Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Evrobachennya 2013 – Natsionalniy vidbir | |||
Selection date(s) | 23 December 2012 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Zlata Ognevich | |||
Selected song | "Gravity" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Placement | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 140 points) | |||
Final result | 3rd, 214 points | |||
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Gravity" written by Karen Kavaleryan and Mikhail Nekrasov. The song was performed by Zlata Ognevich. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) organised a national final in order to select the Ukrainian entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. Nineteen entries competed in the national selection held on 23 December 2012 and "Gravity" performed by Zlata Ognevich was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.
Ukraine was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 7, "Gravity" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed third out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 140 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 22 and placed third out of the 26 participating countries with 213 points.