Vasyl Baidak

Vasyl Baidak (born 14 January 1991 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian stand-up comedian with absurdist comedy being his primary genre. He is also known as a fundraiser for Ukrainian defence forces, film and advertisements actor and director, commentator of Ukrainian broadcasts of the Eurovision Song Contest and host of Vidbir, the annual musical competition to determine the Ukrainian representative for Eurovision. In November 2023 he was included into the rating of the "Top 100 Ukrainian leaders" compiled by the news outlet "Ukrainska Pravda", in the category of "culture".

He was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and since childhood exhibited his talent to entertain people. After finishing his school, he entered the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, and there he started doing humor as a part of the university stand-up group. In 2012, Baidak together with Oleksandr Serdiuk, Oleh Svyshch and Vadym Kozedub created a stand-up group of their own, titled "Vorobushek", and they started doing stand-ups in the Kharkiv league of the KVN. After their team was disqualified, they founded Vorobushek absurdist theater. In 2013 he had his very first solo concert, which he presented under the scene name of Uncle Vasia.

Starting from March 2022 he actively fundraises for the Ukrainian military, often makes charity stand-up in the warfare zone, and became a member of a parody group "BADstreet Boys". He is married to Yelyzaveta Sazonova, whose relationship started when they were university students. In February 2024 he received a "Varti" award from the Nova Poshta company in "Creative communications" nomination, and on 4 December 2025 received a "Golden heart" award from the President of Ukraine for his efforts in fundraising for the Ukrainian defence forces.