Ukraine automatically qualified to the grand final , because it was on the top 10 last year.Verka performed eighteenth following Serbia and preceding United Kingdom ( including a maximum 12 from Andorra , Czech Republic , Latvia , Poland & Portugal ) . With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008 , Ukraine would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . As Ukraine was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four , other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007