Tonight Belarus will pick its representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The starting time of Eurofest 2015 is 20:00 CET – you can watch it live HERE. We will constantly update this page with live blog entries about the show – so make sure to keep an eye on it! [liveblog]

Today, the broadcaster BTRC has announced the 15 candidates for the Belarusian national selection. During the last two days, auditions took place in Minsk. 89 hopefuls performed in front of a professional jury which was made up of Alexander Tikhanovich (singer), Vasili Rainchik (singer and musician), Elena Treshchinskaya (editor of radio Radius FM), Eugen Popkovich,(producer of Belarus 1 channel), Olga …

Belarus will decide their song and artist for Eurovision 2015 on 26th December, it has been revealed. 15 artists will compete to represent the Eastern European nation in Vienna next May, with applications for artists closing today (21st November 2014). A professional jury will choose which artists will go forward to the live televised final on the 26th – Boxing …

Good news for aspiring talents in Belarus: The Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) has announced that applications for the Belarusian National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 are now open. If you’re a permanent resident of Belarus, whether you’re a citizen or not, you can send an application in to 220807, Minsk, str. Makaenka, 9, BTRC marked “National …

The 19th country to confirm its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is Belarus! A number of Belarusian members of parliament had called for a withdrawal from the competition next year (presumably in the light of Conchita Wurst’s victory in Copenhagen last month) – however, it has been announced that the government decided to reject the proposal. The Belarusian …

When news broke that one of Belarus’ national finalists for Eurovision 2014 was disqualified, nobody was shocked. After all, Belarus has, by far, been one the most mercurial participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. With disqualifications, last-minute song changes, and presidential politics thrown into the mix, no Eurovision country compares to the Belarus’ fickle 11-year run. On 5 November, the …

Belarus national broadcaster BTRC has chosen fifteen national finalists today. After having received over 100 entries, a jury has chosen 15 to vie for Belarus’ spot on the Eurovision stage in Copenhagen. The 15 selected contestants are: Matvej Bondarenko Yuri Vashchuk Aleksey Gross (Update 12/8: Gross has been disqualified.) Daria Zhanet Max Lorens & DiDyuLya Anastasia Malashkevich Artem Mikhalenko Alina …

The Belorussian broadcaster, BTRC announced that 15 contestants will take part in one  national final that is scheduled to be aired in early January.  Deadline for submitting entries is the 24th of November. A special jury will be holding auditions and the 15 lucky artists will be chosen to participate in the Final. The winning entry will be selected by …

Last weekend 2013 Belarussian entry Alyona Lanskaya concluded her promotional tour for Eurovision in Belgium with a very packed program. Alyona arrived in Brussels sundaymorning and headed to the amazing Grande Place in Brussels where she met with Belgian representative Roberto Bellarosa and Cezar from Romania with whom she went along very well. Several tv-stations from belgium, romania and belarus …

Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …