Belarus participated in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 12th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Malta. This was the third time that the contest was hosted by the winning country. Maltese nationa ...
in
Marsa,
Malta
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. The Belarusian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Belarusian broadcaster
(BTRC). The final was held on 29 August 2014.
Nadezhda Misyakova
Nadezhda Misyakova ( be, Надзея Місякова, Nadzieja Misiakova; russian: Надежда Мисякова, Nadezhda Misyakova; born 1 June 2000 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. She represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Co ...
and her song "Sokol" won the national final, scoring 15 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
National final
On 6 March 2014, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 9 June 2014.
After the deadline passed, 48 applications were received by the broadcaster.
A professional jury selected ten artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final, which were announced on 17 June 2014.
Final
The final took place on 29 August 2014 at the studio 600 in
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
, hosted by
Teo, Belarus'
2014 Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European B ...
contestant, and
Ilya Volkov
Ilya Volkov (russian: Илья Волков, Romanized: ''Ilya Volkov''; be, Ілля Волкаў, Romanized: ''Illia Volkaŭ''; born 19 April 2002) is a Belarusian teen singer and part-time dancer. He is best known for representing his countr ...
, Belarus'
2013 Junior Eurovision contestant.
The equal combination of votes from a professional jury and the votes from the public resulted in a tie between "Sokal" performed by Nadezhda Misyakova, "Mamina lyubov" performed by Ksenia & Pavel Lashchevsky and "Geta moy lios" performed by Anna Zaitseva. The tie was resolved by the jury with "Sokal" by Nadezhda Misyakova being announced as the winner of the competition and was thus selected as Belarus' entry in Marsa.
The members of the jury were Gennadiy Markevich, Tatyana Parhamovich, Irina Dorofeeva, Lyudmila Borodina, Nadezhda Vasilchenko, Olga Vorobyeva, Tatyana Yakusheva, Elena Treschinskaya and Eduard Zartisky.
In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Olga Shamrova' ballet, Olga Satsiuk, Egor Volchek and
Lidiya Zablotskaya
Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The Belarusian entry for the 2011 contest was selected through the national final ''Song for Europe'', organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Co ...
.
At Junior Eurovision
At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Belarus were drawn to open the show on 15 November 2014, preceding .
Voting
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Belarusian jury:
* Tatsyana Yakusheva
* Elena Atrashkevich
*
Yuriy Vashchuk (Teo)
* Gennady Markevich
* Olga Ryzhikova
Notes
References
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
2014
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