Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processNational Final
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s)4 October 2013
Selected artist(s)Ilya Volkov
Selected song"Poy so mnoy"
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 108 points
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Belarusian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). The final was held on 4 October 2013.[1] Ilya Volkov and his song "Poy so mnoy" won the national final, scoring 18 points.[2]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

On 19 March 2013, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

Competing entries

A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 10 June 2013.[3] After the deadline passed, 53 applications were received by the broadcaster.[1] A professional jury selected ten artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final.[1]

Final

The final took place on 4 October 2013 at the Studio 600 in Minsk, hosted by Teo, Belarus' 2014 Eurovision contestant, and Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus' 2013 Eurovision contestant. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public vote.[4]

The members of the jury were Irina Dorofeeva, Elena Atrashkevich, Lyudmila Borodina, Gennadiy Markevich, Nadezhda Vasilchenko, Olga Vorobyova, Tatyana Yakusheva, Tatyana Parhamovich and Eduard Zaritsky.

Final – 4 October 2013
Draw Artist Song Language Jury Televote Total Place
1 Ruslan Aslanov "Zvyozdy zovut" Russian 5 2,603 6 11 7
2 Angelina Pipper "My tantsuyem dzhaz" Russian 1 5,558 12 13 4
3 Kseniya Tereshonok "Pod parusom mechty" Russian 4 2,576 5 9 8
4 Danaya Sharshavitskaya "Prostoy motiv" Russian 2 627 1 3 10
5 Igor Muravkin "Sontsa svetsits usim!" Belarusian 12 1,383 3 15 3
6 Yulia Mozhilovskaya "Mechty" Russian 3 2,827 8 11 5
7 Vladlen Ivanov "Belye oblaka" Russian 7 2,390 4 11 6
8 Ilya Volkov "Poy so mnoy" Russian 8 3,294 10 18 1
9 Nadezhda Misyakova "Delovaya" Russian 6 1,074 2 8 9
10 Anna Zaitseva "My pomnim" Russian 10 2,776 7 17 2

At Junior Eurovision

Ilya Volkov at the second dress rehearsal in Kyiv.

During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Belarus was drawn to perform 7th, following Ukraine and preceding Moldova.[5] Belarus placed 3rd, scoring 108 points.[6]

Ilya Volkov were joined on stage by dance group "Maxi Briz": Leyla Tabatadze, Iolanta Verbitskaya, Milena Volskaya, Katya Artemyeva, Dinara Geydarova.[7]

In Belarus, show were broadcast on BTRC with commentary by Anatoliy Lipetskiy.[8] The Belarusian spokesperson revealing the result of the Belarusian vote was Sasha Tkach.[8]

Voting

Notes

  1. ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Belarus: JESC Final Running Order Announced". Belta.by. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ Fisher, Luke James (4 October 2013). "Ilya Volkov to represent Belarus". EBU. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Applications accepting for participation in the selection for Junior Eurovision 2013 begins". Belta.by. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Belarus: Ilya Volkov wins". Eurovoix. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ^ Fisher, Luke James (25 November 2013). "Array running order decided". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Belarus – Ilya Volkov". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Junior Eurovision 2013 is opening in Kyiv". Belta.by. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.