Vidbir

Vidbir
Also known asNatsionalnyi vidbir
or Natsvidbir
GenreSong contest
Developed byStarlight Production
(2016—2020, 2023, 2025—)
Former:
1+1 Production (2024)
Friends Production (2022)
Opening theme"The Feeling" by Jason Tarver and Louise Dowd (2016–2020)
Country of originUkraine
Original languageUkrainian
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes21
Production
Production locationsSTB Studios, Hostomel (2016)
Palace of Culture "KPI", Kyiv (2017–2020)
NAU Center of Culture and Arts, Kyiv (2022)
Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station, Kyiv (2023)
National WWII History Museum, Kyiv (2024)
Original release
NetworkSTB (2016–2020)
Pershyi (2016–2022)
Suspilne Kultura (2023–2026)
Release6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) –
present
Related
Junior Vidbir
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Natsionalnyi vidbir (Ukrainian: Національний відбір, IPA: [nɐts⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɪj wid⁽ʲ⁾ˈbir]; meaning "National selection"), informally known as Vidbir, is a Ukrainian musical competition originally organized by Suspilne and STB, which determines the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. In late August 2021, it was announced that the two broadcasters had terminated their partnership, and that Suspilne was looking for a new selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, thus bringing an end to the original concept for Vidbir. In October 2021, Suspilne announced that the 2022 edition of Vidbir would be organized by it alone under a new format.

In the first year of the show, the local record by SMS voting was set by receiving 344,268 unique votes, 37.77% of which supported Jamala, who eventually became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.