Belarus selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through Song For Eurovision, a national final consisting of 20 songs which had to qualify through a semi final to get to the final. The winners were Dasha, Alina & Karina with the song Sertse Belarusi.
Before Junior Eurovision
Song for Eurovision
Semi-final The semi-final was pre-recorded on 27 May 2008, then broadcast on 1 June 2008. A jury decided the 10 songs that would go through to the final. Draw Artist SongResult1Diana Gromova"Ta-Ru-Ram"Advanced2Nikita Zhurovich"Mechtat"Advanced3 Maria Lemeshevskaya "SMS MMS"Eliminated 4 Irina Kulagina "Kupalskaya"Eliminated 5 Ekaterina Mezhennaya "Piny Cody"Eliminated6Alina Moshchenko"Vremya"Advanced 7 Darya Shulgina "Tantsuem, tantsuem"Eliminated 8 Roman Voloznev "Matulenka"Eliminated9Diana Guzino"Number One"Advanced 10 Dmitry Yermuzevich "Vse my deti zemli"Eliminated 11 Ekaterina & Dmitry "A tam, za gorizontom"Eliminated12Serafima Kuznetsova"Ne unyvai"Advanced 13 Alina Konareva "Volshebnie sny"Eliminated14Kirill Yermakov"Ya poyu dlya vas"Advanced 15 Darya Mikhailova "Oda Jazzu"Eliminated16Mikhail Sosunov"Odnoklassnitsa"Advanced 17 Maria Dubovskaya "Romashkiusi"Eliminated18Alexandra Stelmakh"Molodoe RNB"Advanced19Darya Soroko"So-Da-Super Star"Advanced20Dasha, Alina, Karina"Sertse Belarusi"Advanced
Final The final was broadcast live on 12 September 2008. The winning song was decided by 50% Televoting and 50% Jury, however only televoting results were announced, which was won by trio Dasha, Alina and Karina with Diana Gromova finishing 2nd. Draw Artist Song1Dasha, Alina, Karina"Sertse Belarusi" 2 Serafima Kuznetsova "Ne unyvai" 3 Mikhail Sosunov "Odnoklassnitsa" 4 Nikita Zhurovich "Mechtat" 5 Diana Guzino "Number One"6 Diana Gromova "Ta-Ru-Ram" 7 Darya Soroko "So-Da-Super Star" 8 Alina Moshchenko "Vremya" 9 Alexandra Stelmakh "Molodoe RNB" 10 Kirill Yermakov "Ya poyu dlya vas"
At Eurovision On 14 October 2008 it was revealed that the Belarusian entry had been allocated spot 3 to perform in the final. At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 which took place on 22 November 2008, the performers wore dresses identical to the ones they wore at the national final. There were also three dancers which were also featured in the performance at the national final.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Belarus Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Belarus Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Notes
References
External links Belarusian broadcaster's JESC 2008 website