The Belarusian national final took place last night, where a total of 13 songs took to the stage all vying to represent Belarus at Eurovision 2017. The show was hosted by TV presented Olga Ryzhikova alongside Teo, who represented Belarus at Eurovision in 2014 with the song Cheesecake.
Here is the full list of participants:
Aleksandra Tkach – Be Stronger
Anastasiya Sheverenko – We’ll Be Together
Angelica Pushnova – We Should Be Together
Isaac Nightingale – On The Red Line
Kattie – Wild Wind
Lermont x Julic – Heartbeat
Napoli – Let’s Come Together
Navi Band – Historyja majho zyccia
Nikita Khodas – Voice In My Head
Nuteki – Take My Heart
PROvokatsiya Group – My Love
Vladislav Kurasov – Follow The Play
Yuliya Korenyuk – Children Of The World
During the interval, previous Belarusian Eurovision entrants took to the stage to perform, including Uzari from 2015, Ivan from 2016 and the host of the show Teo from 2014. Meanwhile the voting was taking place, where the winner would be chosen from a 50/50 combination of public and jury votes. The jury consisted of 11 professionals from the entertainment industry.
Then it was crunch time, the results were in, and Navi Band had the highest score once the televote and jury votes were added together. Here is the Top 5:
Navi Band – Historyja majho zyccia
Nuteki – Take My Heart
Anastasiya Sheverenko – We’ll Be Together
Napoli – Let’s Come Together
PROvokatsiya Group – My Love
The show was broadcast online, and for the first time, viewers were able to get an exclusive look at the artists backstage during their preparations before the show. Watch the winning performance down below:
What do you think about the Belarusian entry for 2017?
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