That was literally the dumbest Vidbir ever since. Ziferblat were my pick, as well as judges' pick, but there were few nuances: 1) It wasn't live, it was shot the day before. Those who actually were watching performances live say, that each entry significantly differs from what was uploaded on youtube (at least audio engineers get well paid, I guess). 2) Jerry Heil (the winner) performance was a disaster, you might've noticed, there were some technical issues - she took of her left earphone at the beginning of the song, so people in there were literally listening back-vocals instead of Jerry's parts, in other words - Jerry is actually became the back-vocals herself, I find it kinda funny tho. Again, God save the Audio Engineers. 3) I remember after Vidbir 2023 Dmytro Shurov, the head producer of this event said: "Artists ARE NOT ALLOWED to change/restructure anything in their performances, everything should be as it was presented before the finals". Spoiler: Jerry Heil did change a little piece at the end of the song (as she did it last year as well). We know how it works, human mind likes brand new things, while 10 artists sing the song everyone heard a thousand times before - it adds nothing, and 11th artist adds something new - it creates "~WOW!~" effect, and people are forced to like it more. I know you're already tired of reading this, I'm also tired of writing this, but we keep going. 4) Cameras motions. If you're going to do more videos on Vidbir entries, just take a more delicate look on cameras motions, and then compare how are great cameras in Jerrys performance, and how rediculous they're with other artists. 5) I hate the internet and social media nowadays. The week before the finals you could see Jerry Heil and Mama Teresa literally everywhere, every youtube blogger collaborated with them, every tv broadcast, every radio, every f***ing billboard and big screens on buildings said "YOU MUST vote for number 6". I was walking through a supermarket, rummaging in one of those fridge containers, where all the frozen products usually are, I lift my head, and 10 inch from my face a screen says "YOU MUST VOTE FOR JERRY HEIL". It's just abnormal, how much money and time they have spent on all this. - As the result, the voting system was integrated in the ukrainian app called "Diya", Over 80% of ukrainians have it installed, even those who don't give a f about Vidbir. So my conjectures are, that a high % of people who voted for them didn't even know about existence of other artists, they just got a popup in "Diya" and blind-voted it. I could get this comment rolling on and on, but those are my main thoughts on Badbir 2O24. P.S.2 The winner song just sucks in every way possible, the rap part is a joke.