Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Belarus
National selection
Selection process	Eurofest 2008
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 21 December 2008 Final 21 January 2008
Selected entrant	Ruslan Alekhno
Selected song	"Hasta La Vista"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (17th)

Belarus chose their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 through a public selection, organized by BTRC, that took part in two phases. The competition "Eurofest" consists of a semifinal round on 21 December 2007, and a final a month later on 21 January 2008. The first phase of the selection was the semifinal round in which 15 singers showcased their abilities as performers to the viewers and a professional jury. The televote winner, Ruslan Alehno, was secured a place in the final, while the jury selected the bands Litesound and Po Glazam, and singer Gunesh Abasova.^[1] These four competitors had the choice to proceed with the song they performed in the semifinal or choose a different song. In the final round, the decision fell in the hands of the jury who also tooke into consideration the televoting results when they choose the winner. Ruslan Alekhno won with the song Hasta la vista.

Contents 1 National final 1.1 Semi-final 1.2 Final 2 At Eurovision 2.1 Points Awarded by Belarus[3] 2.1.1 Semi final 2.1.2 Final 3 Spokespersons 4 References 5 See also

National final

Semi-final

The semifinal of Eurofest took place at the BTRC television studios. The professional jury consisted of Mikhail Finberg, Anatoliy Yarmolenko, Vasily Rainchik, Yadviga Poplavskaya, Irina Dorofeeva, and others.^[2] After the conclusion of the fifteen songs, viewers were able to televote for their favorites free of charge. Originally, two or three performers are chosen, however the jury decided to include three artists in addition to the televote winner creating a total of four.

Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place	Jury
1	The Champions	Drive me crazy	486	12	-
2	Lena Voloshina	That's all I feel	858	8	-
3	Yuliya Guseva	Maybe	759	9	-
4	Ana Sharkunova & German Titov	My budem pervye	991	7	-
5	Ruslan Alekhno	Hasta la vista	6089	1	-
6	Oksana Kovalevskaya	Vsegda odna	271	15	-
7	PinCode	You can	1075	6	-
8	Victor Pshenichniy	Baby blue	338	14	-
9	Gunesh	I can't live without you	2317	4	X
10	Scandal	Everybody	1689	5	-
11	Po Glazam	Devochka tryohtysachnih let	420	13	X
12	Palats	Kola mlyna	2438	3	-
13	Dali	Silver sky	679	10	-
14	Katrin	Follow me	663	11	-
15	Litesound	Do you believe	3967	2	X

Final

Artists competing in the final still have the choice to change their songs.

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Ruslan Alekhno	Hasta la vista
2	Litesound	Do you believe
3	Gunesh	I can't live without you
4	Po Glazam	Devochka tryohtysachnih let

At Eurovision

Belarus took part in the second semi-final on 22 May 2008, but failed to qualify to the final.

Points Awarded by Belarus^[3]

Semi final 12 points  Ukraine 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Portugal 7 points  Croatia 6 points  Latvia 5 points  Albania 4 points  Denmark 3 points  Turkey 2 points  Bulgaria 1 point  Iceland

Final 12 points  Russia 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Azerbaijan 7 points  Armenia 6 points  Georgia 5 points  Norway 4 points  Israel 3 points  Turkey 2 points  Greece 1 point  Serbia

Spokespersons

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for the Belarus broadcast was Olga Barabanschikova.^[4]

References

See also

• Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia (winner) San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.