On July 6 the list of participants of the final of the National selection round of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest-2018 was announced. The ten finalists were chosen by the professional jury following the results of the audition.
The professional jury included: deputy head of the department of professional art at the department of arts of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Tatiana Parhamovich; honored artist of Belarus, singer Natalia Tamelo; Deputy Director of the TV channel Belarus 1 Olga Salamaha; correspondent of the TV News Agency, TV host Yevgeny Perlin; singer and TV presenter Olga Ryzhikova; singer, soloist of the group Atlantic Alexei Nabeev; singer Anna Sharkunova.
The organizers allowed to the audition all applicants whose applications were submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the Regulations, this is 62 applications.
The audition took place on the largest television platform of the media holding - in the studio 600 Meters.
Following the audition the finalists of the qualifying round are:
Artem Skorol (Oshmyany, Grodno region), Smile;
Elizaveta Meya (Zhodino, Minsk region), Zorka;
Maria Gulevich (Minsk), Island Chikarum;
Daniel Alex Yastremsky (Minsk), Time;
Angelina Yaroshchuk (Minsk), Feeling Good;
Group Myata (Minsk), Once Upon a Time;
Nikita Belko (Minsk), Do Not Betray;
Maria Zhilina (Minsk), Welcome To My Belarus;
Yaroslav Sokolikov (Minsk), Peace on Earth;
Vocal group Monkey Tops (Minsk), In Style.
The draw for the finalists will be held at Belteleradiocompany on July 7 at 12.00. It will determine the order of the finalists' appearance on the stage of the gala concert. The final show will take place in the form of a gala concert on the air on TV channels Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 no later than on September 15. The winner of the National selection round will represent Belarus at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest-2018 on November 25 in Minsk.
All rights related to the selection process belong exclusively to the organizer - Belteleradiocompany.