Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Belarus
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	10 February 2006
Selected entrant	Polina Smolova
Selected song	"Mum"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (22nd)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen using two phases. The Belarusian broadcaster BT staged a final allowing viewers to choose the top 3 songs in the selection. Of these three, the winner was chosen by a jury behind the scenes. They chose Polina Smolova with her song Mama. The song is an upbeat pop song that resembles the styles of Michael Jackson. Polina attempted to represent Belarus last year, and although she was the public's favourite, she didn't win because she was not selected by the jury. The song was written by Andrey Kostiugov and composed by Sergey Sukhomlin, and has been renamed Mum for the contest in Athens.

Polina Smolova started her singing career with participations in children folk bands. She has graduated from music school in the piano department and sang in the children’s folk theater "Gostsitsa" as part of the Belarusian folk ensemble "Zhavaranachki." Polina later graduated from the Glinka Music College in the department of solo traditional singing from the Belarus State University of Culture and Art. She performed in the State Youth Music Theater as a soloist of the State Department of Internal Affairs Orchestra. She has participated in many song contests such as "Malvy" (Poland), "Galasy radzimy", "Golosa Evropy", and the winner of the contest "Slavyanski Bazar v Vitebske" in 2005.

Belarus scored only ten points in the semifinal, finishing 22nd, and did not qualify for the final.

Result of National Final

Only the top three were announced in no particular order; the winner was chosen internally.

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Belarus^[1]

Semi final 12 points  Russia 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Finland 7 points  Armenia 6 points  Lithuania 5 points  Sweden 4 points  Poland 3 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 points  Slovenia 1 point  Cyprus

Final 12 points  Russia 10 points  Ukraine 8 points  Armenia 7 points  Finland 6 points  Lithuania 5 points  Sweden 4 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 points  Romania 2 points  Greece 1 point  Norway

Points Awarded to Belarus

References

See also

• Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016   Artists 2000s Aleksandra and Konstantin Angelica Agurbash Polina Smolova Dmitry Koldun Ruslan Alekhno Petr Elfimov 2010s 3+2 Anastasia Vinnikova Litesound Alyona Lanskaya Teo Uzari & Maimuna Ivan   Songs 2000s "My Galileo" "Love Me Tonight" "Mum" "Work Your Magic" "Hasta La Vista" "Eyes That Never Lie" 2010s "Butterflies" "I Love Belarus" "We Are the Heroes" "Solayoh" "Cheesecake" "Time" "Help You Fly" (Note: Entries scored out are when Belarus did not compete)