Suspilne. Those interested will have two months to submit their candidacy - from September 17 to November 10, 2024. This can be done through a special online form on eurovision.ua. According to available data, the final of the National Selection will take place in February 2025.

Selection criteria

This year's music producer of the national contest, Tina Karol, urged the performers to take the chance. The singer also emphasized the key requirements for the songs submitted by the artists. "It's important that one artist can submit several songs: two, three or even four. They can even be submitted in demos," the star reminded, recommending that musical talents experiment.

"But there are important selection criteria: they must be original author's songs. Tracks based on other compositions are not accepted. Folk songs are not accepted. Songs that have already been published, even if it's only 10 seconds, are not accepted. And remember that the song should be 3 minutes long," Karol added.

Artem Pivovarov

Even before the dates of the National Selection were announced, many Ukrainian musicians hinted at their desire to take part in the competition. One of the first was singer Artem Pivovarov, who addressed the users with a dilemma back in May 2024. "Euro 2025?" he wrote right after the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, where Ukraine was represented by the duo of Jerry Heil and alyona alyona.

SoloHa

Following her colleague, Ukrainian singer SoloHa was inspired by this year's show and announced her plans to participate in Eurovision 2025 on behalf of Ukraine. She made the announcement in late spring 2024.

LAUD

In May 2024, the singer LAUD also joined the discussions about Eurovision 2025, asking his fans whether he should return to the National Selection. "Should I prepare for Eurovision or is it too early?" the artist wrote on social media. The last time the star stood on the stage of the national competition in 2021, he was disqualified due to a rule violation. Prior to that, LAUD participated in the 2018 and 2019 national selections.

Clonnex

Clonnex, a popular rapper from Lviv, did not ignore the topic of the song contest, hinting on social media that he plans to apply for the National Selection. The young man asked his followers "Who should represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2025?", pointing to himself. "Are you ready? Thank you to everyone who has come this far with me," he wrote under the video posted in early September 2024.

oneWITCH

Ukrainian singer oneWITCH (Victoria Rodko) has announced that she is preparing for the National Selection for Eurovision 2025. This was exclusively reported by the Eurovision Song Contest House. The lead singer of the band Oy Sound System, which has already competed for a chance to go to Eurovision in 2023, started her own project after an unsuccessful attempt. Then the group took 8th place and announced a hiatus.

MOLODI

In June 2024, the members of the band MOLODI told the hosts of the Weekend Show on M1 about their plans for the National Selection 2025. Back then, the musicians said they were working on developing a concept for the application. In addition, the artists admitted that they had previously tried to get to the National Selection, but did not have any serious releases at the time.

Earlier, OBOZ.UA wrote about how the first country announced its participant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

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