The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, Suspilne, organised the national final Vidbir 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Between 2022 and 2024, Suspilne had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection.

[7] The third stage was the televised final, which took place in February 2025 and featured the acts vying to represent Ukraine in Basel.

[8][9] Tina Karol, who represented Ukraine in 2006, was assigned as the new music producer of the competition and was the lead in reviewing the 374 received submissions.

[11] A public online vote among the non-qualifying entries from the auditions will be held by 17 January 2025 to determine an additional competing act.

[12] The three members of the expert jury for Vidbir 2025 were selected among nine candidates via a public online vote on the Diia application, open to all Ukrainian citizens from 16 to 23 December 2024.

In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Alyona Alyona, Jamala, Jerry Heil, Kateryna Pavlenko, Mélovin, Ruslana, Tymofii Muzychuk, Tina Karol and Tvorchi with "Usmikhnysia meni", Ruslana with "Zakrutyla", Badstreet Boys with "Eurosong", and Artem Kotenko and Svitlana Tarabarova with "Hear Me Now".