According to Mr Pavlo Gridsak of Ukrainian Television, the singer Oleksandar Ponomariov has been selected to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia.At the moment there is an open competiton for songwriters, who should enter songs written for Oleksandar Ponomariov. A jury will select the song representing Ukraine internally, so there won't be a public National Final. It is expected that 10 songs will be chosen from all the songs entered and again an internal source will choose the song that will represent the Ukraine at Eurovision 2003.