Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National final | |||
Selection date(s) | 20 January 2017 | |||
Selected entrant | Naviband | |||
Selected song | "Story of My Life" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Arciom Lukjanienka | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 110 points) | |||
Final result | 17th, 83 points | |||
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Story of My Life" written by Arciom Lukjanienka. The song was performed by Naviband. The Belarusian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). The national final consisted of thirteen competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from jury members made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote. "Historyja majho žyccia" performed by Navi was selected as the winner.[1] The song's title was later translated from Belarusian to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Story of My Life".
Background[]
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Belarus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2004.[2] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2007 with the song "Work Your Magic" performed by Dmitry Koldun. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Belarus had managed to qualify to the final four times. In 2016, Belarus failed to qualify to the final with the song "Help You Fly" performed by Alexander Ivanov.
The Belarusian national broadcaster, National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC), broadcasts the event within Belarus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has used both internal selections and national finals to select the Belarusian entry for Eurovision in the past. Since 2012, BTRC has organised a national final in order to choose Belarus' entry, a selection procedure that continued for their 2016 entry.[3]
Before Eurovision[]
National final[]
The Belarusian national final took place on 20 January 2017. Thirteen songs participated in the competition and the winner was selected through a jury and public televote. The show was broadcast on Belarus 1, Belarus 24 and Radius FM as well as online via the broadcaster's official website tvr.by.
Competing entries[]
Artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster between 4 November 2016 and 24 November 2016. At the closing of the deadline, 67 entries were received by the broadcaster. Auditions were held on 30 November 2016 at the BTRC "600 Metrov" studio where a jury panel was tasked with selecting up to fifteen entries to proceed to the televised national final. The auditions were webcast online at the official BTRC website. The jury consisted of Olga Salamakha (deputy director of the TV channel Belarus 1), Inna Mardusevich (chief specialist of the concert and festival art management projects of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus), Elena Treschinskaya (head of the radio station "Radius FM"), Dmitry Dolgolev, Oleg Averin (musician/composer), Ludmila Kutz (singer and vocal teacher), Sergei Andrianov (journalist), Mikhail Revutsky (head of the section of culture at TV Infoservice) and Evgeny Perlin (television host). Thirteen finalists were selected and announced on 30 November 2016.[4]
Final[]
The televised final took place on 20 January 2017 at the "600 Metrov" studio in Minsk, hosted by Olga Ryzhikova and 2014 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Teo.[1] Prior to the competition, a draw for the running order took place on 9 December 2016.[5] A 50/50 combination of votes from jury members made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote selected the song "Historyja majho žyccia" performed by NAVI as the winner. The jury consisted of Valery Dayneko (chairman of the jury, singer), Olga Salamakha (deputy director of the TV channel Belarus 1), Elena Treshchinskaya (head of the radio station "Radius FM"), Alexander Kapenkin (director of the TV channel TV BelMuz), Vladimir Bogdan (producer, presenter, director of the radio station "Radio New"), Ludmila Kutz (singer and vocal teacher) and Inna Mardusevich (chief specialist of the concert and festival art management projects of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus).[6]
In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by the hosts Olga Ryzhikova and Teo, 2015 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Uzari and 2016 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Ivan.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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1 | July | "Children of the World" | Dmitry Fomich | 1 | 7,078 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
2 | Aleksandra Tkach | "Be Stronger" | Aleksandra Tkach | 5 | 894 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
3 | Vladislav Kurasov | "Follow the Play" | Vladislav Kurasov, Natalya Rostova | 4 | 463 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
4 | Navi | "Historyja majho žyccia" (Гісторыя майго жыцця) | Arciom Lukjanienka | 12 | 3,626 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
5 | Isaac Nightingale | "On the Red Line" | Vadim Kapustin | 8 | 445 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
6 | Kattie | "Wild Wind" | Anders Hansson, Sharon Vaughn | 0 | 658 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
7 | Nuteki | "Take My Heart" | Mikhail Nokarashvili, Dawn Michel | 10 | 3,069 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
8 | Napoli | "Let's Come Together" | Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Niklas Hast | 2 | 7,271 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
9 | Nikita Hodas | "Voices in My Head" | Nikita Hodas | 7 | 1,117 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
10 | Angelica Pushnova | "We Should Be Together" | Kirill Ermakov, Natalya Tambovtseva | 3 | 1,278 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
11 | Anastasiya Sheverenko | "We'll Be Together" | Maxim Aleynikov, Irina Filatova | 6 | 5,361 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
12 | Lermont x Julic | "Heartbeat" | Vasiliy Selischev, Anton Rubatskiy | 0 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
13 | Provokatsiya | "#mylove" | Anatoliy Chepikov, Svyatoslav Pozdnyak, Ilya Yermak | 0 | 9,238 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
At Eurovision[]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[7] On 31 January 2017, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Belarus placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 11 May 2017, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[8]
Once all the competing songs for the 2017 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Originally, Belarus was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from Switzerland and before the entry from Bulgaria.[9] However, following Russia's withdrawal from the contest on 13 April and subsequent removal from the running order of the second semi-final, Belarus' performing position shifted to 14.[10]
Voting[]
Points awarded to Belarus[]
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Points awarded by Belarus[]
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Detailed voting results[]
The following members comprised the Belarusian jury:[13]
- Inna Mardusevich (jury chairperson) – chief specialist of the concert and festival art management projects of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus
- Ludmila Kuts – singer and vocal teacher
- – singer
- – singer
- Leonid Shirin – composer, guitarist, arranger, poet, sound director
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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I. Mardusevich | L. Kuts | V. Aleshko | A. Gross | L. Shirin | Average Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
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6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
02 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
03 | ![]() |
14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | ||
04 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
05 | ![]() |
17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | |
06 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
07 | ![]() |
13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
08 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
09 | ![]() |
11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |
10 | ![]() |
16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | ||
11 | ![]() |
8 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
12 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
13 | ![]() |
15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
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15 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
16 | ![]() |
4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
17 | ![]() |
9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
18 | ![]() |
12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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I. Mardusevich | L. Kuts | V. Aleshko | A. Gross | L. Shirin | Average Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
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11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 16 | |
02 | ![]() |
9 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 17 | |
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04 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |
05 | ![]() |
17 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 15 | ||
06 | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
07 | ![]() |
14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
08 | ![]() |
15 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 8 | |
09 | ![]() |
13 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | ||
10 | ![]() |
7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | |
11 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
12 | ![]() |
18 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
13 | ![]() |
22 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 14 | ||
14 | ![]() |
3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | |
15 | ![]() |
23 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | ||
16 | ![]() |
24 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | ||
17 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
18 | ![]() |
25 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 18 | ||
19 | ![]() |
20 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | ||
20 | ![]() |
12 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | |
21 | ![]() |
21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 25 | ||
22 | ![]() |
19 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 1 | |
23 | ![]() |
16 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | |
24 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
25 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
26 | ![]() |
8 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Belarus: Eurovision 2017 national final January 20".
- ^ "Belarus Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (21 October 2015). "Belarus: 2016 singer to be selected by televote only". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Stella, Nathan (30 November 2016). "The Belarusian Finalists Are Known!". ESCBubble.
- ^ Weaver, Jessica (9 December 2016). "Belarus: Running order decided; national final on 20 January". Esctoday.
- ^ "Winner of Eurovision 2017 national selection round to be chosen by jury and TV audience". BTRC. 20 January 2007.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (25 January 2017). "Semi-Final Allocation draw to take place in Kyiv". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (31 January 2017). "Results of the Semi-Final Allocation Draw". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (31 March 2017). "Semi-Final running order for Eurovision 2017 revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "EBU: "Russia no longer able to take part in Eurovision 2017"". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Kyiv 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2017". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (29 April 2017). "Who will be the expert jurors for Eurovision 2017?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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