Belarus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times, making its debut in and having its last appearance in . The Belarusian participating broadcaster in the contest was the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC). Since 1 July 2021, Belarus has been unable to participate in the contest following the suspension of BTRC's membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The country's first appearance in a final was in , with the song "Work Your Magic" performed by Dmitry Koldun, where it placed sixth; this remains Belarus' only top ten placement. Belarus also qualified for the final in , , , , and . More recently, the nation had planned to take part in the cancelled contest and was disqualified from taking part in the contest.
Participation The Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It participated in the contest representing Belarus since its in 2004.
Prior to 2004, the country had considered debuting in 1993 and 2003,Sietse Bakker. No new countries at next Eurovision Song Contest. ESCToday. Retrieved on 23 March 2008. but the planned entries failed to materialize.
History Belarus entered the contest in , the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final. Belarus has qualified for the final six times: in with "Work Your Magic", in with "Butterflies", in with "Solayoh", in with "Cheesecake", in with "Story of My Life", and in with "Like It".
Alexander Rybak, the winner of the contest representing , expressed an interest in composing an entry for his birth country Belarus. Rybak's song "Accent", performed by Milki, competed in the Belarusian national final for the contest, placing fourth.
Belarus originally planned to participate in the contest, and were set to perform in the first half of the first semi-final. On 9 March 2021, Galasy ZMesta was announced as the chosen entrant with the song "Ya nauchu tebya (I'll Teach You)". However, the entry was disqualified on 11 March, as it was decided by the EBU that the song was in violation of the contest's rules. Belarusian broadcaster BTRC was ordered to submit either a new version of the song or an entirely new song that is compliant with the rules, or face disqualification. On 26 March, BTRC submitted the song "Pesnya pro zaytsev (Song about hares)" (), also sung by Galasy ZMesta, as Belarus' new entry, however that song was also disqualified, again for the same reasons as their previous attempt, and Belarus was subsequently disqualified from the 2021 contest altogether.
On 28 May 2021, six days after the 2021 final, the EBU voted to suspend BTRC's membership. BTRC was given two weeks to respond before the suspension came into effect on 11 June, but there was no public response. The broadcaster was expelled from the EBU on 1 July, therefore losing the rights to broadcast and participate in the contest. It was subsequently stated that the expulsion would last for three years, however, in late April 2024 (one month before the expiration), the EBU declared that there was "no reason to change position at the current time", thus making the suspension indefinite.
Participation overview + Table key ◇ Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points Aleksandra and Konstantin "My Galileo" English colspan="2" rowspan="3" 19 10 Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English 13 67 Polina Smolova "Mum" English 22 10 Koldun "Work Your Magic" English 6 145 4 176 Ruslan Alehno "" English colspan="2" rowspan="2" 17 27 Petr Elfimov "Eyes That Never Lie" English 13 25 3+2 Robert Wells "Butterflies" English 24 18 9 59 Anastasia Vinnikova "I Love Belarus" English colspan="2" rowspan="2" 14 45 Litesound "We Are the Heroes" English 16 35 Alyona Lanskaya "Solayoh" English 16 48 7 64 Teo "Cheesecake" English 16 43 5 87 Uzari and Maimuna "Time" English rowspan="2" colspan="2" 12 39 Ivan "Help You Fly" English 12 84 Naviband "Story of My Life" Belarusian 17 83 9 110 Alekseev "Forever" English colspan="2" 16 65 Zena "Like It" English 24 31 10 122 VAL ◇ "" ( ◇ Belarusian ◇ colspan="4" Galasy ZMesta ◇ Entries disqualified ◇ Russian ◇ colspan="4"
Related involvement Heads of delegation Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others. YearHead of delegation–Alexander Martynenko–Marat Markov–Olga Salamakha
Commentators and spokespersons
Year Channel Commentator Spokespersonrowspan="2" Belarus-1Ales Kruglyakov, Tatyana YakushevaAles Kruglyakov and Denis KurianBelarus-1Ales KruglyakovElena Ponomarevarowspan="2" Denis DudinskiyCorriannaDenis Kurian, Alexander TikhanovichJulianaBelarus-1, Belarus-TVDenis KurianOlga BarabanschikovaBelarus-1Denis Kurian, Alexander TikhanovichEkaterina LitvinovaDenis KurianAleksei GrishinLeila IsmailavaDmitry KoldunBelarus-1, Belarus 24Evgeny PerlinDarya DomrachevaAlyona LanskayaTeoUzariAlyona LanskayaNavibandMaria VasilevichBelarus-1, Belarus 24Evgeny Perlin–colspan="2"
Other shows Show Commentator Channel Eurovision: Europe Shine a LightEvgeny PerlinBelarus 1, Belarus 24
Photo gallery
See also Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Belarus in the Intervision Song Contest – A competition formerly organized by the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT) from 1965 to 1980, and revived in 2025.
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References
External links OGAE Belarus - Eurovision fan club. The member of OGAE International Network