Press release
The official representative of our country at the international song contest Eurovision-2017 group NAVIBAND will perform in the second part of the second semi-final which will take place in Kiev (Ukraine) on May, 11.
The draw for the distribution of the participating countries between the two semi-finals of the competition has taken place today, on January, 31.
In total, 43 countries will participate in this year's competition. It has been determined that 18 countries will perform in the first semi-final on May, 9; 19 countries will perform in the second semi-final on May, 11.
Participants of the second semi-final together with the representative of Belarus are Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Serbia, Denmark, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Estonia, Israel, Bulgaria, San Marino, Lithuania, Croatia, Norway.
Big Five countries - Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the UK - and the organizer of this year's competition - Ukraine - reach the final (on May, 13) automatically, but they will also broadcast the semi-finals and vote for the participants. Italy, Spain and the UK will evaluate the contestants of the first semi-final, while Germany, France and Ukraine will vote in the second semi-final.
The running order of participants in the semi-finals will be determined by the producers of the show. Such a system of distribution of contestants in the semi-finals has been operating for several years and allows organizers to make the show more spectacular and unique.
The international song contest Eurovision-2017 will be held in Kiev (Ukraine) from May, 9, to May, 13.
Live broadcast of the two semi-finals and the final will traditionally be held by the BTRC channels - Belarus 1 and the international satellite channel Belarus 24.