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Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times, debuting in 2003 with a 14th-place finish for Oleksandr Ponomaryov. Ukraine won the contest at the second attempt when Ruslana won the 2004 contest with "Wild Dances". The 2005 contest was hosted in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Ukraine's other top five results in the contest are second-place finishes for Verka Serduchka in 2007 and Ani Lorak in 2008, third for Zlata Ognevich in , and fourth for Mika Newton in . Ukraine has finished in the top ten a total of eight times. Ukraine has never been eliminated in the semi-final round and has an average score of 143 points per contest, 233 if including the semi-finals. On 19 September 2014, state broadcaster NTU announced that it would sit out the 2015 Contest because of financial difficulties in relation to the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. However, Ukraine broadcast the contest despite not taking part.〔http://www.telekritika.ua/rinok/2015-05-25/107464〕 On 23 May 2015, Ukrainian Broadcaster NTU pledged to bring Ukraine back to the contest for 2016. On 16 September 2015, it has been announced that Ukraine will return to the contest in 2016. == Contestants == ;Table key ;NOTES: :a. In 2012, Cyprus and Ukraine were both awarded with 65 points each in the Final, however, as regulated by the "count-back" tie-breaker rule, Ukraine finished 15th overall and Cyprus 16th because Ukraine received points from more countries in the Final than Cyprus. :b. If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. In addition, back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten with Spain and the United Kingdom finishing after 15th place, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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