History YMMV / GoA

* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** They were one among their fellow Eurovision 2021 entrants: while other Top 5 acts like France's Barbara Pravi, Switzerland's Gjon's Tears or Iceland's Music/DadiFreyr were seen as favourites to win for several months, and even eventual winner Music/{{Maneskin}} took the top spot in the odds after rehearsals started, Go_A's genre-defying, own-language effort took most people by surprise when they ended up winning the most televotes in their semi-final and the second most televotes in the grand final (ultimately finishing in 5th place), and later going viral on social media.
*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was even agitation about it keeping Ukraine's 100% record of qualification (its potential qualification chances were openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of the major artist-endorsed fan site Wiwibloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified, leading to Katarina jokingly mocking him when doing a promotional performance of Solovei for that website's replacement entertainment owing to ESC's cancellation that year, though he would be eventually won over by Shum the next year, which would be a favourite in hindsight of his presenting partner William Lee Adams), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.
** Within the band, Ihor is maybe the most recognisable member next to Kate, thanks to his youthful looks and the instrument he plays, a traditional flute called a sopilka.

** Within the band, Ihor is maybe the most recognisable member next to Kate, thanks to his youthful looks and the instrument he plays, a traditional flute called a sopilka.

** They were one among their fellow Eurovision 2021 entrants: while other Top 5 acts like France's Barbara Pravi, Switzerland's Gjon's Tears or Iceland's Music/DadiFreyr were seen as favourites to win it all since several months, and even eventual winner Music/{{Maneskin}} took the top spot in the odds after rehearsals started, Go_A's genre-defying, own-language effort took most people by surprise when they end up winning the most televotes in their semi-final and the second most televotes in the grand final (ultimately finishing in 5th place), and later going viral on social media.
*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was even agitation about it keeping Ukraine’s 100% record of qualification (its potential qualification chances were openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of the major artist-endorsed fan site Wiwibloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified, leading to Katarina jokingly mocking him when doing a promotional performance of Solovei for that website’s replacement entertainment owing to ESC’s cancellation that year, though he would be eventually won over by Shum the next year, which would be a favourite in hindsight of his presenting partner William Lee Adams), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.

*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was even agitation about it keeping Ukraine’s 100% record of qualification (its potential qualification chances were openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of the major artist-endorsed fan site Wiwibloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified, leading to Katarina jokingly mocking him when doing a promotional performance of Solovei for that website’s replacement entertainment owing to ESC’s cancellation that year, though he would be won over by Shum the next year), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.

*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was even agitation about it keeping Ukraine’s 100% record of qualification (its potential qualification chances were openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of the major artist-endorsed fan site Wiwibloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.

*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was agitation about it keeping Ukraine’s 100% record of qualification (its potential qualification chances were openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of WiwiBloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.

*** In contrast with many other acts that would have partaken in 2020, such as Dadi, Gjon, Destiny, The Roop and Victoria, Go_A had never been seen as a title contender with their first song, Solovei, which was publicly selected, and there was agitation about it keeping Ukraine’s 100% record of qualification (which wa a openly questioned by Deban Aderimi of WiwiBloggs in a video predicting who would have qualified), though it was a mid-table placer in many fan lists, and the fact it would have closed Semi Final 1, as revealed in the song Celebration broadcast, was also in its favour.