Ukraine made its debut in 2003 , when Oleksandr Ponomaryov finished 14th . Ukraine won the contest at the second attempt in , when Ruslana won with the song " Wild Dances " , defeating second-placed Serbia and Montenegro by 17 points , 280 to 263 . 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 . On 23 May 2015 , Ukrainian Broadcaster NTU pledged to bring Ukraine back to the contest for 2016 . On 16 September 2015 , it was announced that Ukraine would return to the contest in 2016 . On its return to the contest in , Ukraine became the first Eastern European country to win the contest twice , when Jamala won with her song " 1944 " . The televote was won by Russia and the Jury vote by Australia , Ukraine was second in both , but won with an overall total of 534 points , with Australia second with 511 points and Russia third with 491 points . In 2017 as host country Ukraine was already pre qualified for the final however they achieved the worst result for the country 24th with 36 Points
2015 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest