When Belarus performs at Eurovision. Thanks to NaviBand for a great performance
Today, the second semi-final of Eurovision 2017 will take place in Kyiv, in which the Belarusians NaviBand will take part. The musicians will perform at the International exhibition center composition "History of Maygo Zhytstya" and will fight for a ticket to the final. With support, we went to the capital of Ukraine and on the eve of the semi-finals we assess the chances of the Belarusians.
Why do we love them and what does the number look like?
NaviBand is a duet in which a guy and a girl sing touching songs about love and other sentimental things. Bribes it primarily external (and, I want to believe, internal) sincerity.
Another important factor- the language in which the composition is performed. "History of Maigo Zhytstya" is the first Belarusian-language song with which our country performs at Eurovision. Prior to this, the artists representing Belarus at the competition performed numbers in English (it is believed that this is the best option).
The number is criticized primarily for the fact that it does not quite correspond to the content of the composition. Like, the song is positive, bright and light, and the number is rather dull. It looks like this: Artem and Ksyusha perform on a large platform, which is something like flying ship, in the background behind the artists, the geometrically correct outlines of buildings change, towards the end of the composition, the picture explodes with fireworks.
What do they think in Kyiv?
As we have already said, Kyiv met Eurovision quite indifferently. Many attribute this to the fact that on the eve of the competition there was a big weekend and many simply left the city. In addition, the first semi-final was held on May 9 - on a big holiday, which somewhat drew attention away from the competition.
- In general, those who are interested in the competition, of course, in the subject, say the locals. - Young people seem to know that Eurovision is being held in the city, they even remember that Jamala won last year. But what is happening now, not really in the know.
However, when it comes to the composition of the Belarusian participants of Eurovision, the people of Kiev nod their heads approvingly: they say, we know, we heard. First of all, Ukrainians are captivated by the fact that the song is performed in Belarusian. Many of the locals consider Belarusians to be the favorites of the contest and promise that all of Ukraine will vote for them. This, of course, is not a representative sample, but you can catch the general mood.
How do bookmakers react?
A few days before Eurovision, bookmakers' forecasts for NaviBand were disappointing. Before the start of the competition, the Belarusians were at the very bottom of the table and occupied 34th place in the overall standings - the result was so-so. The latest rating does not differ much from the previous one: Belarus has moved up five positions and is in 29th place - this is not enough even to reach the final of the competition.
Still in 1st place italian artist Francesco Gabbani.
His bookmakers called him the main contender for victory even before the start of the competition. Francesco's number is incendiary dances and typical eurodance with a tangible influence of Italian disco - in general, no revelations, but strong Francesco takes it with his charisma.
In the ranking of bookmakers, he pressed the 17-year-old Bulgarian and is now not far behind the Italian. Sobral brought to Kyiv a rather ascetic number (there is a minimum of scenery and special effects on the stage), but it is very beautiful and melodic: jazz, bossa nova and whispering Portuguese are mixed here in the most wonderful way.
On the other hand, the Yandex.Music service has collected all the songs of the Eurovision 2017 participants, for which you can vote "like". "History of Maygo Zhytstya" takes a confident 1st place in this rating.
What do journalists say?
When you ask journalists from other countries about a Belarusian song, everyone gives a thumbs up.
- They are definitely in the top 5 of the competition. It's really good composition, which I would take with me on a trip to the car,- the Portuguese journalist, wrapped in the flag of his native country, said on the eve of the first semi-final.
Already on May 10, journalists were telling how sorry they were for the Finns, who did not make it to the final of the competition - in this they were almost unanimous.
- All the favorites of the competition qualified, only the Finns, unfortunately, did not qualify for the final,- says a specialist from Spain. - For me, they were also favorites: Blackbird is a beautiful song. Now for me one of the main favorites is Portugal. Collected - best singer in this competition. Also Italy, Sweden and Armenia - they are fantastic.
"History of maygo life"? She is cute and different from other songs. And for the first time from your country there will be a song in the Belarusian language. As for the chances, Belarus, I think, will reach the final. We are not talking about victory, but you will get into the top 10.
After the rehearsal of the second semi-final, a journalist from Australia, who danced all two dozen songs, admitted:
- I am happy that Australia made it to the first semi-final: the contestants are much stronger in this.
- Fortunately, we have qualified,- says the specialist. - It is a pity that Finland did not make it to the final: I believe that they simply had to be among the finalists. I also liked Sweden.
In the second semi-final, a lot good songs and performers. Croatia, Belarus, Romania, Estonia - I think they have great compositions. I love Belarusian very much, she is wonderful. I think you will definitely be in the top 10.
In general, when it comes to the History of Maygo Zhytstsia, journalists, describing the range of emotions, use the phrase “so much fun”.
Who are the competitors and who should you pay attention to?
The second semi-final will feature 18 artists, the same number as the first. In addition to the favorite from Bulgaria, which is now in the 3rd position in the ranking of bookmakers, Serbia, Austria, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Ireland, San Marino, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, Lithuania will be represented in the semi-finals , Estonia and Israel.
A rather unexpected number with Tyrolean tunes was presented by the Romanians.
We are waiting for the results of Eurovision 2019, which will be announced tonight. In the meantime, we recall the history of all Eurovision contests - what they were like for Belarusians.
2004 - Istanbul, Türkiye
Alexandra and Konstantin
Song: My Galileo
Song language: English
Music: Alexandra and Konstantin
Words: Alexey Solomakha
Performance price: unknown
Place in the semi-finals: 19-20
Points in the semi-finals: 10 (5 - Ukraine, 2 - Lithuania, 2 - Estonia, 1 - Iceland)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Irina Dorofeeva, Natalia Podolskaya, Alexandra Gaiduk, Polina Smolova, Corriana, Alexander Solodukha, Anna Bogdanova, Janet, Maxim
Sapatkov
Interesting Facts: 1. Petr Elfimov, who will go to Eurovision as a participant in the future, took part in the competition as a backing vocalist at the group's performance. The second backing vocalist was artistic director BGA "Pesnyary" Vyacheslav Sharapov.
2. On the eve of the performance, Alexandra lost her voice, but, by the way, by the beginning of the concert, she managed to restore it.
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Performance of the winner - Ruslan "Wild Dances" (Ukraine)
2005 - Kyiv, Ukraine
Angelica Agurbash
Song: love me tonight
Song language: English
Music: Nikos Terzis
Words: Nektarios Therakis
Performance price: it is known for sure that the price of the Agurbash dress was 40 thousand dollars. The cost of the entire performance is unknown.
Place in the semi-finals: 13
Points in the semi-finals: 67 (12 - Bulgaria, 10 - Russia, 8 - Greece, 7 - Cyprus, 7 - Malta, 6 - Macedonia, 4 - Ukraine, 3 - Latvia, 3 - Lithuania, 3 - Turkey, 2 - Israel, 1 - Poland, 1 - Monaco)
Commentator: Ales Kruglyakov
Other notable contenders: Polina Smolova, Natalia Tamelo
Interesting Facts: 1. After the defeat, Agurbash repeatedly made statements in the press that Belarus was condemned
2. Philip Kirkorov became the executive producer of the artist, Valentin Yudashkin sewed stage costumes, Mia Michaels worked on the choreography (staged numbers for Celine Dion, Prince, Madonna and other artists)
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Winner performance – Elena Paparizou “My Number One” (Greece)
2006 - Athens, Greece
Song: mum
Song language: English
Music: Sergey Sukhomlin
Words: Andrey Kostyugov
Performance price: unknown
Place in the semi-finals: 22
Points in the semi-finals: 10 (6 - Russia, 3 - Moldova, 1 - Ukraine)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders: Janet, Alexandra Gaiduk, Gunesh Abasova, Dmitry Koldun, Irina Dorofeeva, Litesound, Dali, Lyavony
Interesting Facts: Polina Smolova also tried to enter the competition as a Russian representative in 2008 and 2012; 2.
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Winner Performance – Lordi “Hard Rock Hallelujah” (Finland)
2007 - Helsinki, Finland
Dmitry Koldun
Song: Work your magic
Song language: English
Music: Philip Kirkorov
Words: Karen Kavaleryan
Performance price: about 1.5 million dollars
Place in the semi-finals: 4
Points in the semi-finals: 176 (12 - Armenia, 12 - Israel, 12 - Russia, 12 - Ukraine, 12 - Moldova, 10 - Cyprus, 10 - Lithuania, 10 - Latvia, 7 - Greece, 7 - Malta, 7 - Estonia, 6 - Ireland, 6 - Bulgaria, 5 - Turkey, 5 - Czech Republic, 4 - Montenegro, 4 - Serbia, 4 - Albania, 4 - Georgia, 4 - Iceland, 4 - Poland, 4 - Macedonia, 3 - Romania, 3 - Norway, 3 - Sweden, 2 - Hungary, 2 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 - Denmark, 1 - Portugal)
Place in the final: 6
Points in the final: 145 (12 - Israel, 12 - Ukraine, 12 - Russia, 10 - Armenia, 10 - Malta, 10 - Moldova, 8 - Georgia, 8 - Latvia, 7 - Lithuania, 7 - Estonia, 7 - Poland, 7 - Macedonia, 6 - Cyprus, 5 - Greece, 4 - Hungary, 4 - Iceland, 4 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3 - Montenegro, 2 - Serbia, 2 - Albania, 2 - Czech Republic, 1 - Bulgaria, 1 - Portugal, 1 - Romania)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan and Alexander Tikhanovich
Other notable contenders: Diana Gurtskaya, Litesound, Dali, Natalya Tamelo, Anya Sharkunova, Georgy Koldun, Alexander Patlis, The Project
Interesting Facts: the best result of the performance of Belarusians at Eurovision
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Winner performance – Maria Sherifovic “Molitva” (Serbia)
2008 - Belgrade, Serbia
Song: hasta la vista
Song language: English
Music: Taras Demchuk
Words: Eleonora Melnik
Performance price: it is known that NGTRK spent more money on Alehno's trip than on Koldun
Place in the semi-finals: 17
Points in the semi-finals: 27 (10 - Ukraine, 6 - Lithuania, 5 - Latvia, 4 - Georgia, 2 - Cyprus)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders: Palace, Dali, Litesound, Anna Sharkunova and German Titov, Gunesh Abasova,
Interesting Facts:–
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Winner performance – Dima Bilan “Believe” (Russia)
2009 - Moscow, Russia
Song: Eyes That Never Lie
Song language: English
Music:
Words: Valery Prokhozhiy
Performance price: unknown
Place in the semi-finals: 13
Points in the semi-finals: 25 (6 - Macedonia, 4 - Armenia, 4 - Finland, 4 - Israel, 2 - Montenegro, 1 - Czech Republic, 1 - Sweden, 1 - Bulgaria, 1 - Iceland, 1 - Malta)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders: Dakota, Litesound feat. Dakota, Uncle Vanya, Gunesh,
Interesting Facts: 1. Took part in Eurovision 2004 as a backing vocalist
2. After not reaching the final, in an interview with reporters, he said that he sang “oh ... amazingly”
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Winner performance – Alexander Rybak “Fairytale” (Norway)
2010 - Oslo, Norway
3+2
Song: butterflies
Song language: English
Music: Max Fadeev
Words: Malka Chaplin
Performance price: about 70 thousand euros
Place in the semi-finals: 9
Points in the semi-finals: 59 (12 - Russia, 8 - Moldova, 7 - Portugal, 6 - Greece, 5 - Macedonia, 5 - Malta, 5 - Latvia, 4 - Estonia, 3 - Slovakia, 3 - Poland, 1 - France)
Place in the final: 24
Points in the final: 18 (12 - Georgia, 3 - Moldova, 2 - Russia, 1 - Bulgaria)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders: Gunesh, Litesound, Daly, Nina Bogdanova, Alena Lanskaya, Ivan Buslay
Interesting Facts: famous Swedish pianist and composer Robert Wells performed together with the group “3+2”
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Winner performance – Lena Meyer-Landrut “Satellite” (Germany)
2011 - Dusseldorf, Germany
Song: I Love Belarus
Song language: English
Music: Evgeny Oleinik
Words: Svetlana Geraskova
Performance price: unknown
Place in the semi-finals: 14
Points in the semi-finals: 45 (10 - Ukraine, 10 - Moldova, 8 - Macedonia, 6 - Latvia, 4 - Estonia, 3 - Cyprus, 2 - Bosnia, 1 - Slovakia, 1 - Romania)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders:
Interesting Facts: the first name of the song of the performer was - "Born In Byelorussia", but after rising indignation it was quickly replaced
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Winner performance - Ell and Nikki" Running Scared” (Azerbaijan)
2012 - Baku, Azerbaijan
Song: We Are the Heroes
Song language: English
Music: Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin
Words: Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin
Performance price: about 200 thousand euros
Place in the semi-finals: 15
Points in the semi-finals: 35 (12 - Ukraine, 8 - Georgia, 7 - Lithuania, 4 - Malta, 2 - Croatia, 1 - Macedonia, 1 - Holland)
Commentator: Denis Kuryan
Other notable contenders: Gunesh, Alena Lanskaya
Interesting Facts: during the “Eurofest” facts of vote-rigging in favor of Alena Lanskaya were revealed and after the intervention of the president, the voting results had to be revised
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Winner performance – Lorin “Euphoria” (Sweden)
2013 - Malmö, Sweden
Alena Lanskaya
Song: Solayoh
Song language: English
Music: Mark Paelink and Martin King
Words: Mark Paelink and Martin King
Performance price: more than 230 thousand euros
Place in the semi-finals: 7
Points in the semi-finals: 64 (12 - Ukraine, 10 - Moldova, 8 - Lithuania, 7 - Italy, 6 - Cyprus, 6 - Montenegro, 4 - Slovenia, 4 - Serbia, 3 - Ireland, 2 - Russia, 2 - Holland)
Place in the final: 16
Points in the final: 48 (12 - Ukraine, 7 - Azerbaijan, 5 - Armenia, 5 - Georgia, 5 - Macedonia, 4 - Moldova, 3 - Israel, 3 - Montenegro, 2 - Malta, 1 - Greece, 1 - Lithuania)
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Nuteki, Yankey, Mark Lawrence
Interesting Facts: before Lanskaya's trip to Eurovision, she unexpectedly found an admirer from Novopolotsk, who actually paid for her trip
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Winner Performance – Emmylie de Forest “Only Teardrops” (Denmark)
2014 - Copenhagen, Denmark
TEO
Song: Cheese cake
Song language: English
Music: Yuri Vashchuk
Words: Dmitry Novik
Performance price: unknown
Place in the semi-finals: 5
Points in the semi-finals: 87 (12 - Georgia, 12 - Lithuania, 10 - Austria, 8 - Greece, 8 - Romania, 7 - Finland, 7 - Poland, 7 - Israel, 6 - Malta, 6 - Slovenia, 2 - Macedonia, 1 - Norway, 1 - Ireland)
Place in the final: 16
Points in the final: 43 (12 - Russia, 8 - Armenia, 7 - Azerbaijan, 6 - Ukraine, 5 - Moldova, 3 - Lithuania, 1 - Montenegro, 1 - Israel)
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Nuteki, Janet, Max Lawrence & DiDuLa
Interesting Facts: -
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Winner Performance – Conchita Wurst “Rise Like a Phoenix” (Austria)
2015 - Vienna, Austria
Song: Time
Song language: English
Music: Yuri Navrotsky
Words: Gerylana
Performance price:according to the performers, they spent about 20 thousand euros on preparation for Eurovision
Place in the semi-finals: 12
Points in the semi-finals: 39 (12 - Georgia, 8 - Moldova, 7 - Armenia, 6 - Russia, 3 - Greece, 3 - Denmark)
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Milki, Sweet Brains, Gunesh, Janet, Vitaly Voronko, Alexey Gross, Napoli
Interesting Facts: V The choice was quite unexpected, since the audience obviously sympathized first with Sweet Brains, and then with Milkam, under the leadership of Alexander Rybak - the latter, by the way, was very offended by Belarus and even recorded an angry video performance
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Winner performance – Mons Selmerlöv “Heroes” (Sweden)
2016 - Stockholm, Sweden
IVAN
Song: Help you fly
Song language: English
Music: Viktor Drobysh
Words: Viktor Drobysh
Performance price:the number alone cost more than 100 thousand euros
Place in the semi-finals: 12
84 (32+52) (15 (5+10) - Ukraine, 12 (4+8) - Poland, 10 (6+4) - Bulgaria, 8 (1+7) - Latvia, 6 (6+0) - Australia, 6 (0+6) - Georgia, 6 (0+6) - Lithuania, 5 (0+5) - Serbia, 3 (3+0) - Great Britain, 3 (0+3) - Israel, 3 (2 +1) - Ireland, 2 (2+0) - Slovenia, 2 (2+0) - Germany, 1 (1+0) - Switzerland, 1 (0+1) - Denmark, 1 (0+1) - Italy )
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Napoli, NAVI, The EM, Alexey Gross
2. Interestingly, before the start of the competition, the performer did not submit a video for his song
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Performance of the winner – Jamal “1944” (Ukraine)
2017 - Kyiv, Ukraine
NAVIBAND
Song: History of Maygo Zhytsya
Song language: Belorussian
Music: Artem Lukyanenko (NAVIBAND)
Words: Artem Lukyanenko (NAVIBAND)
Performance Price: –
Place in the semi-finals: 9
Points in the semi-finals (jury + televote): 110 (55+55) (24 (12+12) - Ukraine, 13 (10+3) - France, 13 (5+8) - Israel, 11 (3+8) - Lithuania, 10 (7+3) - Croatia, 8 (7+1) - Austria, 7 (7+0) - Malta, 6 (0+6) - Estonia, 5 (0+5) - Bulgaria, 5 (3+2) - Hungary, 3 (0 +3) – Holland, 2 (0+2) – Serbia, 1 (0+1) – Romania, 1 (0+1) – Ireland, 1 (1+0) – Switzerland
Place in the final: 17
Points in the final (jury + televote): 83 (50+33) (20 (12+8) - Ukraine, 12 (12+0) - Azerbaijan, 8 (2+6) - Latvia, 7 (7+0) - Austria, 6 (0+6) - Georgia, 5 (5+0) - Croatia, 4 (0+4) - Poland, 4 (3+1) - Moldova, 3 (3+0) - Greece, 3 (0+3) - Czech Republic, 3 (1 +2) - Israel, 2 (0+2) - Estonia, 2 (2+0) - Malta, 2 (2+0) - Bulgaria, 1 (0+1) - Lithuania, 1 (1+0) - Great Britain
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Napoli, provocation,
Interesting Facts: For the first time in history, a Belarusian representative at Eurovision sang a song in Belarusian
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Winner performance - Salvador Sobral "Amar pelos dois" (Portugal)
2018 - Lisbon, Portugal
ALEKSEEV
Song: forever
Song language: English
Music:
Words: Kirill Pavlov, Evgeny Matyushenko
Performance price:–
Place in the semi-finals: 16
Points in the semi-finals (jury + televote): 65 (20+45) (24 (12+12) - Azerbaijan, 11 (1+10) - Armenia, 7 (7+0) - Albania, 6 (0+6) - Lithuania, 6 (0+6) - Estonia, 5 (0+5) - Cyprus, 3 (0+3) - Finland, 2 (0+2) - Bulgaria, 1 (0+1) - Greece)
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Napoli, Gunesh, Shuma
Interesting Facts:–
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Winner performance - Netta "Toy" (Israel)
2019 - Tel Aviv, Israel
XENA
Song: Like It
Song language: English
Music: Yulia Kireeva, Viktor Drobysh, Zinaida Kupriyanovich
Words: Julia Kireeva
Performance price:–
Place in the semi-finals: 10
Points in the semi-finals (jury + televote): 122 (12 (12+0) - Hungary, 11 (10+1) - Estonia, 11 (8+3) - Czech Republic, 10 (3+7) - Georgia, 10 (8+2) - Slovenia, 9 (3 +6) - Iceland, 9 (7+2) - Greece, 8 (4+4) - Serbia, 7 (7+0) - Spain, 6 (0+6) - Cyprus, 6 (6+0) - Portugal , 5 (1+4) - Israel, 5 (0+5) - Montenegro, 4 (4+0) - France, 4 (4+0) - Belgium, 2 (0+2) - Australia, 2 (0+ 2) - Poland, 1 (1+0) - San Marino)
Place in the final: 24
Commentator: Evgeny Perlin
Other notable contenders: Napoli, Aura, PROvokatsiya
Interesting Facts: due to the fact that the Belarusian jury after the semi-final in an interview with the tut.by portal hinted for whom they voted, he was removed from voting in the final and the Eurovision jury voted for Belarus; at the time of the performance, ZENA was only 16 years old. She became the youngest representative of Belarus in history
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Winner Performance – Duncan Laurence “Arcade” (Netherlands)
In total, for 16 participations, Belarus made its way to the final of the competition only 6 times. Made it Dmitry Koldun (2007), 3+2 (2010), (2013), THEO(2014), group NAVIBAND (2017), XENA (2019).
15 times Belarusian representatives performed songs on English language. And only in 2017, the NAVIBAND group sang a song in the Belarusian language.
Only 7 times the performers had a hand in creating their competitive composition - Alexandra and Konstantin(music) in 2004, (music) in 2009, (words and music) in 2012, THEO(music) - in 2014, (music) - in 2015, NAVIBAND(words and music) - in 2017, XENA(music) - in 2019.
The most expensive performances were from Anzhelika Agurbash, Dmitry Koldun, Ruslan Alekhno, Alena Lanskaya and Litesound. And the most budgetary ones are from Alexandra and Konstantin, Anastasia Vinnikova and Polina Smolova. The performance budget of many artists is still unknown.
The highest place in the semi-final (4), as well as in the final (6) was taken by Dmitry Koldun. He also owns the Belarusian record for points scored - 176 in the semi-final and 145 in the final.
But the worst result belongs to Polina Smolova- 22nd place in the semi-finals.
7 times Eurovision commented Evgeny Perlin, 2 times Ales Kruglyakov, 7 times - Denis Kuryan, who once assisted Alexander Tikhanovich.
Who gave Belarus points at the Eurovision Song Contest
| A country | Points in 1/2 | Points in the Final | 12 points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 105 (12*5+10*3+5*2+4+1) | 50 (12*3+8+6) | 8 | 155 |
| Russia | 48 (12*2+10+6*2+2) | 41 (12*2+8+7+2) | 4 | 89 |
| Georgia | 56 (12*2+8+7+6+4*2+3) | 31 (12+8+6+5) | 3 | 87 |
| Lithuania | 71 (12+10+8*2+7+6*3+3*2+2) | 11 (7+3+1*2) | 1 | 83 |
| Moldova | 51 (12+ 10*2+8*2+3) | 26 (10+5+4+3*2+1) | 1 | 77 |
| Israel | 46 (12+8+7+5+4*2+3+2+1) | 19 (12+3+2+1*2) | 2 | 65 |
| Armenia | 34 (12+10+7+4+1) | 24 (10+8+5+1) | 1 | 58 |
| Azerbaijan | 24 (12*2) | 32 (12+7*2+5+1) | 3 | 56 |
| Latvia | 37 (10+7+6+5*2+3+1) | 16 (8+6+2) | 0 | 53 |
| Malta | 37 (7*3+6+5+4+1) | 14 (10+2*2) | 0 | 51 |
| Greece | 42 (8*2+7*2+6+3+2+1) | 9 (5+3+1) | 0 | 51 |
| Estonia | 40 (10+7+6*2+4*2+2+1) | 10 (7+2+1) | 0 | 50 |
| Cyprus | 39 (10+7+6*2+5+3+2) | 6 | 0 | 45 |
| North Macedonia | 32 (8+6*2+5+4+2+1) | 12 (7+5) | 0 | 44 |
| Bulgaria | 36 (12+6*2+5+4+2+1) | 4 (2+1+1) | 1 | 40 |
| Poland | 29 (8+7+4*2+3+2+1) | 11 (7+4) | 0 | 40 |
| Hungary | 19 (12+3+2*2) | 12 (8+4) | 1 | 31 |
| Austria | 18 (10+7+1) | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| Serbia | 23 (5+4*4+2) | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Montenegro | 17 (6+5+4+2) | 7 (3+3+1) | 0 | 24 |
| Slovenia | 22 (8+6+4+2*2) | – | 0 | 22 |
| Czech | 18 (8+5+3+2) | 4 (3+1) | 0 | 22 |
| Iceland | 15 (6+4+3+1+1) | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| France | 18 (10+4+3+1) | – | 0 | 18 |
| Croatia | 12 (7+3+2) | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Portugal | 14 (7+6+1) | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Romania | 13 (8+3+1*2) | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Ireland | 14 (6+3+2+1*3) | – | 0 | 14 |
| Finland | 14 (7+4+3) | – | 0 | 14 |
| Albania | 11 (7+4) | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Türkiye | 8 (5+3) | – | 0 | 8 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 (2+2) | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Italy | 8 (7+1) | – | 0 | 8 |
| Australia | 8 (6+2) | – | 0 | 8 |
| Spain | 7 | – | 0 | 7 |
| Holland | 6 (3+2+1) | – | 0 | 6 |
| Denmark | 5 (3+1*2) | – | 0 | 5 |
| Norway | 4 (3+1) | – | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 4 (3+1) | – | 0 | 4 |
| Slovakia | 4 (3+1) | – | 0 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | – | 0 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 (1*2) | – | 0 | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | – | 0 | 2 |
| Monaco | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |
| San Marino | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Total 45 countries | 1026 points | 367 points | 24 | 1393 points |
Heralds from Belarus at Eurovision
| 2004 | Denis Kuryan | TV presenter |
| 2005 | Elena Ponomareva | TV presenter |
| 2006 | Corianna | singer |
| 2007 | Yulianna | singer |
| 2008 | Olga Barabanshchikova | athlete/singer |
| 2009 | Ekaterina Litvinova | model |
| 2010 | Alexey Grishin | athlete |
| 2011 | Leyla Ismailova | TV presenter |
| 2012 | Dmitry Koldun | singer |
| 2013 | Daria Domracheva | athlete |
| 2014 | singer | |
| 2015 | THEO | singer |
| 2016 | Uzari | singer |
| 2017 | singer | |
| 2018 | Navi Band | singers |
| 2019 | Maria Vasilevich | model |
According to these statistics, TV presenters were heralds 3 times, singers 9 times, sportsmen 3 times and models 2 times. It was also taken into account that Olga Barabanshchikova in 2008 combined the professions of a singer and a tennis player.
6 times became heralds former members Eurovision Song Contest from Belarus - Dmitry Koldun (2012), Alena Lanskaya (2014 and 2017), TEO (2015), Uzari (2016), NaviBand (2018). Alyona Lanskaya is the only one who twice became a herald from Belarus.
Finished 17th in the final
The winner of the 62nd competition was Salvador Sobral. He brought the first ever Eurovision victory for Portugal.
Thanks to NaviBand for a great performance!
The NaviBand group with the composition "History of Maygo Zhytstya" will perform on May 13 in the final at number 3
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The official Belarusian delegation will leave for Kyiv on May 1 for Eurovision
The official Belarusian delegation, which includes representatives of the Belteleradiocompany, the NaviBand group and their creative team, will leave for Kyiv on May 1 for the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017". Belarus takes part in the most popular song show in Europe for the 14th time. The official representative of our country - the NaviBand group - will perform at number fourteen in the second semi-final on May 11 with the composition "History of Maigo Zhytsya".
The Belarusian team this year consists of 23 people. It includes the Deputy Chief Director of the TV channel "Belarus 1", project coordinator of the Belteleradiocompany and the European Broadcasting Union Olga Salamakha (head of the delegation), Deputy general producer General Producer Center of Belteleradiocompany Olga Shlyager (head of the Eurovision project in Belarus), vocal producer Olga Drozdova, phoniatrist Igor Odnokozov, PR manager Sergei Andrianov, film crews of the TV News Agency of Belteleradiocompany and Eurovision Diaries, etc. On stage in Kiev, NaviBand will be assisted by backing vocalists Mikhail Sosunov and the Beatrice group, which includes Olga Rozaleon-Sashalskaya, Anna Chet and Alena Verbitskaya.
The NaviBand group has several individual rehearsals planned in Kyiv, the first of which will take place on May 3rd. The second rehearsal and an individual press conference of the representative of Belarus at Eurovision are scheduled for May 6.
On May 7, the official opening of the Euroweek will take place at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center in Kyiv, in which the official delegation of our country will also take part. The red carpet of the competition will be located on the same day on the Constitution Square and the alley near the Mariinsky Palace. And on May 9, Ukraine will host the first semi-final of the competition.
NaviBand will perform in the second part of the second semi-final at number 15
The official representative of our country at the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017" - the group NaviBand - will perform in the second part of the second semi-final, which will be held in Kiev (Ukraine) on May 11.
A total of 43 countries will take part in the competition this year. It was determined that 18 countries will perform in the first semi-final on May 9, and 19 in the second on May 11.
Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Serbia, Denmark, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Estonia, Israel, Bulgaria, San Marino, Lithuania, Croatia, Norway will perform and vote in the second semi-final along with the representative of Belarus.
The Big Five countries - Italy, Spain, Germany, France, UK - and this year's host Ukraine - automatically qualify for the final on May 13, but they also broadcast the semi-finals and vote for their participants. Italy, Spain and the UK will evaluate the contestants of the first semi-final, and Germany, France and Ukraine - the second.
The serial numbers of the participants in both semi-finals will be determined later by the decision of the producers of the show. Such a system of distribution of contestants in the semi-finals has been operating for several years and allows the organizers to make the show spectacular and unique.
NaviBand will represent Belarus at the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017"
In Belteleradiocompany ended final concert national qualifying round International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017". The winner of the national selection and, accordingly, the official representative of our country at the international competition was the NaviBand group, which scored the most points.
The name of the winner was announced in live TV channels "Belarus 1" and "Belarus 24".
The NaviBand group received a stylized Eurovision heart.
On January 20, the intrigue of the national qualifying round of the Eurovision-2017 contest will be resolved
There is very little left before the final of the national qualifying round of the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017". Already this Friday, January 20, the name of the lucky person who will represent our country at the prestigious music forum in May in Kiev will be announced live on TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24.
Today, in the studio "600 meters" of the Belteleradiocompany, work began on the installation of equipment and a stage. Individual rehearsals of the finalists in the studio will be held on January 19. General runs of the show will take place on the evening of January 19th and afternoon of January 20th, immediately before the final.
The final show will begin at 22:00 and will be broadcast live from the 600 meters studio on the Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 TV channels and online on the media holding website. The live broadcast of the concert will also be conducted by the radio station of the Radius FM company. According to the organizers, the show promises to be memorable and bright. Both viewers and guests in the studio are in for a lot of surprises, ranging from the quality of the "picture" to interesting graphic solutions that will undoubtedly impress the audience.
It is planned that in big concert, in addition to the finalists, special guests will take part, including Teo, Uzari and IVAN, who previously represented our country at the International Eurovision Song Contest, as well as the brightest contestants of the current national selection.
The hosts of the gala concert will be Olga Ryzhikova and Teo.
The official representative of our country to participate in the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017" in Kyiv (Ukraine) will be determined during the broadcast of the final by a vote of viewers and a professional jury according to the classic 50x50 formula.
By the way, this time the finalists, along with TV presenter Yevgeny Perlin, will wait for the results of the voting, worry and rejoice in a specially designated place - the Green Room.
Belteleradiocompany continues preparations for the final of the National qualifying round of the international song contest "Eurovision-2017"
Filming took place in the media holding .
According to the concept, for the basis business cards used the symbolism of the Belarusian ornament. And to implement the creative idea, the director's group armed good mood, as well as fluorescent paint, plexiglass and lamps with ultraviolet light.
Each finalist has one or the other Belarusian symbol denoting a specific definition. For example, the symbol "Earth" went to the singer KATTIE, Vladislav Kurasov got "Wealth", and the group NAVI recalls "Ancestors" with the help of its pattern. 
"For the finalists, we chose symbols in accordance with the song and its presentation, as well as the image of the artist. By the way, a remarkable fact: this year we had 67 participants at the audition. Exactly so many symbols in Belarusian ornament" , - said the video director Yuri Yaroshik.
What ultimately came out of the creative idea, viewers will be able to see on the air both on the eve of the final and during the gala concert itself, where the performance of each artist will be preceded by a business card.
Recall that the show will take place on January 20, 2017 and will be held in the format of a live television concert "Belarus 1" and the international satellite TV channel "Belarus 24".
The official representative of our country to participate in the international song contest "Eurovision-2017" in Kyiv (Ukraine) will be determined during the broadcast of the final by a vote of viewers and a professional jury according to the classic 50x50 formula.
The organization of the national selection round and further preparation of the Belarusian participant for the international song contest "Eurovision-2017" is carried out by Belteleradiocompany as the only member of the European Broadcasting Union in Belarus.
The order of performance of the finalists in the final of the national qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 has been determined
Belteleradiocompany continues preparations for the final of the national qualifying round of the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2017".
Today, the order of performances of the finalists was determined in the media holding. According to the results of the draw, the contestants will perform in the following order:
2. Alexandra Tkach;
3. Vladislav Kurasov;
4. NAVI Group;
5. ISAAK NIGHTINGALE (Vadim Kapustin);
9. Nikita Khodas;
10. Angelica Pushnova;
11. Anastasia Sheverenko;
12. LERMONT x JULIC;
13. PROvocation group.
During the working meeting of the project organizers with the performers, the main aspects of preparation for the final show were outlined, as well as legal issues cooperation between the media holding and the contestants.
January 21, Minsk / Corr. BELTA/. Belarusian group NAVIBAND won a ticket to Eurovision 2017, BelTA informs following the results of the final of the national selection for international competition songs.
After the voting results of the audience were announced, the musicians were not among the leaders, but the jury gave NAVIBAND the highest score (12), which made the group the winners. Artem Lukyanenko and Ksenia Zhuk performed the song "History of Maygo Zhytsya" in Belarusian. The author of the song is Artem Lukyanenko.
Accepting the diploma of the winner of the Eurovision 2017 selection, Ksenia Zhuk could not hold back her tears of joy.
The musicians participated in the final of the selection with the Belarusian-language song for the second time. Artists believe that today is the time to sing at Eurovision in Belarusian.
On the day of the final, the artists released the third in their short creative life album. The album "Illumination" is available on the Internet since January 20, and the guys will present it at a concert on February 14 in Minsk. The team is a little over three years old, but the musicians already have a large army of fans and a busy tour schedule.
The NAVIBAND group - the official representative of Belarus at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv (Ukraine) was determined during the broadcast of the final by a vote of viewers and a professional jury according to the 50x50 formula.
A total of 13 finalists of the competition presented their compositions in the final.
The Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision 2017 with the song Amar Pelos Dois. Our musicians from Naviband took 17th place in the final. In total, representatives of 26 countries took the stage, 20 of which participated in two semi-finals, and the remaining 6 were Ukraine, which won the competition last year, as well as Eurovision.
The 27-year-old performer has a heart defect, so Eurovision changed the rules for the sake of the artist - Salvador Sobral missed the rehearsals of the semi-finals.
He is the only contestant who performed on the small stage without dance accompaniment with lighting effects.
“I want to say that we live in a world of disposable music, festival music that does not contain any meaning, and I think that this can be a victory for music with people who create music with meaning. Music is not fireworks, music is a feeling. So let's try to change that and bring back real music," Sobral said after the voting results were announced.
In second place is Christian Kostov, Bulgaria with Beautiful Mess, in third - Sun Stroke Project who performed Hey, Mamma! Also in the top five are Belgium and Sweden. Main favorite competition, the Italian Francesco Gabbani, who performed with the winning song of the Sanremo festival in 2017, Occidentali’s Karma, was only sixth.
This is what the TOP 10 Eurovision 2017 final looks like.
Salvador Sobral, Portugal 
Christian Kostov, Bulgaria 
SunStroke Project, Moldova 
Blanche, Belgium 
Robin Bengtsson, Sweden 
Francesco Gabbani, Italy 
Ilinka and Alex Florea, Romania 
Joci Papai, Hungary 
Isaiah, Australia 
JOWST, Norway
Our participants presented a song in their native language for the first time.
Belarus has been participating in Eurovision since 2004. Bye the best result the country was sixth in 2007. Then with the song Work your magic for the first time he brought the country to the final and entered the top ten best performers.
