Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" written by Evheniy Matyushenko and Svetlana Loboda. The song was performed by Svetlana Loboda. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The national selection consisted of a semi-final, held on 21 February 2009, and a final, held on 8 March 2009; thirty-one entries competed in the semi-final with the top fifteen advancing to the final. In the final, "Be My Valentine!" performed by Svetlana Loboda was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote. The song was later retitled as "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)".

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Ukraine
National selection
Selection processEvrobachennya 2009 - Natsionalyni vidbir
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
8 February 2009
Final:
8 March 2009
Selected entrantSvetlana Loboda
Selected song"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Evheniy Matyushenko
  • Svetlana Loboda
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 80 points)
Final result12th, 76 points
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 17, "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed sixth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 80 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 21 and placed twelfth out of the 25 participating countries with 76 points.

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