Ukraine: It’s Gо_A with the song “Solovey” to Eurovision 2020!
After two semi final rounds and a total of 16 candidates , the Ukrainian national final for Eurovision 2020, Vidbir 2020, was held tonight crowning big winner Gо_A and the entry “Solovey” .
The final show was hosted by Sergey Pritula and saw a total of 6 acts battled for the right to represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May.
The acts that took to the stage this evening were:
Krutь – 99
Jerry Heil – Vegan
Gо_A – Solovey
David Axelrod – Horizon
Khayat – Call for Love
Tvorchi – Bonfire
The final outcome was influenced 50% by the public vote and 50% by a jury which is made up by Andreiy Danilko aka Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007), Tina Karol (Ukraine 2006) and Vitaliy Drozdov (producer of Hit FM Radio).
Specifically the overall scoreboard developed as following:
| Final – 22 February 2020 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote (SMS) / App | Total | Place | ||
| Votes | Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Krutь | “99” | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Jerry Heil | “Vegan” | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Go_A | “Solovey” | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 4 | David Axelrod | “Horizon” | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Khayat | “Call for Love” | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Tvorchi | “Bonfire” | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
As you can see Go_A topped both jury and public voting leaving behind in second place Khayat who came thrid in the jury votes and second in the public voting. Therefore G0_A will represent Ukraine in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
