Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Belarusian entry was selected through Eurofest, a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster BTRC. Litesound represented Belarus with the song "We Are the Heroes", which failed to qualify from the second semi-final, achieving 16th place with 35 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processEurofest 2012
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
21 December 2011
Final:
14 February 2012
Selected entrantLitesound
Selected song"We Are the Heroes"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th, 35 points)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurofest 2012

Eurofest 2012 was the national final format developed by BTRC in order to select Belarus's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Eurofest also returned as the Belarusian selection process after a two-year break. The competition included semi-final and a final held on 21 December 2011 and 14 February 2012 respectively.

Competing entries

A submission period for interested artists and composers was opened on 1 November 2011 and lasted until 25 November 2011.[3] From the applicants, a jury panel was tasked with selecting fifteen entries to proceed to the televised national final.

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 21 December 2011 at the BTRC TV Studios in Minsk, hosted by Denis Kurian. Five songs qualified to the final based on a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and the votes from a public televote.[4]

Semi-final – 21 December 2011
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Anna Blagova "You" Anna Blagova, Victor Rudenko Eliminated
2 German "Keep Faith" Dmitry Karpinchik, Yuri Mantachik Eliminated
3 Aura "Hands Up!" Evgeny Oleinik, Julia Bykova, Svetlana Geraskova Eliminated
4 Alexandra Gaiduk & Natalia Baldina "Loveless" Maxim Oleinikov, Andrey Glushko, Alyona Gorbachova Eliminated
5 Gunesh "And Morning Will Come" Isa Melikov, Zahra Badabeyli Finalist
6 Anastasia Vinnikova "Shining In Twilight" Yuri Vashchuk, Leonid Shirin Eliminated
7 The Champions "It’s Your Time" Olisa Emeka Orakposim, Vyacheslav Lyschik Eliminated
8 Yan Zhenchak & Outerplain "We Are the Candles" Yan Zhenchak Eliminated
9 Ekivoki "Number One" Alexander Sukharev, Dmitry Apolenis Eliminated
10 Victoria Aleshko "Dream" Evgeny Oleinik, Julia Bykova, Svetlana Geraskova Finalist
11 Alyona Lanskaya "All My Life" Leonid Shirin, Yuri Vashchuk Finalist
12 Uzari "The Winner" Yury Navrotsky Finalist
13 Nuteki "Superheroes" Mikhail Nokarashvili Eliminated
14 Litesound "We Are the Heroes" Vladimir Karyakin, Dmitry Karyakin Finalist
15 Thriller "Message to the World" Ivan Lutsenko, Anna Gorbachev Eliminated

Final

The final took place on 14 February 2012 at the Sports Palace in Minsk, hosted by Denis Kurian and Leyla Ismailova. Special Eurofest diaries was shown on TV during the whole project.[5] A 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and the votes from a public televote selected the song "All My Life" performed by Alyona Lanskaya as the winner of the competition. Lanskaya won the televote while Litesound won the jury vote.[6]

On 24 February 2012, the Belorussian president conducted an investigation leading to Lanskaya's "unfair" win in Eurofest 10 days earlier. It was rumored that she and her producers had rigged the televote by giving her 12 points, making her the winner. The president ordered an immediate investigation and was later confirmed to be true. Therefore, on 26 February 2012, Alyona Lanskaya was disqualified. As a result of this, she was replaced by Litesound, who got second place, as the new winner of Eurofest 2012 and Belarus' entrant for Eurovision 2012.[2]

Final – 14 February 2012
DrawArtistSongPlace
1 Alyona Lanskaya "All My Life" 1
2 Gunesh "Tell Me Why?" 3
3 Victoria Aleshko "Dream" 5
4 Litesound "We Are the Heroes" 2
5 Uzari "The Winner" 4

At Eurovision

Belarus competed in the first half of the second semi-final (5th on stage), on 24 May 2012, following Malta and preceding the Portugal. Belarus received 35 points and placed 16th, thus failing to qualify for the final on 26 May.[1]

Split results
  • In the semi-final Belarus came 16th with 35 points: the public awarded Belarus 12th place with 37 points and the jury awarded 11th place with 52 points.[7]

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

Points awarded by Belarus

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (2)". Eurovision.tv.
  2. Omelyanchuk, Olena (24 February 2012). "Litesound as new Belarusian representative in Baku". Eurovision.tv.
  3. Omelyanchuk, Olena (18 October 2011). "Belarus: EuroFest is back as the national selection!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. Hondal, Victor (18 December 2011). "Belarus: EuroFest final to be held on January 28th". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  5. Busa, Alexandru (18 October 2011). "Belarus: EuroFest to select 2012 representative". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. "BELARUSSIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2012".
  7. Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  8. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv.
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