Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
About Quick Facts MembersValeria GribusovaVladislav Pashkevich Founded2016 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionNationalny Otbor 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongDa vidna (2020, cancelled) Biography VAL is a Belarusian duo that mainly produces music from the areas of house, R&B, pop and hip hop. The duet was founded in early 2016 by singer Valeria Gribusova and musician and music producer Vladislav Pashkevich. Since mid-2016, the project has been produced by the ToneTwins team, which also includes musician and producer Andrei Katikov, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. On May 1st, 2016 VAL released their first song “Kto ty yest”. In September 2016 the second single “Veter vo sne” was released, followed by a video of the song. The duo was supposed to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Da vidna”. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the contest, it didn’t happen. After a statement of VAL, supporting the Belarusian opposition, Belarusian broadcaster BTRC said that VAL broke their contract concerning Eurovision, and thus would not be invited for the 2021 contest. In 2021, the duo released the song “Pauza” and a year later “Kalychanka z miesiačykam”. On april 1, 2021 Valeria and Vladislav got married. In march 2022, Valeria gave birth to a twin. Entries Da vidna Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2020 LanguageBelarusian LyricsMikita Naidzenau MusicVladislav PashkevichValeria Grybusava Backings– Results Semi Points: – Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/F0wfxz5zq04
Val is chosen to represent Belarus in the 2020 Eurovision song contest. She will sing her entry “Da vidna”, written and composed by Val herself with Vladislav Pashkevich and Nikita Naydenov. The full result of the national final is: VAL, “Da vidna”, 20 pts Yan Yarosh, “Fire”, 18 pts. CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la”, 18 pts. Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible”, 12 pts. Angelika Pushnova, “True love”, 10 pts. AURA, “Barani svajo”, 10 pts. KeySi, “Chili pepper”, 8 pts. Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road”, 6 pts. NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down”, 5 pts. Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again”, 2 pts. Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello”, 0 pts. Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire”, 0 pts.
Tonight is the night: Belarus will select it’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It will be broadcast here at 20:00 CET. You can watch it here. Twelve songs will compete. A jury of experts and televoters will decide which song will head to Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contestants are: NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down” Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road” Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible” CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la” Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again” Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello” Yan Yarosh, “Fire” Angelika Pushnova, “True love” Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire” AURA, “Barani svajo” KeySi, “Chili pepper” VAL, “Da vidna” Napoli took part every year so far since 2014 but never won yet. Sasha Zaharik was present in 2016. Anastasiya Malashkevich took part in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Angelika Pushnova was there in 2017. Aura was involved in the 2012 and 2019 preselections. KeySi took part last year.
Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)
On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv
About Quick Facts NamePetr Petrovich Elfimov Born15 February 1980 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionEurofest 2009 In Eurovision2009 Moscow SongEyes That Never Lie (2009) Biography Petr Petrovich Elfimov was born on February 15, 1980, in Mogilev, Belarus, into a family of musicians. He started his musical education at the age of 6, focusing on the trumpet. In 1994, Elfimov enrolled in the Mogilev Gymnasium-College of Music and Choreography, specializing in choir conducting. During his time there, he was a soloist in the studio Double V, winning the television contest for young pop artists, Zornaya Rostan-96. In 1998, he joined the Belarusian State Academy of Music, where he studied academic singing in the vocal-choral department. From August 2003 to June 2004, he was a member of the ensemble Pesnyary. In 2004, Elfimov won the Grand Prix at the International Pop Song Performers Contest “Vitebsk-2004,” part of the “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” festival. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in 2009. Elfimov represented Belarus as a backing vocalist for the duo “Alexandra and Konstantin” at Eurovision 2004 with the song “My Galileo.” Although the song did not make it to the final, it marked the beginning of his association with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2006, he released his debut album “Ya Khochu,” followed by “Kolokola” in 2007 and “S novym rozhdeniyem” in 2009. On January 19, 2009, Elfimov won the Belarusian national selection for Eurovision 2009 with the song “Eyes That Never Lie.” He performed at the Eurovision semi-final in Moscow, finishing 13th, which did not qualify him for the final. From July 17 to 25, 2010, Elfimov competed at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He represented Belarus in five categories and won five gold medals. In the fall of 2013, Elfimov participated in the second season of the popular Russian TV show Golos (The Voice), reaching the quarterfinals as part of Leonid Agutin’s team. In 2015, he competed in the TV pop song contest Glavnaya stsena (Main Stage) on Russia-1, winning the competition based on viewers’ votes. On September 8, 2011, Elfimov performed the song “Kolokola” at a memorial evening in Minsk-Arena, dedicated to the Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” hockey players who died in a plane crash. Petr Elfimov released his album “Kniga otkroveniy” in 2012, and “Glavnaya rol” in 2015. In the same year, Elfimov starred in the film “Ukrast Belmondo” (Steal Belmondo). Since November 15, 2018, Elfimov has been the vocalist and songwriter for the heavy-power band Gran-Kurazh. His concert repertoire includes works ranging from hard rock to romance, featuring pieces by Vladimir Mulyavin, Igor Luchenok, Deep Purple, Czeslaw Niemen, and classical composers. With Gran-Kurazh, he released a studio album “Epokhi, geroi i sudby” in 2021. He also released EPs such as “Eyforiya” in 2022 and “Skomorokh” in 2023, along with the live album “IX zhizney” in 2022. In 2024, Petr released a new album: “Legendy mira iz ognya”. His music videos include “Moya dusha” in 2008, “Eyes That Never Lie” in 2009, “Shag navstrechu” in 2016, “Vybor yest!” in 2017, and “Tsarstvo dikikh lyudey” in 2021. Throughout his career, Petr Elfimov has received numerous accolades, including the Medal of Francysk Skaryna. In his personal life, he was first married to Natalya Dementyeva. He is now married to Tatyana Kosmacheva, with whom he has a daughter named Polina. Entries Eyes That Never Lie Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2009 LanguageEnglish LyricsValery Prokhozhy MusicPetr Elfimov BackingsAnton ToimentsauEkaterina MatskevichPhilip MazurovDmitry MikulichYan Zhenchak Results Semi Points: 25Position: 13Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6824_LUFgE8
About Quick Facts MembersDmitry KariakinVladimir KariakinJacopo MassaAlex KolchinIgnat Yakovich Founded2005 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian🇮🇹 Italian (Jacopo)🇷🇺 Russian (Alex) National SelectionEurofest 2012Eurofest 2009Eurofest 2008Eurofest 2007Eurofest 2006 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongWe Are The Heroes (2012) Biography Litesound is a Belarusian pop rock band formed in 2005 by brothers Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin. The band’s journey began earlier, in 2002, as an acoustic duo. Their transformation into the quartet Litesound in 2005 marked the start of their notable musical career. With the addition of bassist Mario Gulinsky and drummer Sergey Genko, they won the Maiori International Music Festival in Italy in 2006, which led to a collaboration with Italian singer Jacopo Massa, eventually becoming an official member of the band. Litesound participated in various Eurofest competitions, aiming to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest. They competed in 2006 with “My Faith,” in 2008 with “Do You Believe,” and in 2009 with “Carry On.” Their debut album, “Going to Hollywood,” was released in 2010. The band’s persistence paid off in 2012 when they were chosen to represent Belarus in Eurovision with the song “We Are the Heroes,” following a voting fraud investigation in the national selection process. Subsequent years saw changes in the band’s lineup. In 2013, Alex Kolchin left, and the Doronkin brothers joined. The band released the Christmas single “Shooting Star” in 2013. In 2016, they collaborated with Moldovan singer Katherine for their fifth Eurovision attempt with the song “Imagine,” but later withdrew. In 2017, Evgeny Balchuys joined as the new bassist, and the band released “The Whole World.” Their second album, also titled “Litesound,” was released in 2018. In 2019, the band released “Champion” as the official song for the European Games in Minsk and “Fight For The Dream” for the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The band’s outspoken criticism of the Belarusian authorities’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 led to repercussions, including being denied concert opportunities. The Karyakin brothers and their parents were detained in October 2022 and sentenced in March 2023 for participating in the 2020 protests. Entries We Are The Heroes Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2012 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry KariakinVladimir Kariakin MusicNames BackingsAlex Panayi Results Semi Points: 35Position: 16Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/-JWbOKNaIAo?si=nhwOsDC05W1toVNq
About Quick Facts NameYuriy Alexeyevich Vashchuk Born24 January 1983 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionBelarusian National Final 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongCheesecake (2014) Biography Yury Vashchuk was born on January 24, 1983, in the village of Khidry. After four years of studying the bayan, he became a laureate of the international competition “Podsnezhniki” (“Praleski”). His first serious competition was the TV project “Zvyozdnoye raskrytie” (“Zornaya Rostan’”). In 2000, he was invited to work with the National Concert Orchestra of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. In 2008, he graduated from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. He was the host of the program “Vperyod v proshloe” (“Naperad u minulaye”), which aired on the channels “Belarus 3” and “Belarus 24”. From 2011 to 2014, he received several national music awards, including the “Lira” awards: “Discovery of the Year” (2011), “Best Arranger” (2012), “Best Music Author” (for the song “Belarus Velykaya” with Leonid Shirin, 2013), “Best Performer of the Year” (2014), and “Best Song of the Year” (“Cheesecake”, 2014). Based on the results of the National Selection Tour organized by Belteleradiocompany for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, he received an award from the jury and the “Crystal Heart” statuette for the song “Cheesecake”. On May 8, in the second semi-final, Vashchuk, under the pseudonym TEO, performed in the semifinal, securing Belarus a spot in the final. On May 10, 2014, TEO performed as the 2nd participant in the final and placed 16th. On 3 December, 2015, Teo gave a huge solo concert in the Minsk Concert Hall in Minsk. In November 2016, Teo teamed up with his wife Olya Rizhikova for the song and video “Nam ochen”. In March 2017 they performed together in the Minsk Concert Hall. They released another song together in January 2018, “Po tonkomu l’du” and the solo song “Begu”. Teo and Olya hosted the 2018 national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In July of the same year, Teo released another solo single, “Yukhu”. In November 2019, Olya and Teo released a new song, “Blizhe”, followed by “Kto kome nas” in July 2020. In March 2021, “Murashki po koje” came out. Teo and Olya performed at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. They sang “Ty moy kosmos”. In October 2022 the video of the song came out. Entries Cheesecake Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2014 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry Novik MusicYuriy Vashchuk BackingsYuriy SeleznyovArtyom AkhpashDenis Lis DancersAlexander ZalesskiyAndrey Martynov Results Semi Points: 87Position: 5Running order: 10 Results Finals Points: 43Position: 16Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/tImGMW-4eHY
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
About Quick Facts MembersValeria GribusovaVladislav Pashkevich Founded2016 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionNationalny Otbor 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongDa vidna (2020, cancelled) Biography VAL is a Belarusian duo that mainly produces music from the areas of house, R&B, pop and hip hop. The duet was founded in early 2016 by singer Valeria Gribusova and musician and music producer Vladislav Pashkevich. Since mid-2016, the project has been produced by the ToneTwins team, which also includes musician and producer Andrei Katikov, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. On May 1st, 2016 VAL released their first song “Kto ty yest”. In September 2016 the second single “Veter vo sne” was released, followed by a video of the song. The duo was supposed to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Da vidna”. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the contest, it didn’t happen. After a statement of VAL, supporting the Belarusian opposition, Belarusian broadcaster BTRC said that VAL broke their contract concerning Eurovision, and thus would not be invited for the 2021 contest. In 2021, the duo released the song “Pauza” and a year later “Kalychanka z miesiačykam”. On april 1, 2021 Valeria and Vladislav got married. In march 2022, Valeria gave birth to a twin. Entries Da vidna Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2020 LanguageBelarusian LyricsMikita Naidzenau MusicVladislav PashkevichValeria Grybusava Backings– Results Semi Points: – Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/F0wfxz5zq04
Val is chosen to represent Belarus in the 2020 Eurovision song contest. She will sing her entry “Da vidna”, written and composed by Val herself with Vladislav Pashkevich and Nikita Naydenov. The full result of the national final is: VAL, “Da vidna”, 20 pts Yan Yarosh, “Fire”, 18 pts. CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la”, 18 pts. Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible”, 12 pts. Angelika Pushnova, “True love”, 10 pts. AURA, “Barani svajo”, 10 pts. KeySi, “Chili pepper”, 8 pts. Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road”, 6 pts. NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down”, 5 pts. Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again”, 2 pts. Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello”, 0 pts. Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire”, 0 pts.
Tonight is the night: Belarus will select it’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It will be broadcast here at 20:00 CET. You can watch it here. Twelve songs will compete. A jury of experts and televoters will decide which song will head to Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contestants are: NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down” Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road” Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible” CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la” Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again” Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello” Yan Yarosh, “Fire” Angelika Pushnova, “True love” Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire” AURA, “Barani svajo” KeySi, “Chili pepper” VAL, “Da vidna” Napoli took part every year so far since 2014 but never won yet. Sasha Zaharik was present in 2016. Anastasiya Malashkevich took part in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Angelika Pushnova was there in 2017. Aura was involved in the 2012 and 2019 preselections. KeySi took part last year.
Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)
On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv
About Quick Facts NamePetr Petrovich Elfimov Born15 February 1980 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionEurofest 2009 In Eurovision2009 Moscow SongEyes That Never Lie (2009) Biography Petr Petrovich Elfimov was born on February 15, 1980, in Mogilev, Belarus, into a family of musicians. He started his musical education at the age of 6, focusing on the trumpet. In 1994, Elfimov enrolled in the Mogilev Gymnasium-College of Music and Choreography, specializing in choir conducting. During his time there, he was a soloist in the studio Double V, winning the television contest for young pop artists, Zornaya Rostan-96. In 1998, he joined the Belarusian State Academy of Music, where he studied academic singing in the vocal-choral department. From August 2003 to June 2004, he was a member of the ensemble Pesnyary. In 2004, Elfimov won the Grand Prix at the International Pop Song Performers Contest “Vitebsk-2004,” part of the “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” festival. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in 2009. Elfimov represented Belarus as a backing vocalist for the duo “Alexandra and Konstantin” at Eurovision 2004 with the song “My Galileo.” Although the song did not make it to the final, it marked the beginning of his association with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2006, he released his debut album “Ya Khochu,” followed by “Kolokola” in 2007 and “S novym rozhdeniyem” in 2009. On January 19, 2009, Elfimov won the Belarusian national selection for Eurovision 2009 with the song “Eyes That Never Lie.” He performed at the Eurovision semi-final in Moscow, finishing 13th, which did not qualify him for the final. From July 17 to 25, 2010, Elfimov competed at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He represented Belarus in five categories and won five gold medals. In the fall of 2013, Elfimov participated in the second season of the popular Russian TV show Golos (The Voice), reaching the quarterfinals as part of Leonid Agutin’s team. In 2015, he competed in the TV pop song contest Glavnaya stsena (Main Stage) on Russia-1, winning the competition based on viewers’ votes. On September 8, 2011, Elfimov performed the song “Kolokola” at a memorial evening in Minsk-Arena, dedicated to the Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” hockey players who died in a plane crash. Petr Elfimov released his album “Kniga otkroveniy” in 2012, and “Glavnaya rol” in 2015. In the same year, Elfimov starred in the film “Ukrast Belmondo” (Steal Belmondo). Since November 15, 2018, Elfimov has been the vocalist and songwriter for the heavy-power band Gran-Kurazh. His concert repertoire includes works ranging from hard rock to romance, featuring pieces by Vladimir Mulyavin, Igor Luchenok, Deep Purple, Czeslaw Niemen, and classical composers. With Gran-Kurazh, he released a studio album “Epokhi, geroi i sudby” in 2021. He also released EPs such as “Eyforiya” in 2022 and “Skomorokh” in 2023, along with the live album “IX zhizney” in 2022. In 2024, Petr released a new album: “Legendy mira iz ognya”. His music videos include “Moya dusha” in 2008, “Eyes That Never Lie” in 2009, “Shag navstrechu” in 2016, “Vybor yest!” in 2017, and “Tsarstvo dikikh lyudey” in 2021. Throughout his career, Petr Elfimov has received numerous accolades, including the Medal of Francysk Skaryna. In his personal life, he was first married to Natalya Dementyeva. He is now married to Tatyana Kosmacheva, with whom he has a daughter named Polina. Entries Eyes That Never Lie Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2009 LanguageEnglish LyricsValery Prokhozhy MusicPetr Elfimov BackingsAnton ToimentsauEkaterina MatskevichPhilip MazurovDmitry MikulichYan Zhenchak Results Semi Points: 25Position: 13Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6824_LUFgE8
About Quick Facts MembersDmitry KariakinVladimir KariakinJacopo MassaAlex KolchinIgnat Yakovich Founded2005 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian🇮🇹 Italian (Jacopo)🇷🇺 Russian (Alex) National SelectionEurofest 2012Eurofest 2009Eurofest 2008Eurofest 2007Eurofest 2006 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongWe Are The Heroes (2012) Biography Litesound is a Belarusian pop rock band formed in 2005 by brothers Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin. The band’s journey began earlier, in 2002, as an acoustic duo. Their transformation into the quartet Litesound in 2005 marked the start of their notable musical career. With the addition of bassist Mario Gulinsky and drummer Sergey Genko, they won the Maiori International Music Festival in Italy in 2006, which led to a collaboration with Italian singer Jacopo Massa, eventually becoming an official member of the band. Litesound participated in various Eurofest competitions, aiming to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest. They competed in 2006 with “My Faith,” in 2008 with “Do You Believe,” and in 2009 with “Carry On.” Their debut album, “Going to Hollywood,” was released in 2010. The band’s persistence paid off in 2012 when they were chosen to represent Belarus in Eurovision with the song “We Are the Heroes,” following a voting fraud investigation in the national selection process. Subsequent years saw changes in the band’s lineup. In 2013, Alex Kolchin left, and the Doronkin brothers joined. The band released the Christmas single “Shooting Star” in 2013. In 2016, they collaborated with Moldovan singer Katherine for their fifth Eurovision attempt with the song “Imagine,” but later withdrew. In 2017, Evgeny Balchuys joined as the new bassist, and the band released “The Whole World.” Their second album, also titled “Litesound,” was released in 2018. In 2019, the band released “Champion” as the official song for the European Games in Minsk and “Fight For The Dream” for the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The band’s outspoken criticism of the Belarusian authorities’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 led to repercussions, including being denied concert opportunities. The Karyakin brothers and their parents were detained in October 2022 and sentenced in March 2023 for participating in the 2020 protests. Entries We Are The Heroes Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2012 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry KariakinVladimir Kariakin MusicNames BackingsAlex Panayi Results Semi Points: 35Position: 16Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/-JWbOKNaIAo?si=nhwOsDC05W1toVNq
About Quick Facts NameYuriy Alexeyevich Vashchuk Born24 January 1983 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionBelarusian National Final 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongCheesecake (2014) Biography Yury Vashchuk was born on January 24, 1983, in the village of Khidry. After four years of studying the bayan, he became a laureate of the international competition “Podsnezhniki” (“Praleski”). His first serious competition was the TV project “Zvyozdnoye raskrytie” (“Zornaya Rostan’”). In 2000, he was invited to work with the National Concert Orchestra of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. In 2008, he graduated from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. He was the host of the program “Vperyod v proshloe” (“Naperad u minulaye”), which aired on the channels “Belarus 3” and “Belarus 24”. From 2011 to 2014, he received several national music awards, including the “Lira” awards: “Discovery of the Year” (2011), “Best Arranger” (2012), “Best Music Author” (for the song “Belarus Velykaya” with Leonid Shirin, 2013), “Best Performer of the Year” (2014), and “Best Song of the Year” (“Cheesecake”, 2014). Based on the results of the National Selection Tour organized by Belteleradiocompany for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, he received an award from the jury and the “Crystal Heart” statuette for the song “Cheesecake”. On May 8, in the second semi-final, Vashchuk, under the pseudonym TEO, performed in the semifinal, securing Belarus a spot in the final. On May 10, 2014, TEO performed as the 2nd participant in the final and placed 16th. On 3 December, 2015, Teo gave a huge solo concert in the Minsk Concert Hall in Minsk. In November 2016, Teo teamed up with his wife Olya Rizhikova for the song and video “Nam ochen”. In March 2017 they performed together in the Minsk Concert Hall. They released another song together in January 2018, “Po tonkomu l’du” and the solo song “Begu”. Teo and Olya hosted the 2018 national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In July of the same year, Teo released another solo single, “Yukhu”. In November 2019, Olya and Teo released a new song, “Blizhe”, followed by “Kto kome nas” in July 2020. In March 2021, “Murashki po koje” came out. Teo and Olya performed at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. They sang “Ty moy kosmos”. In October 2022 the video of the song came out. Entries Cheesecake Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2014 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry Novik MusicYuriy Vashchuk BackingsYuriy SeleznyovArtyom AkhpashDenis Lis DancersAlexander ZalesskiyAndrey Martynov Results Semi Points: 87Position: 5Running order: 10 Results Finals Points: 43Position: 16Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/tImGMW-4eHY
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
About Quick Facts MembersValeria GribusovaVladislav Pashkevich Founded2016 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionNationalny Otbor 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongDa vidna (2020, cancelled) Biography VAL is a Belarusian duo that mainly produces music from the areas of house, R&B, pop and hip hop. The duet was founded in early 2016 by singer Valeria Gribusova and musician and music producer Vladislav Pashkevich. Since mid-2016, the project has been produced by the ToneTwins team, which also includes musician and producer Andrei Katikov, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. On May 1st, 2016 VAL released their first song “Kto ty yest”. In September 2016 the second single “Veter vo sne” was released, followed by a video of the song. The duo was supposed to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Da vidna”. Unfortunately, due to the cancellation of the contest, it didn’t happen. After a statement of VAL, supporting the Belarusian opposition, Belarusian broadcaster BTRC said that VAL broke their contract concerning Eurovision, and thus would not be invited for the 2021 contest. In 2021, the duo released the song “Pauza” and a year later “Kalychanka z miesiačykam”. On april 1, 2021 Valeria and Vladislav got married. In march 2022, Valeria gave birth to a twin. Entries Da vidna Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2020 LanguageBelarusian LyricsMikita Naidzenau MusicVladislav PashkevichValeria Grybusava Backings– Results Semi Points: – Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/F0wfxz5zq04
Val is chosen to represent Belarus in the 2020 Eurovision song contest. She will sing her entry “Da vidna”, written and composed by Val herself with Vladislav Pashkevich and Nikita Naydenov. The full result of the national final is: VAL, “Da vidna”, 20 pts Yan Yarosh, “Fire”, 18 pts. CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la”, 18 pts. Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible”, 12 pts. Angelika Pushnova, “True love”, 10 pts. AURA, “Barani svajo”, 10 pts. KeySi, “Chili pepper”, 8 pts. Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road”, 6 pts. NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down”, 5 pts. Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again”, 2 pts. Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello”, 0 pts. Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire”, 0 pts.
Tonight is the night: Belarus will select it’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It will be broadcast here at 20:00 CET. You can watch it here. Twelve songs will compete. A jury of experts and televoters will decide which song will head to Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contestants are: NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down” Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road” Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible” CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la” Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again” Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello” Yan Yarosh, “Fire” Angelika Pushnova, “True love” Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire” AURA, “Barani svajo” KeySi, “Chili pepper” VAL, “Da vidna” Napoli took part every year so far since 2014 but never won yet. Sasha Zaharik was present in 2016. Anastasiya Malashkevich took part in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Angelika Pushnova was there in 2017. Aura was involved in the 2012 and 2019 preselections. KeySi took part last year.
Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1) Spain (votes in semi 2) The Netherlands (votes in semi 1) United Kingdom (votes in semi 2)
On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are as follows: Pot 1: Albania Austria Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Pot 2: Australia Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Pot 3: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russia Ukraine Pot 4: Bulgaria Cyprus Greece Malta Portugal Romania San Marino Pot 5: Belgium Czech Republic Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Poland source: eurovision.tv
About Quick Facts NamePetr Petrovich Elfimov Born15 February 1980 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionEurofest 2009 In Eurovision2009 Moscow SongEyes That Never Lie (2009) Biography Petr Petrovich Elfimov was born on February 15, 1980, in Mogilev, Belarus, into a family of musicians. He started his musical education at the age of 6, focusing on the trumpet. In 1994, Elfimov enrolled in the Mogilev Gymnasium-College of Music and Choreography, specializing in choir conducting. During his time there, he was a soloist in the studio Double V, winning the television contest for young pop artists, Zornaya Rostan-96. In 1998, he joined the Belarusian State Academy of Music, where he studied academic singing in the vocal-choral department. From August 2003 to June 2004, he was a member of the ensemble Pesnyary. In 2004, Elfimov won the Grand Prix at the International Pop Song Performers Contest “Vitebsk-2004,” part of the “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” festival. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in 2009. Elfimov represented Belarus as a backing vocalist for the duo “Alexandra and Konstantin” at Eurovision 2004 with the song “My Galileo.” Although the song did not make it to the final, it marked the beginning of his association with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2006, he released his debut album “Ya Khochu,” followed by “Kolokola” in 2007 and “S novym rozhdeniyem” in 2009. On January 19, 2009, Elfimov won the Belarusian national selection for Eurovision 2009 with the song “Eyes That Never Lie.” He performed at the Eurovision semi-final in Moscow, finishing 13th, which did not qualify him for the final. From July 17 to 25, 2010, Elfimov competed at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He represented Belarus in five categories and won five gold medals. In the fall of 2013, Elfimov participated in the second season of the popular Russian TV show Golos (The Voice), reaching the quarterfinals as part of Leonid Agutin’s team. In 2015, he competed in the TV pop song contest Glavnaya stsena (Main Stage) on Russia-1, winning the competition based on viewers’ votes. On September 8, 2011, Elfimov performed the song “Kolokola” at a memorial evening in Minsk-Arena, dedicated to the Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” hockey players who died in a plane crash. Petr Elfimov released his album “Kniga otkroveniy” in 2012, and “Glavnaya rol” in 2015. In the same year, Elfimov starred in the film “Ukrast Belmondo” (Steal Belmondo). Since November 15, 2018, Elfimov has been the vocalist and songwriter for the heavy-power band Gran-Kurazh. His concert repertoire includes works ranging from hard rock to romance, featuring pieces by Vladimir Mulyavin, Igor Luchenok, Deep Purple, Czeslaw Niemen, and classical composers. With Gran-Kurazh, he released a studio album “Epokhi, geroi i sudby” in 2021. He also released EPs such as “Eyforiya” in 2022 and “Skomorokh” in 2023, along with the live album “IX zhizney” in 2022. In 2024, Petr released a new album: “Legendy mira iz ognya”. His music videos include “Moya dusha” in 2008, “Eyes That Never Lie” in 2009, “Shag navstrechu” in 2016, “Vybor yest!” in 2017, and “Tsarstvo dikikh lyudey” in 2021. Throughout his career, Petr Elfimov has received numerous accolades, including the Medal of Francysk Skaryna. In his personal life, he was first married to Natalya Dementyeva. He is now married to Tatyana Kosmacheva, with whom he has a daughter named Polina. Entries Eyes That Never Lie Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2009 LanguageEnglish LyricsValery Prokhozhy MusicPetr Elfimov BackingsAnton ToimentsauEkaterina MatskevichPhilip MazurovDmitry MikulichYan Zhenchak Results Semi Points: 25Position: 13Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6824_LUFgE8
About Quick Facts MembersDmitry KariakinVladimir KariakinJacopo MassaAlex KolchinIgnat Yakovich Founded2005 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian🇮🇹 Italian (Jacopo)🇷🇺 Russian (Alex) National SelectionEurofest 2012Eurofest 2009Eurofest 2008Eurofest 2007Eurofest 2006 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongWe Are The Heroes (2012) Biography Litesound is a Belarusian pop rock band formed in 2005 by brothers Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin. The band’s journey began earlier, in 2002, as an acoustic duo. Their transformation into the quartet Litesound in 2005 marked the start of their notable musical career. With the addition of bassist Mario Gulinsky and drummer Sergey Genko, they won the Maiori International Music Festival in Italy in 2006, which led to a collaboration with Italian singer Jacopo Massa, eventually becoming an official member of the band. Litesound participated in various Eurofest competitions, aiming to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest. They competed in 2006 with “My Faith,” in 2008 with “Do You Believe,” and in 2009 with “Carry On.” Their debut album, “Going to Hollywood,” was released in 2010. The band’s persistence paid off in 2012 when they were chosen to represent Belarus in Eurovision with the song “We Are the Heroes,” following a voting fraud investigation in the national selection process. Subsequent years saw changes in the band’s lineup. In 2013, Alex Kolchin left, and the Doronkin brothers joined. The band released the Christmas single “Shooting Star” in 2013. In 2016, they collaborated with Moldovan singer Katherine for their fifth Eurovision attempt with the song “Imagine,” but later withdrew. In 2017, Evgeny Balchuys joined as the new bassist, and the band released “The Whole World.” Their second album, also titled “Litesound,” was released in 2018. In 2019, the band released “Champion” as the official song for the European Games in Minsk and “Fight For The Dream” for the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The band’s outspoken criticism of the Belarusian authorities’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 led to repercussions, including being denied concert opportunities. The Karyakin brothers and their parents were detained in October 2022 and sentenced in March 2023 for participating in the 2020 protests. Entries We Are The Heroes Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2012 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry KariakinVladimir Kariakin MusicNames BackingsAlex Panayi Results Semi Points: 35Position: 16Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/-JWbOKNaIAo?si=nhwOsDC05W1toVNq
About Quick Facts NameYuriy Alexeyevich Vashchuk Born24 January 1983 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionBelarusian National Final 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongCheesecake (2014) Biography Yury Vashchuk was born on January 24, 1983, in the village of Khidry. After four years of studying the bayan, he became a laureate of the international competition “Podsnezhniki” (“Praleski”). His first serious competition was the TV project “Zvyozdnoye raskrytie” (“Zornaya Rostan’”). In 2000, he was invited to work with the National Concert Orchestra of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. In 2008, he graduated from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. He was the host of the program “Vperyod v proshloe” (“Naperad u minulaye”), which aired on the channels “Belarus 3” and “Belarus 24”. From 2011 to 2014, he received several national music awards, including the “Lira” awards: “Discovery of the Year” (2011), “Best Arranger” (2012), “Best Music Author” (for the song “Belarus Velykaya” with Leonid Shirin, 2013), “Best Performer of the Year” (2014), and “Best Song of the Year” (“Cheesecake”, 2014). Based on the results of the National Selection Tour organized by Belteleradiocompany for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, he received an award from the jury and the “Crystal Heart” statuette for the song “Cheesecake”. On May 8, in the second semi-final, Vashchuk, under the pseudonym TEO, performed in the semifinal, securing Belarus a spot in the final. On May 10, 2014, TEO performed as the 2nd participant in the final and placed 16th. On 3 December, 2015, Teo gave a huge solo concert in the Minsk Concert Hall in Minsk. In November 2016, Teo teamed up with his wife Olya Rizhikova for the song and video “Nam ochen”. In March 2017 they performed together in the Minsk Concert Hall. They released another song together in January 2018, “Po tonkomu l’du” and the solo song “Begu”. Teo and Olya hosted the 2018 national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In July of the same year, Teo released another solo single, “Yukhu”. In November 2019, Olya and Teo released a new song, “Blizhe”, followed by “Kto kome nas” in July 2020. In March 2021, “Murashki po koje” came out. Teo and Olya performed at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. They sang “Ty moy kosmos”. In October 2022 the video of the song came out. Entries Cheesecake Country🇧🇾 Belarus Year2014 LanguageEnglish LyricsDmitry Novik MusicYuriy Vashchuk BackingsYuriy SeleznyovArtyom AkhpashDenis Lis DancersAlexander ZalesskiyAndrey Martynov Results Semi Points: 87Position: 5Running order: 10 Results Finals Points: 43Position: 16Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/tImGMW-4eHY
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17
About Quick Facts MembersValeria GribusovaVladislav Pashkevich Founded2016 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionNationalny Otbor 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongDa vidna (2020, cancelled) Biography VAL is a Belarusian duo that mainly produces music from the areas of house, R&B, pop and hip hop. The duet was founded in early 2016 by singer Valeria Gribusova and musician and music producer Vladislav Pashkevich. Since mid-2016, the project has been produced by the ToneTwins team, which also includes musician and producer Andrei Katikov, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. On May 1st, 2016 VAL released their first song “Kto ty yest”. In September 2016
Val is chosen to represent Belarus in the 2020 Eurovision song contest. She will sing her entry “Da vidna”, written and composed by Val herself with Vladislav Pashkevich and Nikita Naydenov. The full result of the national final is: VAL, “Da vidna”, 20 pts Yan Yarosh, “Fire”, 18 pts. CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la”, 18 pts. Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible”, 12 pts. Angelika Pushnova, “True love”, 10 pts. AURA, “Barani svajo”, 10 pts. KeySi, “Chili pepper”, 8 pts. Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road”, 6 pts. NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down”, 5 pts. Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again”, 2 pts. Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello”, 0 pts. Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On
Tonight is the night: Belarus will select it’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It will be broadcast here at 20:00 CET. You can watch it here. Twelve songs will compete. A jury of experts and televoters will decide which song will head to Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contestants are: NAPOLI, “Don’t let me down” Sasha Zaharik, “Rocky road” Anastasiya Malashkevich, “Invisible” CHAKRAS, “La-ley-la” Nastya Glamozda, “Burning again” Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya, “Hello” Yan Yarosh, “Fire” Angelika Pushnova, “True love” Darya Khmelnitskaya, “On fire” AURA, “Barani svajo” KeySi, “Chili pepper” VAL, “Da vidna” Napoli took part every year so
Today, the allocation draw took part. The following order is not known yet, but it is known which country has to perform in which semifinal. 1st semifinal, 1st half North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd half Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st half Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia 2nd semifinal, 2nd half Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania final – these countries are automatically qualified France (votes in semi 2) Germany (votes in semi 1) Italy (votes in semi 1)
On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can watch the entire event here at 16:10 CET. You will be able to see the 2020 Eurovision hosts Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit at work, as they will host the allocation draw too. The event will take place at Rotterdam’s City Hall. The pots for the allocation draw are
About Quick Facts NamePetr Petrovich Elfimov Born15 February 1980 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionEurofest 2009 In Eurovision2009 Moscow SongEyes That Never Lie (2009) Biography Petr Petrovich Elfimov was born on February 15, 1980, in Mogilev, Belarus, into a family of musicians. He started his musical education at the age of 6, focusing on the trumpet. In 1994, Elfimov enrolled in the Mogilev Gymnasium-College of Music and Choreography, specializing in choir conducting. During his time there, he was a soloist in the studio Double V, winning the television contest for young pop artists, Zornaya Rostan-96. In 1998, he joined the Belarusian State Academy
About Quick Facts MembersDmitry KariakinVladimir KariakinJacopo MassaAlex KolchinIgnat Yakovich Founded2005 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian🇮🇹 Italian (Jacopo)🇷🇺 Russian (Alex) National SelectionEurofest 2012Eurofest 2009Eurofest 2008Eurofest 2007Eurofest 2006 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongWe Are The Heroes (2012) Biography Litesound is a Belarusian pop rock band formed in 2005 by brothers Dmitry and Vladimir Karyakin. The band’s journey began earlier, in 2002, as an acoustic duo. Their transformation into the quartet Litesound in 2005 marked the start of their notable musical career. With the addition of bassist Mario Gulinsky and drummer Sergey Genko, they won the Maiori International Music Festival in Italy in 2006, which led to a collaboration
About Quick Facts NameYuriy Alexeyevich Vashchuk Born24 January 1983 Nationality🇧🇾 Belarusian National SelectionBelarusian National Final 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongCheesecake (2014) Biography Yury Vashchuk was born on January 24, 1983, in the village of Khidry. After four years of studying the bayan, he became a laureate of the international competition “Podsnezhniki” (“Praleski”). His first serious competition was the TV project “Zvyozdnoye raskrytie” (“Zornaya Rostan’”). In 2000, he was invited to work with the National Concert Orchestra of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. In 2008, he graduated from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. He was the host