Belteleradiocompany to audition applicants for 2017 Junior Eurovision national selection

07.07.2017
Applicants for the 2017 Junior Eurovision national selection will be auditioned today live at Belteleradiocompany’s 600m studio at 12:00.

Press release

Applicants for the 2017 Junior Eurovision national selection will be auditioned today live at Belteleradiocompany’s 600m studio at 12:00.

The national selection organizer is Belteleradiocompany. The selection process is carried out in accordance with the Regulations laid out by the organizer and the Competition Rules established by the European Broadcasting Union.

The audition will feature all the applicants, whose applications were submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the Regulations. These are 45 participants, 37 of which are solo performers and 8 are vocal groups. There will be a total of 48 contest songs, as some of the applicants sent more than one song.

The professional jury consists of composer, People's Artist of Belarus, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Composers Eduard Zaritsky (the jury chairman); Deputy Director of the TV channel Belarus 1 Olga Salamakha; composer and arranger Gennady Markevich; singer and Belarus’ 2015 Eurovision representative Uzari; popular singer Iskui Abalyan; consultant at the Professional Art Department of the Belarusian Culture Ministry Tatiana Parkhamovich; PR manager Sergei Andrianov.

The audition will be taking place in live mode, accompanied by music and (or) a soundtrack recorded without vocals or any vocal imitations. Following the audition, the professional jury will select 7 to 10 contestants to participate in the final.

The 2017 Junior Eurovision national selection finalists will be announced today, July 7, in a News release on the TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 at 19:00. After that, the list of the finalists will be posted on Belteleradiocompany’s official website www.tvr.by.

All rights related to holding the national selection belong exclusively to Belteleradiocompany as the organizer.