Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Belarus was represented by Aleksandra & Konstantin and the song "My Galileo" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)31 January 2004
Selected entrantAleksandra & Konstantin
Selected song"My Galileo"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 10 points)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The Belarusian national final took place on 31 January 2004. Fifteen songs participated in the competition and the winner was selected exclusively via a public vote. The show was broadcast on Belarus 1 and Radius FM.

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster until 14 December 2003. Songs could be performed in any language, however, a translation of the lyrics to English and Russian were required and at least part of each song had to be performed in English. At the closing of the deadline, 59 entries were received by the broadcaster. A jury panel was tasked with selecting fifteen entries to proceed to the televised national final. The jury consisted of four representatives of the Ministry of Culture, three representatives of the Ministry of Information and three representatives of BTRC.[1] The finalists were announced on 4 January 2004, however one of the selected finalists, "Kali chakra, a i luz" performed by Jur'ya, was disqualified due to not signing the contract for participation. They were later replaced by "Govorjat" performed by Adelina Petrosyan.[2]

Final

The televised final took place on 31 January 2004 at the BTRC studios in Minsk, hosted by Larisa Gribaleva and Ales Kruglyakov. Prior to the competition, a draw for the running order took place on 22 January 2004.[3] The performances of the competing entries were filmed on 23 January 2004, and although their titles were in Russian, the majority were performed in English.[4] Public televoting and Internet voting selected the song "Moy Galiley" performed by Aleksandra & Konstantin as the winner.

Final – 31 January 2004
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Public Vote Place
Televote Internet Total
1 Adelina Petrosyan "People Say" Adelina Petrosyan 1,919 1 1,920 15
2 Aleksandra & Konstantin "My Galileo" Aleksey Solomaha, Alexandra Kirsanova, Konstantin Drapezo 2,304 7 2,311 1
3 Irina Dorofeeva "You Shouldn't Be Afraid of Love" Pavel Baranovski, Evgeni Oleinik 2,062 5 2,067 4
4 Maxim Sapatkov "Pust taet sneg" Maksim Sapatkov 2,109 10 2,119 3
5 Nadezhda Tamelo "Wait" Leonid Shirin 1,937 0 1,937 12
6 Olga Molchanova "I'm Trying" Dmitry Pavlov 1,926 6 1,932 13
7 Natalia Podolskaya "Unstoppable" Michael Jay, Raen Lobcher 2,163 50 2,213 2
8 Alexandra Gaiduk "I'm Still Keeping My Hope" Aleksandr Ivanov, Alexandra Gaiduk 2,037 2 2,039 5
9 Polina Smolova "Love Song" Sergey Borisevich, Vladimir Kurlovich 1,971 6 1,977 8
10 Corriana "Svoboda" Ekaterina Kachina, Leonid Shirin 1,998 10 2,008 6
11 Yana "Tell Me" Tatiana Lipnitskaya 1,950 4 1,954 10
12 Aleksandr Soloduha "Don't Worry" Oleg Zhukov, Oleg Eliseenkov 1,993 3 1,996 7
13 Anna Bogdanova "Just Words" Vladimir Kubishkin, Vitaly Penzin 1,961 6 1,967 9
14 MiLR "With Beautiful Lights" Dmitry Demidov, Dmitry Starovoitov 1,924 3 1,927 14
15 Janet "Lel" Janet, Gennadi Melnikov 1,943 5 1,948 11

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. As this was Belarus' debut, the country had to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest, held on 12 May 2004. The duo performed second, after Finland and before Switzerland. They ended 19th with 10 points, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

Points awarded by Belarus

Points awarded to Belarus

Points awarded to Belarus (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References

  1. "Rules and Regulations". ESCKAZ.
  2. "List of Belarus 15 finalists announced". ESCKAZ.
  3. "Drawing Ceremony". ESCKAZ.
  4. van Gorp, Edwin (31 January 2004). "First Belarussian final tonight". Esctoday.
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