Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Ukraine in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcasterPublic Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne)
Country Ukraine
Selection processVidbir 2025
Selection date8 February 2025
Competing entry
Song"Bird of Pray"
ArtistZiferblat
Songwriters
  • Valentyn Leshchynskyi
  • Danylo Leshchynskyi
  • Fedir Khodakov
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 137 points)
Final result9th, 218 points
Participation chronology
◄2024 2025 2026►

Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bird of Pray", written by Danylo Leshchynskyi, Fedir Khodakov and Valentyn Leshchynskyi, and performed by themselves as Ziferblat. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne), organised the national final Vidbir 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest. Artists had the chance to apply from 17 September 2024 to 10 November 2024. Twenty entries were longlisted, and, after auditions, nine entries were shortlisted. The entry was selected on February 8, 2025.

Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the contest, which took place on 13 May 2025. Performed during the show at position 15 in the running order, "Bird of Pray" placed tenth with 137 points. This qualified the nation to the final held four days later, where the entry was performed 7th in the running order and placed 9th out of the 26 finalists.