The running order for Belarus’ Eurovision national final has been revealed.
Belarusian broadcaster BTRC has revealed the running order for their 2018 national final. Eleven artists will take part in the show on February 16th. Today the artists attended a draw, in which they randomly chose their position. The running order is as follows:
- Agagio – You and I
- Alekseev – Forever
- Shuma – Hmarki
- Sophia Lapina – Gravity
- Napoli – Chasing rushes
- Anastasia Malashkevich – World on Fire
- Gunesh – I Will Not Cry
- Radio wave – Subway Lines
- ALEN HIT – I Do Not Care
- Lexy – Ain’t You
- Kirill Hood – Deja Vu
This news follows the controversy that participant Alekseev had released his song before September 1st, which is against contest rules. Seven of the eleven artists signed a petition to disqualify the artist, but the broadcaster have not commented on the matter.
The national selection will be hosted by Teo and Olga Ryzhikova. The results will be decided by 50% jury votes and 50% televoting. However, in the case of a tie, it will be the jury votes that will take preference over the televoting.
Belarus was represented by Naviband in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Their entry “Historyja Majho Žyccia” was the first song to ever be performed entirely in Belarussian at the contest. They managed to take Belarus to final for the first time in three years, where they finished 17th with 83 points.
Source: BTRC
Belarus debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and has made it to the final on four occasions. For the past two years, Belarus has failed to make it through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Their most recent entrant, IVAN, finished in 12th place in his semi-final and was 21 points away from qualification. Belarus’ best result in the contest came in 2007 when Dmitry Koldun finished 6th in the final with a total of 145 points. In total Belarus has qualified for the Eurovision final five times in fourteen attempts.
