2017 Eurovision national selection final to be held on 20 January

17.01.2017
The 2017 Eurovision national selection final winner, who will represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, will be selected during a live show to be broadcast on the TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 on 20 January.

Press release

The 2017 Eurovision national selection final winner, who will represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, will be selected during a live show to be broadcast on the TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 on 20 January.

Meanwhile, Belteleradiocompany continues preparations for the final gala concert. Equipment and stage installation has started today in the 600m studio, where the finalists will hold individual rehearsals on 19 January. General run-throughs of the show will be held live in the evening of 19 January and on 20 January just before the final. 

According to draw results, the 13 contestants will perform in the following order: 1. July (Yulia Korenyuk); 2. Alexandra Tkach; 3. Vladislav Kurasov; 4. NAVI band; 5. Isaac Nightingale; 6. Kattie; 7. NUTEKI; 8. Napoli; 9. Nikita Khodas; 10. Anzhelika Pushnova; 11. Anastasia Sheverenko; 12. Lermont x Julic; 13. PROvokatsiya band.

The final show will start at 22:00 to be broadcast live from the 600m studio on the TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 and on Belteleradiocompany’s website tvr.by. The concert will also be broadcast live on Radius FM.

According to the organisers, the show promises to be vibrant and colourful with a lot of surprises ranging from image quality to interesting graphics solutions that are sure to impress the audience. 

Besides the finalists, the show will feature special guests such as Teo, Uzari and IVAN, who previously represented Belarus at Eurovision, as well as the most outstanding contestants of the current national selection.

The show’s hosts will be Olga Ryzhikova and Teo. 

Belarus’ representative at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev will be selected by the viewers and a professional jury according to the classic 50x50 formula during the broadcast of the final show. 

By the way, this time the finalists along with TV presenter Evgeny Perlin will be waiting for voting results in a specially assigned Green Room.

The national selection and further preparations of Belarus’ representative for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest are organised by Belteleradiocompany as the only European Broadcasting Union member in Belarus.