Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Belarus was represented by Aleksandra & Konstantin and the song "My Galileo" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)31 January 2004
Selected entrantAleksandra & Konstantin
Selected song"My Galileo"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 10 points)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

A submission period for interested artists and composers was opened. Songs could be performed in any language, although at least part of each song had to be in English. At the closing of the deadline, 59 applications were received by the broadcaster. From this, 16 entries were selected to proceed to the televised national final. However, one of the selected finalist songs, "Kali chakra, a i luz" performed by Jur'ya, withdrew before the final. The song was not replaced.

Final

The televised final took place on 31 January 2004 at the BTRC TV Studios in Minsk, hosted by Larisa Gribaleva and Ales Kruglyakov. Although the songs have Russian titles, the majority of them were performed in English. Public televoting and Internet voting exclusively selected the song "Moy Galiley" performed by Aleksandra & Konstantin as the winner.

Final – 31 January 2004
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Adelina Petrosyan "Govorjat" Adelina Petrosyan 1,920 15
2 Aleksandra & Konstantin "Moy Galiley" Aleksey Solomaha, Alexandra Kirsanova, Konstantin Drapezo 2,311 1
3 Irina Dorofeeva "Mne ne nuzhno bol'shey lyubvi" Pavel Baranovski, Evgeni Oleinik 2,067 4
4 Maxim Sapatkov "Pust taet sneg" Maksim Sapatkov 2,119 3
5 Nadezhda Tamelo "Dozhdis" Leonid Shirin 1,937 12
6 Olga Molchanova "Ya pytayus" Dmitry Pavlov 1,932 13
7 Natalia Podolskaya "Lyubov ne ostanovit" Michael Jay, Raen Lobcher 2,213 2
8 Alexandra Gaiduk "Ya khranyu nadezhdu" Aleksandr Ivanov, Alexandra Gaiduk 2,039 5
9 Polina Smolova "Pesnya o lyubvi" Sergey Borisevich, Vladimir Kurlovich 1,977 8
10 Corriana "Svoboda" Ekaterina Kachina, Leonid Shirin 2,008 6
11 Yana "Skazhi mne" Tatiana Lipnitskaya 1,954 10
12 Aleksandr Soloduha "Ne perezhivay" Oleg Zhukov, Oleg Eliseenkov 1,996 7
13 Anna Bogdanova "Prosto slova" Vladimir Kubishkin, Vitaly Penzin 1,967 9
14 MiLR "S prekrasnym svetom" Dmitry Demidov, Dmitry Starovoitov 1,927 14
15 Janet "Lel'" Janet, Gennadi Melnikov 1,948 11

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. As this was Belarus' debut, the country had to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest, held on 12 May 2004. The duo performed second, after Finland and before Switzerland. They ended 19th with 10 points, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

Points awarded by Belarus
Points awarded to Belarus (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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