eurovision 2021
Go A
Go A represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam with “Shum”, finishing 5th of 26. Ukraine also picked Go A for 2020, the year the contest was cancelled.
- what
- Ukrainian band
- formed
- 2012, Ukraine
- contest
- 2021
- best result
- 5th, 2021
- music
- folktronica
- active
- since 2012
- record labels
- Moon Records Ukraine
- members
- Kateryna Pavlenko, Ihor Didenchuk past and present
- sang for
- Ukraine
Biography
Go_A is a Ukrainian folktronica band formed in 2012: the singer Kateryna Pavlenko, Taras Shevchenko on keyboards and percussion, Ihor Didenchuk and Ivan Hryhoriak. The name joins the English word “go” to the Greek letter alpha. Chosen for the cancelled 2020 contest with “Solovey”, Go_A returned in 2021 with “Shum” and finished fifth in Rotterdam.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Go A”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2020 Rotterdam
“Solovey (Соловей)”
Cancelled Chosen for the 2020 contest, which was cancelled before a note was sung.
- Sung in
- Ukrainian
- Written by
- Kateryna Pavlenko, Taras Shevchenko
The story of Eurovision 2020: The contest that never happened
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2021 Rotterdam
“Shum (Шум)”
5th of 26 Finished 5th of 26 in the final, with 364 points.
- Sung in
- Ukrainian
- Written by
- Kateryna Pavlenko, Taras Shevchenko
- Running order
- 19th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 16, 267 points
- Won that year
- Italy: Måneskin, “Zitti e buoni”
The story of Eurovision 2021: Back under covid rules, and Måneskin win for Italy
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