Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Belarusian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). Teo represented Belarus with the self-composed song "Cheesecake" with lyrics by Dmitry Novik. The song qualified from the second semi-final to compete in the final. Belarus placed 16th in the final, scoring 43 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)10 January 2014
Selected entrantTeo
Selected song"Cheesecake"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Teo
  • Dmitry Novik
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 87 points)
Final result16th, 43 points
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The Belarusian national final took place on 10 January 2014. Fourteen songs participated in the competition and the winner was selected through a jury and a public televote. The show was broadcast on Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 as well as online via the Eurovision Song Contest's official website eurovision.tv.[1]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster between 15 October 2013 and 24 November 2013.[2] At the closing of the deadline, over 70 entries were received by the broadcaster.[3] Auditions were held on 28 and 29 November 2013 at the BTRC studios where a jury panel was tasked with selecting up to fifteen entries to proceed to the televised national final. The jury consisted of Gennady Davydko (chairman of BTRC), Vasily Rainchik (musician/composer), Alexander Tikhanovich (singer), Elena Treshchinskaya (head of the radio station "Radius FM"), Alexander Mezhenny (director of the Shtam dance school), Alyona Lanskaya (singer, represented Belarus at Eurovision in 2013), Marianna Malchik (head of the department of arts at the Belarusian Ministry of Culture), Eduard Martynyuk (soloist of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater) and Mikhail Revutsky (head of the section of culture at TV Infoservice).[3] Fifteen finalists were selected and announced on 29 November 2013. On 5 December 2013, Alexey Gross withdrew from the national final at the request of his record label, Spamash, after it was revealed that his song "If I Could Do It All Again", composed by Marc Paelinck and Mathias Strasser, had previously competed in the 2011 Maltese national final.[4]

Final

The televised final took place on 10 January 2014 at the "600 Metrov" studio in Minsk, hosted by Olga Ryzhikova and Denis Dudinskiy.[5][6] A 50/50 combination of votes from eight jury members made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote resulted in a tie between "Now You're Gone" performed by Max Lorens and DiDyuLya and "Cheesecake" performed by Teo. The tie was resolved after each member of the jury cast one vote for one of the two songs. After an 8 to 0 vote, "Cheesecake" performed by Teo was selected as the winner.[7] The jury consisted of Mikhail Revutsky, Alexander Mezhenny, Eduard Martynyuk, Elena Treshchinskaya, Marianna Malchik, Alexander Tikhanovich, Alyona Lanskaya and Vasily Rainchik.

In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by 2013 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Alyona Lanskaya, Alexander Solodukha, Alexey Gross, Joanna, Eliz, Beatris, Lena Voloshina, SGBAND, Aura, Vitaliy Voronko, 2006 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Polina Smolova, 2008 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Ruslan Alekhno and Gunesh.[8]

Final – 10 January 2014
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Natalia Tamelo "Not What I've Been Looking For" Leonid Shirin, Jana Startseva 3 668 0 3 10
2 Nuteki "Fly Away" Mikhail Nokarashvili 0 5,651 10 10 5
3 Artem Mikhalenko "Rapsodiya #1" Artem Mikhalenko 0 1,844 0 0 13
4 Matvei Cooper & "DUX" Band "Strippers" Matvei Bondarenko 0 2,120 1 1 12
5 Teo "Cheesecake" Yuri Vaschuk, Dmitry Novik 12 5,088 8 20 1
6 Daria "Starlight" James Earp 6 2,421 2 8 8
7 Elena Siniavskaya "Via Lattea" Evgeni Oleinik, Yulia Bykova 2 1,122 0 2 11
8 Alina Moshchenko "Angel Crying" Alina Moshchenko 0 1,841 0 0 13
9 Janet "You Will Be Here" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niclas Haglund 10 2,655 3 13 3
10 Anastasia Malashkevich "Runaway" Pavel Klyshevsky, M. Goldenkov, A. Vahomchik 4 3,370 5 9 6
11 Switter Boys feat. Kate&Volga Karol "Vechnaya lyubov" Ruslan Gayday, Vladimir Gramma 7 4,384 6 13 3
12 NAPOLI "Stay With Me" Pavel Yushin, Aleksey Zubarevich, Olga Shimanskaya 1 4,847 7 8 8
13 Max Lorens & DiDyuLya "Now You're Gone" Valery Didyulya, Joe Lynn Turner 8 8,746 12 20 2
14 Tasha Odi "Empty Universe" Alexei Shirin 5 2,930 4 9 6

At Eurovision
Teo at the second semi-final dress rehearsal

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Belarus was drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[9] In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Belarus would perform 10th, following Ireland and preceding Macedonia.[10] Belarus qualified from the second semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the second semi-final qualifiers, Belarus was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.[11] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Belarus would perform 2nd, following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan.[12] Belarus placed 16th in the final, scoring 43 points.

The Belarusian song "Cheesecake" originally contained a reference to Google Maps in the lyrics. Such references to companies and brands violate the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest and therefore the reference was replaced with alternate lyrics ("all the maps") for its participation in the contest.[13]

At the contest, Teo was joined on stage by three backing vocalists: Denis Lis, Artyom Akhmash and Yuriy Seleznyov, and two dancers: Alexander Zalesskiy and Andrey Martynov.[14] Teo and the backing vocalists and dancers all wore black suits against a background of lighting that transitions between dark blue, red and yellow.[15]

In Belarus, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Belarus-1 and Belarus-24 with commentary by Evgeny Perlin.[16][17] The Belarusian spokesperson revealing the result of the Belarusian vote in the final was 2013 Belarusian contest entrant Alyona Lanskaya.[18]

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

Points awarded by Belarus

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Belarusian jury:[19]

  • Vasil Rainčyk – Chairperson – musician
  • Eugene Oleinik (Jaŭgen Aleinik) – composer, producer
  • Olga Ryzhikova (Volha Ryžykava) – television host, singer
  • Alexander Mezhenny (Aliaksandar Miaženny) – television host, choreographer
  • Inna Adamovich (Inna Adamovič) – specialist in organisation of festivals and contests

Semi-final 2

The Belarusian votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[20]

Semi-final 2 – Belarusian Results
Draw Country V. Rainčyk J. Aleinik V. Ryžykava A. Miaženny I. Adamovich Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Malta 1 2 2 1 1 1 13 7 4
02  Israel 9 6 8 8 6 7 10 9 2
03  Norway 14 11 11 13 8 12 7 11
04  Georgia 3 4 1 3 2 2 12 6 5
05  Poland 7 9 7 9 11 8 1 2 10
06  Austria 8 8 10 7 10 9 3 4 7
07  Lithuania 6 1 5 2 4 4 8 5 6
08  Finland 11 13 9 12 12 11 9 13
09  Ireland 10 12 14 14 13 13 11 14
10  Belarus
11  Macedonia 2 3 3 4 3 3 14 10 1
12   Switzerland 12 10 12 10 9 10 5 8 3
13  Greece 5 7 4 6 5 6 2 1 12
14  Slovenia 13 14 13 11 14 14 6 12
15  Romania 4 5 6 5 7 5 4 3 8

Final

The Belarusian votes in the grand final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[21]

Final – Belarusian Results
Draw Country V. Rainčyk J. Aleinik V. Ryžykava A. Miaženny I. Adamovich Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine 4 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 8
02  Belarus
03  Azerbaijan 3 4 4 3 2 3 19 8 3
04  Iceland 20 14 16 18 17 17 17 17
05  Norway 7 12 12 13 9 11 9 7 4
06  Romania 11 10 8 9 12 10 14 10 1
07  Armenia 6 5 6 5 4 5 2 2 10
08  Montenegro 18 23 21 19 23 21 23 25
09  Poland 5 9 2 10 13 8 5 4 7
10  Greece 8 6 7 8 6 6 8 5 6
11  Austria 24 25 20 23 22 23 4 14
12  Germany 14 13 10 12 8 12 15 15
13  Sweden 23 20 18 22 20 20 6 12
14  France 16 19 17 17 18 18 22 24
15  Russia 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 12
16  Italy 13 16 15 14 11 14 25 22
17  Slovenia 22 24 23 25 24 25 12 21
18  Finland 17 17 22 21 19 19 13 16
19  Spain 15 18 19 15 16 16 20 20
20   Switzerland 19 15 14 16 14 15 10 11
21  Hungary 10 8 11 7 10 9 7 6 5
22  Malta 2 3 1 2 3 2 24 13
23  Denmark 12 11 13 11 15 13 21 18
24  Netherlands 9 7 9 6 7 7 16 9 2
25  San Marino 25 21 24 20 25 24 11 19
26  United Kingdom 21 22 25 24 21 22 18 23

See also

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