Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry internally for the second time in a row.[1] This was the country's eighth participation in the contest since 2004.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)14 March 2011
Selected entrantAnastasia Vinnikova
Selected song"I Love Belarus"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 45 points)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2010 • 2011 • 2012►

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 15 January 2011, Serbian newspaper Blic reported that 2004 Serbia and Montenegrin Eurovision contestant Željko Joksimović would compose the Belarusian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, to be performed by Irina Dorofeeva.[3][4] This was later confirmed to be untrue, as BTRC opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster between 25 January 2011 and 21 February 2011.[5] On 28 February 2011, Anastasia Vinnikova was announced as the Belarusian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Born in Byelorussia". The entry was selected by a jury panel from 29 entries received by the broadcaster at the closing of the submission deadline.[6] On 3 March 2011, it was announced that "Born in Byelorussia" would undergo a change in lyrics, retitled as "I Am Belarusian".[7]

Disqualification and song change

On 12 March 2011, BTRC announced that "I Am Belarusian" was disqualified as the song had been publicly performed in the summer of 2010. The new entry "I Love Belarus" was presented on 14 March 2011.[8]

At Eurovision

Belarus performed sixteenth in the second semi-final of the contest on 12 May. Belarus placed fourteenth with 45 points and failed to qualify for the final.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Belarus came 14th with 45 points: the public awarded Belarus 9th place with 54 points and the jury awarded 15th place with 38 points.

Points awarded by Belarus
Points awarded to Belarus (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. "Belarus Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. Sanjay, Jiandani (15 January 2011). "Belarus: Zeljko Joksimovic to pen the Belarus entry?". EscToday.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) | Željko Joksimović to compose entry?
  5. Brey, Marco (25 January 2011). "Belarus: Call for entries for internal selection". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  6. Busa, Alexandru (26 February 2011). "Anastasia Vinnikova to represent Belarus in Düsseldorf". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  7. Brey, Marco (3 March 2011). "Belarus: Song lyrics changed to "I Am Belarusian"". EBU. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  8. Busa, Alexandru (12 March 2011). "Anastasia Vinnikova to sing I love Belarus". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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