Belarus competed at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yuriy Demidovich represented the country with the song "Volshebniy krolik".
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Belarus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final 1 June 2009 Final September 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Yuriy Demidovich | |||
| Selected song | "Volshebniy krolik" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 48 points | |||
| Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Junior Eurovision
editNational final
editBTRC received a total of 63 entries to compete in the contest. On 31 March 2009, a professional jury, chaired by Vasily Rainchik, selected 17 songs to compete in the semi-final of the contest. This number was later increased to 19.
Semi-final
editOn 1 June 2009, (International Children's Day) the semi-final of the contest was broadcast, being prerecorded in the BTRC studio a few days earlier, and was hosted by BTRC Eurovision commentator Denis Kuryan. A professional jury, again headed by Vasily Rainchik, selected ten songs from the 19 to proceed to the final of the event.
"Belakrylyya mary" was the only song in Belarusian language in the running, while all other entries have been performed in Russian.
| Semi-final – 1 June 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | RoKi | "Tolko vperyod!" (Только вперед!) | Advanced |
| 2 | Diana Guzino | "Mechtayu letat" (Мечтаю летать) | Advanced |
| 3 | Magammed Aslanov | "Tik-Tak" (Тик-Так) | Advanced |
| 4 | Yulia Saldakaeva | "Beliy parus" (Белый парус) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Vladislav Lovgen | "Muzyka rassveta" (Музыка рассвета) | Eliminated |
| 6 | Polina Kalofati | "Supermodel" | Eliminated |
| 7 | Karamelki | "Belye ptitsy" (Белые птицы) | Eliminated |
| 8 | Yekaterina Mezhennaya | "Tolko lyubov" (Только любовь) | Advanced |
| 9 | Polina Klishkova | "Za zvezdoy" (За звездой) | Advanced |
| 10 | Anzhelik Pushnova | "Vremya tantsevat" (Время танцевать) | Eliminated |
| 11 | Maxim Petukhov | "Shkolnye Vecherinki" (Школьные вечеринки) | Eliminated |
| 12 | Yekaterina Murashko | "Den rozhdenya" (День рождения) | Advanced |
| 13 | Darya Shulgina | "Ognennye noty" (Огненные ноты) | Advanced |
| 14 | Yury Demidovich | "Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик) | Advanced |
| 15 | Alla Naimovich | "Mechtat" (Мечтать) | Eliminated |
| 16 | Lolita Karpovich | "Pro leto" (Про лето) | Eliminated |
| 17 | Zlata Larchenko | "Baba-Yaga 2009" (Баба-Яга 2009) | Advanced |
| 18 | Victoria Tsvetkova | "Belakrylyya mary" (Белакрылыя мары) | Eliminated |
| 19 | Diana Gromova | "Ey, malchishki i devchonki" (Эй, мальчишки и девчонки) | Advanced |
Final
editThe final was held on 10 September 2009, and featured the following ten songs which qualified from the semi-final. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and regional televoting.[1]
| Final – 10 September 2009 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | RoKi | "Tolko vperyod!" | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Diana Guzino | "Mechtayu letat" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Magammed Aslanov | "Tik-Tak" | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 4 | Yekaterina Mezhennaya | "Tolko lyubov" | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Polina Klishkova | "Za zvezdoy" | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Murashko | "Den rozhdenya" | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Darya Shulgina | "Ognennye noty" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Yuriy Demidovich | "Volshebniy krolik" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | Zlata Larchenko | "Baba-Yaga 2009" | 10 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | Diana Gromova | "Ey, malchishki i devchonki" | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Brest | Vitebsk | Gomel | Grodno | Mogilev | Minsk | Total | Points |
| 1 | "Tolko vperyod!" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 5 |
| 2 | "Mechtayu letat" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 3 | "Tik-Tak" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 6 |
| 4 | "Tolko lyubov" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
| 5 | "Za zvezdoy" | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 61 | 10 |
| 6 | "Den rozhdenya" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 4 |
| 7 | "Ognennye noty" | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 |
| 8 | "Volshebniy krolik" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 12 |
| 9 | "Baba-Yaga 2009" | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 8 |
| 10 | "Ey, malchishki i devchonki" | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 7 |
| All participants automatically receive 12 points | |||||||||
At Eurovision
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Notes
edit- ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
References
edit- ^ "Евровидение Р'еларусь Eurovision Belarus". Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
External links
edit- (in English) BTRC website