Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country	Ukraine
National selection
Selection process	Selection among Vidbir 2022 participants
Selection date(s)	22 February 2022
Selected entrant	Kalush Orchestra
Selected song	"Stefania"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ihor Didenchuk; Ivan Klymenko; Oleh Psiuk; Tymofii Muzychuk; Vitalii Duzhyk;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (1st, 337 points)
Final result	1st, 631 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Stefania" performed by the group Kalush Orchestra. The Ukrainian broadcaster Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2022 contest. Eight entries competed in the national selection held on 12 February 2022 and "Tini zabutykh predkiv" performed by Alina Pash was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. UA:PBC confirmed on 16 February 2022 that Pash would not represent Ukraine following controversy regarding her travel history to the territory of Crimea, and announced the national final runner-up, "Stefania" performed by Kalush Orchestra, as the Ukrainian entry on 22 February 2022.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 6, "Stefania" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 337 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 12 and placed first out of the 25 participating countries, winning the contest with 631 points including a record televoting score of 439 points. This was Ukraine's third win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having last won in 2016.