Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belarus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since making its debut in 2004. The country's first appearance in a final was in 2007, with the song "Work Your Magic" performed by Dmitry Koldun, placing sixth. This remains Belarus' only top ten placement. Belarus also qualified for the final in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019.

Belarus
Member stationBTRC
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances16 (6 finals)
First appearance2004
Best result6th: 2007
External links
BTRC page
Belarus's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

History

Belarus entered the contest in the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final. Has of the 2019 contest, Belarus has qualified for the final six times: in 2007 with "Work Your Magic", in 2010 with "Butterflies", in 2013 with "Solayoh", in 2014 with "Cheesecake", in 2017 with "Story of My Life", and in 2019 with "Like It".

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.

Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 contest representing Norway, expressed an interest in composing an entry for his birth country Belarus.[1] Rybak's song "Accent", performed by Milki, competed in the Belarusian national final for the 2015 contest,[2] placing fourth.

Contestants
Table key
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Language Title Final Points Semi Points
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
2017
 Naviband Belarusian "Story of My Life" 17 83 9 110
2018
 Alekseev English "Forever" Failed to qualify 16 65
2019
 ZENA English "Like It" 24 31 10 122
2020
 VAL Belarusian "Da vidna" (Да відна) Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 1] X

Heads of delegation
Year Head of delegation Ref.
2017–2018 Olga Salamakha
[3][4]

Commentators and spokespersons
Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2003 Ales Kruglyakov, Tatyana Yakusheva Did not participate
[5][6][7]
2004 Ales Kruglyakov Denis Kurian
2005 Elena Ponomareva
2006 Denis Dudinskiy Corrianna
[8][9]
2007 Denis Kurian, Alexander Tikhanovich Juliana
[10]
2008 Denis Kurian Olga Barabanschikova
[10]
2009 Ekaterina Litvinova
[10]
2010 Aleksei Grishin
[10]
2011 Leila Ismailava
2012 Dmitry Koldun
[11]
2013 Evgeny Perlin Darya Domracheva
[12][13]
2014 Alyona Lanskaya
[14][15]
2015 Teo
[16][17]
2016 Uzari
[18][19]
2017 Alyona Lanskaya
[20][15]
2018 Naviband
[21]
2019 Maria Vasilevich
[22][23]

See also

Notes
  1. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
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  21. "May we have your votes please?". eurovision.tv. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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