Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Ukraine was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 for the first time by Oleksandr Ponomaryov with the song "Hasta la Vista".[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 13 February 2003[lower-alpha 1]
Song: 14 March 2003
Selected entrantOleksandr Ponomaryov
Selected song"Hasta la Vista"
Finals performance
Final result14th, 30 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 13 February 2003, NTU announced that they had internally selected Oleksandr Ponomaryov to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Following the announcement of Ponomaryov as the selected artist, composers were able to submit their songs to the broadcaster. 52 songs were received by the broadcaster during the submission period.[3] Selected song, "Hasta la Vista", was officially presented on 14 March 2003.[4]

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Oleksandr performed 16th in the running order, following United Kingdom and preceding Greece. At the close of the voting "Hasta la Vista" had received 30 points from 5 countries (the highest being 10 from Poland), placing Ukraine 14th of the 26 entries.[5] As Ukraine failed to reach the top 11 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest.

NTU broadcast the show live for the first time ever. It was announced before the contest that a reporter and presenter of Studio 5 TV-show Dmytro Kryzhanivskyi would provide the commentary.[6] Eventually he was joined in commentary booth by radio-DJ and producer Pavlo Shylko who was traveling to Riga as a consultant for Olexandr Ponomaryov.[7][8] The first spokesperson of Ukraine ever was Liudmyla Khariv.[6]

Voting

Notes
  1. Unofficially, the participation of Oleksandr in Eurovision was known no earlier than in May 2002[1]

References
  1. "Ukraine became a participant of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time". 25 May 2002. Segodnya.ua
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest : Ukraine 2003 : Olexandr, Hasta La Vista : ESC-History". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  3. "Олександр Пономарьов представлятиме Україну на "Євробаченні-2003"" [Oleksandr Ponomaryov will represent Ukraine at Eurovision Song Contest 2003]. Detector Media (in Ukrainian). 13 February 2003.
  4. "Ukraine". ESCKAZ - Eurovision Song Contest Knowledge from A to Z. 14 March 2003.
  5. "Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. Polishchuk, Tetiana. ""Євробачення" — готовність № 1". The Day. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  7. "Украинская песня в ЕВРОвалюте: курс упал… на восток". Detector Media. Kievskiye Vedomosti. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. "DJ Паша: "У "Євробаченні" переможе темна конячка"". Vysokyi Zamok. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  9. "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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