Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry internally for the second time in a row.[1] This was the country's eighth participation in the contest since 2004.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)12 March 2011
Selected entrantAnastasia Vinnikova
Selected song"I Love Belarus"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 45 points)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2010 • 2011 • 2012►

Before Eurovision

Initial rumors

Serbian newspaper Blic reported that Serbian producer Željko Joksimović, who represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 and produced the Bosnian and Herzegovinian song in 2006 and the Serbian song in 2008, was chosen to write the 2011 Belarusian Eurovision entry for Irina Dorofeeva; official confirmation was made.[3][4]

Internal selection

Just as in 2010, BTRC opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 21 February 2010. There were no limitations regarding the nationality of the singers and songwriters taking part in the open selection.[5] An expert panel then reviewed all the submissions, and the selected entry was chosen on 1 March 2011.

On 28 February 2011, BTRC announced Anastasia Vinnikova as the Belarusian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Born in Byelorussia".[6] However, on 3 March 2011, it was announced that the lyrics of the song would be changed, with the new title of the song to be "I Am Belarusian", as the song quoted memories from the Soviet Union period.[7] However, on 12 March 2011 the song was withdrawn, after it was discovered that it had been performed in public in the summer of 2010, and was replaced with the new song "I Love Belarus".[8]

At Eurovision

Belarus performed sixteenth in the second semi-final of the contest on 12 May. Belarus placed fourteenth with 45 points and failed to qualify for the final.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Belarus came 14th with 45 points: the public awarded Belarus 9th place with 54 points and the jury awarded 15th place with 38 points.

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

See also

References
  1. Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. "Belarus Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. Sanjay, Jiandani (15 January 2011). "Belarus: Zeljko Joksimovic to pen the Belarus entry?". EscToday.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) | Željko Joksimović to compose entry?
  5. Brey, Marco (25 January 2011). "Belarus: Call for entries for internal selection". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  6. Busa, Alexandru (26 February 2011). "Anastasia Vinnikova to represent Belarus in Düsseldorf". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  7. Brey, Marco (3 March 2011). "Belarus: Song lyrics changed to "I Am Belarusian"". EBU. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  8. Busa, Alexandru (12 March 2011). "Anastasia Vinnikova to sing I love Belarus". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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