Belarus competed at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yuriy Demidovich represented the country with the song "Volshebniy krolik".
Before Junior Eurovision
National final BTRC received a total of 63 entries to compete in the contest. On 31 March 2009, a professional jury, chaired by Vasily Rainchik, selected 17 songs to compete in the semi-final of the contest. This number was later increased to 19.
Semi-final On 1 June 2009, (International Children's Day) the semi-final of the contest was broadcast, being prerecorded in the BTRC studio a few days earlier, and was hosted by BTRC Eurovision commentator Denis Kuryan. A professional jury, again headed by Vasily Rainchik, selected ten songs from the 19 to proceed to the final of the event.
"Belakrylyya mary" was the only song in Belarusian language in the running, while all other entries have been performed in Russian.
Semi-final – 1 June 2009 Draw Artist SongResult1RoKi"Tolko vperyod!" (Только вперед!)Advanced2Diana Guzino"Mechtayu letat" (Мечтаю летать)Advanced3Magammed Aslanov"Tik-Tak" (Тик-Так)Advanced 4 Yulia Saldakaeva "Beliy parus" (Белый парус)Eliminated5 Vladislav Lovgen "Muzyka rassveta" (Музыка рассвета)Eliminated6 Polina Kalofati "Supermodel"Eliminated 7 Karamelki "Belye ptitsy" (Белые птицы)Eliminated8Yekaterina Mezhennaya"Tolko lyubov" (Только любовь)Advanced9Polina Klishkova"Za zvezdoy" (За звездой)Advanced 10 Anzhelik Pushnova "Vremya tantsevat" (Время танцевать)Eliminated 11 Maxim Petukhov "Shkolnye Vecherinki" (Школьные вечеринки)Eliminated12Yekaterina Murashko"Den rozhdenya" (День рождения)Advanced13Darya Shulgina"Ognennye noty" (Огненные ноты)Advanced14Yury Demidovich"Volshebniy krolik" (Волшебный кролик)Advanced 15 Alla Naimovich "Mechtat" (Мечтать)Eliminated 16 Lolita Karpovich "Pro leto" (Про лето)Eliminated17Zlata Larchenko"Baba-Yaga 2009" (Баба-Яга 2009)Advanced 18 Victoria Tsvetkova "Belakrylyya mary" (Белакрылыя мары)Eliminated19Diana Gromova"Ey, malchishki i devchonki" (Эй, мальчишки и девчонки)Advanced
Final The final was held on 10 September 2009, and featured the following ten songs which qualified from the semi-final. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and regional televoting. Final – 10 September 2009 Draw Artist SongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace1RoKi"Tolko vperyod!"85134 2Diana Guzino"Mechtayu letat"23573Magammed Aslanov"Tik-Tak"761344Yekaterina Mezhennaya"Tolko lyubov"41575Polina Klishkova"Za zvezdoy"5101536Yekaterina Murashko"Den rozhdenya"14577Darya Shulgina"Ognennye noty"32578Yuriy Demidovich"Volshebniy krolik"12122419Zlata Larchenko"Baba-Yaga 2009"10818210Diana Gromova"Ey, malchishki i devchonki"67134 Detailed Regional Televoting ResultsDrawSongBrestVitebskGomelGrodnoMogilevMinskTotalPoints1"Tolko vperyod!"6666664852 "Mechtayu letat" 1 23101130 33 "Tik-Tak" 5 55124548 64 "Tolko lyubov" 4 1 2 1 3225 15 "Za zvezdoy" 7 107512861 106 "Den rozhdenya" 3 44210439 47 "Ognennye noty" 2 3 1 7 2330 28 "Volshebniy krolik" 1212 10 881274 129 "Baba-Yaga 2009" 10 88471059 810 "Ey, malchishki i devchonki" 8 71235754 7 All participants automatically receive 12 points At Eurovision
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 BTRC website