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(, ; meaning "National selection"), informally known as , is a [[Ukrainian|Ukraine]] 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 , who eventually became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.


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Over the 10 editions of Vidbir, 14 music experts have been on the jury, two of them won Eurovision: in 2004 and in 2016. Jamala is the only member of the Vidbir cast who has participated in every edition, as a contestant in 2016, as a jury member in 2017—2019 and 2022—2025, as an interval act in 2020, and as a music producer in 2026. Several participants have had different roles in different editions of Vidbir. was a participant in 2016, a jury member in 2023 and a presenter in 2024. was a jury member in 2020 and 2022, as well as a music producer in 2025. Kateryna Pavlenko is the winner of Vidbir 2020, host of the 2023 edition, one of the jurors of 2025 edition, and a participant in the 2026 edition. Starting from 2023, the participants of the expert jury are selected through the Ukrainian app .

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2016
The final took place on 21 February 2016. The six entries that qualified from the semi-finals competed. The winner, "1944" performed by , was selected through the combination of votes from a public tele-vote and an expert jury. Ties were decided in favour of the entries that received higher scores from the public tele-vote. "1944" is the first Eurovision Song Contest song to feature lyrics in the Crimean Tatar language. 382,602 votes were registered by the tele-vote during the show. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2016 Irish Eurovision entrant performed the 2016 Irish entry "Sunlight" as a guest.

1Brunettes Shoot Blondes"Every Monday"13.40%126
2"Higher"35.94%255
3"Helpless"621.11%5112
4"1944"537.77%6111
5"Love Manifest"418.20%483
6Pur:Pur"We Do Change"213.58%354


2017
Final took place on 25 February 2017. Special guests included Alma, , Tamara Gachechiladze, , and Kasia Moś.

1Salto Nazad"O, mamo!"111.35%346
2Mélovin"Wonder"231.22%683
3O.Torvald"Time"525.57%5101
4Illaria"Thank You for My Way"47.43%155
5"I Love You"616.69%4102
6Rozhden"Saturn"37.73%254


2018
Final took place on 24 February 2018. Special guests included and . 179,455 unique votes were received from SMS and App voting.
1Kadnay"Beat of the Universe"318.61%583
2"Lelya"616.62%4102
3The Erised"Heroes"26.48%136
4Laud"Waiting"411.56%264
5Vilna"Forest Song"112.92%345
6Mélovin"Under the Ladder"533.81%6111


2019
The final took place on 23 February 2019 with special guests Lake Malawi and . More than 167,500 unique votes were received from SMS and app voting. Maruv was declared the winner after receiving the most votes among the six finalists. On 26 February 2019, three days after the final was aired, Ukraine withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 after and were unable to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest as a result of controversy.
1Freedom Jazz"Cupidon"64102
2Yuko"Galyna guliala"4155
3"Siren Song"56111
4Brunettes Shoot Blondes"Houston"2354
5"Apart"3583
6Anna Maria"My Road"1236


2020
1Krutь"99"519.90%493
2"Vegan"17.00%126
3Go_A"Solovey"625.43%6121
4David Axelrod"Horizon"311.30%255
5Khayat"Call for Love"420.93%592
6"Bonfire"215.44%354

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Go_A was internally re-selected to represent Ukraine in the , this time with the song "Shum".


2022
+ ! rowspan="2"Draw ! rowspan="2"Artist ! rowspan="2"Song ! rowspan="2"Jury ! colspan="3"Televote (SMS) / App ! rowspan="2"Total ! rowspan="2"Place
1Cloudless"All Be Alright"13,4104.81%457
2Michael Soul"Demons"21,2391.75%138
3Our Atlantic"i=no"51,6052.27%276
4Barleben"Hear My Words"42,7403.87%375
5"Stefania"631,63444.66%8142
6Roxolana"Girlzzzz"35,0347.11%584
7"Nozzy Bossy"75,6427.96%6133
8"Tini zabutykh predkiv"819,53527.58%7151
Following controversy regarding her travel history, 's status as a legitimate participant, and therefore winner, of Vidbir was challenged, which resulted in her participation being ceased by as well as her withdrawal. The runner-up, , was chosen as the Ukrainian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.


2023
1Moisei"I'm Not Alone"15,393677
2OY Sound System"Oy, tuzhu"52,496278
3Demchuk"Alive"73,9364115
4"When God Shut the Door"845,6579173
5Fiinka"Dovbush"611,1097134
6Krutь"Kolyskova"1033,6148182
7Tember Blanche"Ya vdoma"23,411359
8Angelina"Stronger"32,4241410
92Tone"Kvitka"44,681596
10"Heart of Steel"954,04110191


2024
In this edition, the public determined a wildcard entry through an online vote. During the show, aired on 3 February 2024, the voting app crashed, causing the voting window to be extended to the following day.


2025
The final was held on 8 February 2025 with many veteran Ukrainian Eurovision performers as guests, including , , , Kalush, Kateryna Pavlenko, Mélovin, , , and . Artem Kotenko and Svitlana Tarabarova also performed "Hear Me Now," which finished in third place at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024.


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