Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Ukraine
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	March 9, 2007
Selected entrant	Verka Serduchka
Selected song	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"
Finals performance
Final result	2nd, 235 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine was represented by Verka Serduchka in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai".

Before Eurovision

National final

Artists and songwriters were able to apply for the competition either through a submission form. NTU received 18 applications, and 8 were selected to proceed to the national final. Before the final, Vitaliy Kozlovskiy, one of the selected finalists, withdrew from the competition. No entry was replaced.[1]

The final was held on 9 March 2007 at the NTU TV Studios in Kiev, hosted by Timur Miroshnichenko and Maria Orlova. Seven entries competed and the winner was determined via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury.[2] The expert jury consisted of Vladimir Grishko, Svyatoslav Vloh, Oksana Novitskaya, Olyona Mozgovaya and Vitaliy Dokalenko.[1]

Final – 9 March 2007
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Votes	Points	Total	Place
1	GODO	"Stolen Rain"	1	779	2	3	7
2	Evgenia Vlasova	"I Will Be (Ya budu)"	6	4,069	6	12	2
3	Olena Hrebenyuk	"Zla bolshe net"	2	2,035	5	7	4
4	Verka Serduchka	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	7	5,123	7	14	1
5	NeAngely	"Ya znayu, eto ty"	4	536	1	5	6
6	Vasiliy Bondarchuk	"Serebrom"	5	1,997	4	9	3
7	Aviator	"Angely"	3	874	3	6	5

At Eurovision

Ukraine automatically qualified to the grand final, because it was on the top 10 last year. Verka performed eighteenth following Serbia and preceding United Kingdom. Ukraine wound up finishing second with 235 points, receiving points from every country but Albania and including a maximum 12 each from Andorra, Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, and Portugal. With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008, Ukraine would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As Ukraine was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four, other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest.

Points awarded to Ukraine (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Andorra Czech Republic Latvia Poland Portugal	Belarus Georgia Israel	Estonia Ireland Lithuania Russia United Kingdom	Greece Moldova Spain	Armenia Finland Iceland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Germany	Austria Cyprus France Romania Slovenia	Bulgaria Denmark Hungary Malta Serbia Sweden Turkey	Macedonia Montenegro Norway Switzerland	Belgium Netherlands

Points awarded by Ukraine

Semi-final

Points awarded in the semi-final:[3]

12 points	Belarus
10 points	Georgia
8 points	Serbia
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Moldova
5 points	Poland
4 points	Hungary
3 points	Latvia
2 points	Bulgaria
1 point	Turkey

Final

Points awarded in the final:[4]

12 points	Belarus
10 points	Russia
8 points	Georgia
7 points	Moldova
6 points	Serbia
5 points	Armenia
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Bulgaria
2 points	Romania
1 point	Turkey

References

"Ukraine 2007".
"UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2007".
"Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
"Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

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[:0-1] "Ukraine 2007".

[2] "UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2007".

[semiresults-3] "Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[finalresults-4] "Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 23 July 2013.