Singer

Taras Topolya

told what criteria will be used to evaluate the contestants of the National Selection for

Eurovision 2023

The leader of the band "Antitila", who will decide the fate of the participants as part of the jury this year, noted that he will pay attention not only to the vocal performance of the performers, but also to their civic position. 

"My responsibility regarding the evaluation of creativity, performance skills, number. And, of course, my responsibility - I say this openly - will be to evaluate the civil position during the war, to analyze certain acts of artists, their statements. This is for myself to predict how this representative of the whole nation will give an interview at Eurovision, how he will communicate with the foreign press, not only regarding issues of creativity and the contest, but also issues of the socio-political situation in the country," Topolya said on the air. The only news". 

Such questions, in the opinion of a member of the jury of the National Selection, are very important, because now the attention of the whole world is focused on Ukrainians.

That is why, says Taras, it is important that the participants can defend their country with dignity, not only with songs, but also with their position.

We will remind you that earlier Taras Topolya

explained

why Ukraine should take part in Eurovision 2023 even during a full-scale war. 

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