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Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Member station
  
BTRC

First appearance
  
2004

Worst result
  
22nd SF: 2006

Appearances
  
13 (4 finals)

Best result
  
6th: 2007

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest

National selection events
  
EuroFest 2004–2009 2012–present Internal Selection 2010–2011

Belarus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since making its debut in 2004. Dmitry Koldun became the country's first entrant to reach the final at the 2007 contest, where he finished sixth with the song "Work Your Magic". This remains Belarus's only top ten placement. Belarus also qualified for the final in 2010, 2013 and 2014.

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History

Belarus entered the contest in the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final. Belarus has so far managed to qualify for the final four times: in 2007 with Dmitry Koldun, in 2010 with band 3+2, in 2013 with Alyona Lanskaya and in 2014 with Teo.

After the 2009 edition, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, said that it was necessary to completely replace the current working team behind Belarus' Eurovision entry. Lukashenko pointed out his frustrations over divisions within the team.

Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 contest representing Norway, expressed an interest in composing an entry for his birth country Belarus. An attempt to compose a song for Belarus materialized in 2015, when Rybak composed a song called "Accent", sung by a group of young women created by himself and called Milki. Despite being the favourite to win the national final that year, it only got a 4th place.

Contestants

Table key

Voting history

As of 2015, Belarus' voting history is as follows:

References

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest Wikipedia