Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 10 January 2014 | |||
| Selected entrant | Teo | |||
| Selected song | "Cheesecake" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 87 points) | |||
| Final result | 16th, 43 points | |||
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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.
On 15 October 2013, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. A submission period for interested artists and composers was opened and lasted until 24 November 2013. After the deadline passed, over 70 applications were received by the broadcaster. Artists that submitted songs were required to participate in an audition that took place between 28 and 29 November 2013 at BTRC studios. A professional jury selected fifteen artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final, which were announced on 29 November 2013. The professional jury consisted of BTRC Chairman Gennady Davydko, musician/composer Vasily Rainchik, singer Alexander Tikhanovich, head of the radio station "Radius FM" Elena Treshchinskaya, director of the Shtam dance school Alexander Mezhenny, singer and 2013 Belarusian entrant Alyona Lanskaya, head of the department of arts at the Belarusian Ministry of Culture Marianna Malchik, soloist of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Eduard Martynyuk and head of the section of culture at TV Infoservice Mikhail Revutsky. On 5 December 2013, Alexey Gross withdrew from the competition 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, had previously competed in the 2011 Maltese national final.
The selected artists and songs competed at the national final which took place on 10 January 2014 at the studio 600 in Minsk, hosted by Olga Ryzhikova and Denis Dudinskiy. In addition to the performances from the competitors, the show featured guest performances by Alexander Solodukha, Alexey Gross, 2013 Belarusian entrant Alyona Lanskaya, Joanna, Eliz, Beatris, Lena Voloshina, SGBAND, Aura, Vitaliy Voronko, 2006 Belarusian entrant Polina Smolova, 2008 Belarusian entrant Ruslan Alekhno and Gunesh. The members of the jury were Mikhail Revutsky, Alexander Mezhenny, Eduard Martynyuk, Elena Treshchinskaya, Marianna Malchik, Alexander Tikhanovich, Alyona Lanskaya and Vasily Rainchik. The equal combination of votes from a professional jury and the votes from the public 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 the winner of the competition and was selected as Belarus' entry in Copenhagen.
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