Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) | |||
| Country | Ukraine | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Evrobachennya. Ukrayina-2010 Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 20 March 2010 Song: 24 March 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Sweet People" | |||
| Artist | Alyosha | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 77 points) | |||
| Final result | 10th, 108 points | |||
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Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Sweet People", written by Borys Kukoba, Vadim Lisitsa and Olena Kucher, and performed by Kucher herself under her stage name Alyosha. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU), organised a national final in order to select its entry, following objections to its initial selection process. The song was internally selected after the winning song from the second national final was discarded following allegations of plagiarism.
In December 2009, NTU internally selected Vasyl Lazarovych as it performer for the 2010 contest, while his song was selected through a national final held on 5 March 2010. Five songs competed in the final where "I Love You" was selected following the combination of votes from a six-member jury panel and a public televote. After objections to the internal selection of Lazarovych, NTU organised a new open national final which was held on 20 March 2010. Twenty entries competed in the new national selection where "To Be Free" performed by Alyosha was selected after tying for first place following the combination of votes from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote—the tie was decided by the jury in Alyosha's favour. Following plagiarism allegations and claims that "To Be Free" had been made available publicly in 2008, the song was replaced with "Sweet People", which was presented to the public on 25 March 2010.
Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 8, "Sweet People" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Ukraine placed seventh out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 77 points. In the final, Ukraine performed in position 17 and placed tenth out of the 25 participating countries with 108 points.