Season 8

Participation
After won in Kyiv, Ukraine with KAZKA's "Palala", the eighth season of the GiraVision Song Contest was held in Ukraine for the second time in a row - this time in Kharkiv, Ukraine. A total of 51 countries signed up to compete in the contest.

Changes

 * Because of the large amount of semi-finalists, there would be 11 qualifiers this season instead of 10. This would increase the number of finalists from 26 to 28.

Countries
A total of 51 countries chose to participate in the eighth GiraVision contest. One country made its debut and another country returned.


 * The debuting country is Iran.
 * No country returned or withdrew this season.

Returning Artists
Here are the artists that are participating in Season 8 that have participated before:

Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final premiered on January 5, 2021. ,, and had to vote in this semi-final. The juries of, , , and did not vote in this semi-final; therefore, half of their points were taken off.

Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final premiered on January 5, 2021. ,, and had to vote in this semi-final.

Grand Final
The Grand Final premiered on January 18, 2021.