Belarus Chooses IVAN with Help You Fly!

This year, official broadcaster of Belarus continued the tradition to choose the Belarussian representative through Eurosong. Ten songs were in the running to win the opportunity to sing in Stockholm in May, and these were: IVAN – Help you fly Napoli – My Universe Kirill Ermakov – Running to the Sun NAVI – Гэта зямля…

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Best of the Bunch: Belarus

This week, we’re looking at the last 10 years of Belarus in Eurovision. The nation debuted in 2004, and interestingly, have never sung in their native language, always English. The first three years of participation, Belarus struggled to get close to the top 10 of the semi-finals, meaning that they didn’t qualify until 2007. Before…

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Junior Eurovision 2015 Wrap Up – The Highs, Lows and Surprises

It’s been a week since Junior Eurovision took place in the capital of Bulgaria, and it’s about time we wrapped up the 2015 coverage by talking about our thoughts on the show – our favourites, our not-so-favourites and surprises on the night. Last night, the Aussies got to watch the show in prime time, although…

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2015 JESC Reviews – Belarus – Ruslan Aslanov – Volshebstvo

Belarus was one of the first countries to choose their song for this year’s Junior Eurovision, with the vote comfortably going in Ruslan Aslanov’s favour, winning both the jury and televote with his spectacular performance of Volshebstvo. I’m going to come right out and say it…. This is my winner. Until this day, there hasn’t…

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Ruslan Aslanov brings Magic for Belarus (JESC)

Only days ago, the Belarussian national final took place to decide which of 10 acts would represent Belarus this year. The final took place in Minsk, at the studios of the broadcaster BTRC, and similar to their ‘senior’ contest, a jury and televoting decided the winner. Ruslan Aslanov won both the jury vote, and the…

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2015 Reviews – Belarus – Uzari & Maimuna – Time

This year, Belarus used Eurofest as their selection process, and many Eurovision fans were sure that the Alexander Rybak created girl group Milki would push all the competitors aside and represent the nation at Eurovision. However, that was not to be. Instead, Uzari and Maimuna are representing Belarus with the song ‘Time’. From the national…

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