Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus | |
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Member station | BTRC |
National selection events |
EuroFest
Internal Selection
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Appearances | |
Appearances | 13 (4 finals) |
First appearance | 2004 |
Best result | 6th: 2007 |
Worst result | 22nd SF: 2006 |
External links | |
BTRC page | |
Belarus's page at Eurovision.tv |
Belarus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since making its debut in 2004. Dmitry Koldun became the country's first entrant to reach the final at the 2007 contest, where he finished sixth with the song "Work Your Magic". This remains Belarus's only top ten placement. Belarus also qualified for the final in 2007, 2010 and 2013.
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History
Belarus entered the contest in the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final. Belarus has so far managed to qualify for the final four times: in 2007 with Dmitry Koldun, in 2010 with band 3+2, in 2013 with Alyona Lanskaya and in 2014 with Teo.
After the 2009 edition, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, said that it was necessary to completely replace the current working team behind Belarus' Eurovision entry. Lukashenko pointed out his frustrations over divisions within the team.[citation needed]
Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 contest representing Norway, expressed an interest in composing an entry for his birth country Belarus.[1] An attempt to compose a song for Belarus materialized in 2015, when Rybak composed a song called Accent, sung by a group of girls created by himself and called Milki. Despite being the favourite to win the national final that year, it only got a 4th place.
Contestants
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Year | Artist | Language | Title | Finale | Points | Semi | Points |
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2004 | Aleksandra and Konstantin | English | "My Galileo" | Failed to qualify | 19 | 10 | |
2005 | Angelica Agurbash | English | "Love Me Tonight" | 13 | 67 | ||
2006 | Polina Smolova | English | "Mum" | 22 | 10 | ||
2007 | Dmitry Koldun | English | "Work Your Magic" | 6 | 145 | 4 | 176 |
2008 | Ruslan Alekhno | English | "Hasta La Vista" | Failed to qualify | 17 | 27 | |
2009 | Petr Elfimov | English | "Eyes That Never Lie" | 13 | 25 | ||
2010 | 3+2 feat Robert Wells | English | "Butterflies" | 24 | 18 | 9 | 59 |
2011 | Anastasia Vinnikova | English | "I Love Belarus" | Failed to qualify | 14 | 45 | |
2012 | Litesound | English | "We Are the Heroes" | 16 | 35 | ||
2013 | Alyona Lanskaya | English | "Solayoh" | 16 | 48 | 7 | 64 |
2014 | Teo | English | "Cheesecake" | 16 | 43 | 5 | 87 |
2015 | Uzari & Maimuna | English | "Time" | Failed to qualify | 12 | 39 | |
2016 | Ivan | English | "Help You Fly" | 12 | 84 |
Voting history
As of 2015, Belarus' voting history is as follows:
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Commentators and Spokespersons
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Year(s) | Television Commentators | Dual Television Commentators | Spokesperson |
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2004 | Ales Kruglyakov[2][3] | No dual commentator | Denis Kurian |
2005 | Elena Ponomareva | ||
2006 | Denis Kurian[4][5] | Corrianna | |
2007 | Alexander Tikhanovich | Juliana | |
2008 | No dual commentator | Olga Barabanschikova | |
2009 | Ekaterina Litvinova | ||
2010 | Aleksei Grishin | ||
2011 | Leila Ismailava | ||
2012 | Dmitry Koldun | ||
2013 | Evgeny Perlin | Darya Domracheva | |
2014 | Alyona Lanskaya | ||
2015 | Teo | ||
2016 | Uzari |
Photo Gallery
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Dmitry Koldun at Helsinki (2007)
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Ruslan Alekhno at Belgrade (2008)
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Alyona Lanskaya at Malmö (2013)
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Teo at Copenhagen (2014)
See also
References
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- ↑ For 5 years, Denis has been the Belarusian commentator for the programme