Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
| Belarus | |
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| Member station | BTRC |
| National selection events |
National Final
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 14 |
| First appearance | 2003 |
| Best result | |
| Worst result |
14th
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| External links | |
| Belarus's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeBelarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
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The participation of Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants since their debut. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2003 contest was Volha Satsiuk with the song "Tantsuy", which finished in fourth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and three points. Belarus have never missed an edition of the contest, and have won twice in 2005 and 2007. They hosted the contest at the Minsk-Arena in 2010. On 26 August 2016, Belarus will hold their national final in order to select their representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, in Valletta, Malta.
Belarus are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BRTC) hold a national final mechanism in order to select their representative for the contests. Child-singer, Volha Satsiuk, was the first participant to represent Belarus with the song "Tantsuy", which finished in fourth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and three points.
Belarus have taken part in every edition of the contest since 2003, and have won the contest twice: in 2005 with Ksenia Sitnik performing the song "My vmeste"; and again in 2007 with Alexey Zhigalkovich performing the entry "S druz'yami". Viewing figures and interest for the Junior Eurovision in Belarus is very high. And according to former EBU Executive Supervisor , the Junior Eurovision is "one of Belarus' most popular television shows". On 8 June 2009, the EBU confirmed that Belarus had won the rights to organise the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 over bids from Russia and Malta. Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk-Arena hosted the event.
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