Country Belarus Selected song "We Are the Heroes" | Selected entrant Litesound | |
Selection process Eurofest 2012
50% jury
50% televoting Selection date(s) Semi-final:
21 December 2011
Final:
14 February 2012 Semi-final result Failed to qualify (16th, 35 points) | ||
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.
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Eurofest 2012
On 18 October 2011, BTRC started the call for songs for their national selection Eurofest 2012. After a two years break, the national selection Eurofest was back to the Belarusian national selection. Applications were accepted from 1–25 November 2011.
After that, a jury chose 15 entries that were presented in a national semi-final, held on 21 December 2011. Five entries were advanced to the final, which took place on 31 January 2012. In the final, the winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and a professional jury (50%). Special Eurofest diaries was shown on TV during the whole project.
On February 24, 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 televoting giving her 12 points making her the winner. The president ordered an immediate investigation and was later confirmed to be true. Therefore, on February 26, Alyona Lanskaya was disqualified. Litesound, who got second place in Eurofest, were internally chosen as the new representatives of Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku on February 27.
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.