Years active 2009–present Genres Pop music, Soul music | Origin Minsk, Belarus (2009) | |
Albums The Wicked Budda Baby, Fatt Domino, The Governor, Úlja Itthon, A Bad Azz Mixtape V, Underground Celebrity - Ep Members Artsem Mikhalenka, Alena Karpovich, Ninel Karpovich, Elgiazar Farashyan, Mihail Mikhalenka, Yulia Shisko Record labels Ariola Records, Rap-A-Lot Records Similar The Islanders, Thea Garrett, Vukašin Brajić, Gjoko Taneski, Filipa Azevedo | ||
3+2 or Three Plus Two (Belarusian: Тры плюс два; Russian: Три плюс два) are a Belarusian pop group that represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway.
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Formation
The band was formed by the Belarusian television channel ONT and the project "New Voices of Belarus" in 2009. All the group members are the finalists of that TV show.
3+2 have taken part in dozens of concerts with the main orchestra of Belarus, which was the result of their victory in a vocal TV show. Moreover, they have performed in other projects and have recorded songs in the best recording studios of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
After the victory in the national selection for the Eurovision 2010, public interest has grown rapidly. On 25 February 2010, 3+2 were chosen internally to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Butterflies", performing in the first semi-final to be held on 25 May 2010.
Songwriters from Belarus and neighbouring countries offered the band their compositions. The producers of 3+2 considered different variants of the song, clips and performance. The band director decided to contact well-known producer and writer Max Fadeev for some conceptual ideas. Within a week he managed to create the full original set for the band. The song Butterflies was written by Max Fadeev, Swedish composer Robert Wells and by Polish poet Malka Chaplin especially for the group.
They previously chose to perform "Far Away" at the contest, but changed it to "Butterflies" later.
Songs
Kicsiny FalumÚlja Itthon · 2005
Egy Asszony MiattÚlja Itthon · 2005
El Baile De La Ola2012