Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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Country | Belarus | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National Final 50% Jury 50% Televoting |
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Selection date(s) | 4 October 2013 | |||
Selected entrant | Ilya Volkov | |||
Selected song | "Poy so mnoy" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 3rd, 108 points | |||
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine. 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). The final was held on 4 October 2013.Ilya Volkov and his song "Poy so mnoy" won the national final, scoring 18 points.
On 19 March 2013, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 10 June 2013. After the deadline passed, 53 applications were received by the broadcaster. A professional jury selected ten artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final.
The selected artists and songs competed at the national final which took place on 4 October 2013 at the studio 600 in Minsk, hosted by Teo, Belarus' 2014 Eurovision contestant, and Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus' 2013 Eurovision contestant. The members of the jury were Irina Dorofeeva, Elena Atrashkevich, Lyudmila Borodina, Gennadiy Markevich, Nadezhda Vasilchenko, Olga Vorobyova, Tatyana Yakusheva, Tatyana Parhamovich and Eduard Zaritsky.
During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Belarus was drawn to perform 7th, following Ukraine and preceding Moldova. Belarus placed 3rd, scoring 108 points.
Ilya Volkov were joined on stage by dance group "Maxi Briz": Leyla Tabatadze, Iolanta Verbitskaya, Milena Volskaya, Katya Artemyeva, Dinara Geydarova.
In Belarus, show were broadcast on BTRC with commentary by Anatoliy Lipetskiy. The Belarusian spokesperson revealing the result of the Belarusian vote was Sasha Tkach.