Belarus has been participating in Eurovision since 2004 while its best placing was in 2007 with Dmitry Koldun and Work Your Magic which finished 6th in the final. In 2018 Alekseev represented the country with his song Forever but unfortunantely didn’t make it to the final as he finished 16th in the 1st semi final.
Belarus: Zena to Tel Aviv with her song “Like it”
The Belarusian national final took place this evening determining the country’s Eurovision 2019 representative. Winner of the final was crowned ZENA with the Like it .
A total of 10 contestants took the stage in order to battle for the golden ticket to Tel Aviv. The acts that competed in tonight’s national final were the following:
- Michael Soul – Humanize
- ZENA – Like It
- Eva Kogan – Run
- BLGN ft. Mirex – Champion
- Sebastian Roos – Never Getting Close
- Alyona Gorbachova – Can We Dream
- PROvokatsiya – Running Away From The Sun
- Aura – Čaravala
- NAPOLI – Let It Go
- KeySi – No Love Lost
The winner was determined by the jury show’s votes. Each member awarded 0 to 10 points every contestant. Check out the results ont he following table:
| 1 | ZENA | Like It | 69 |
| 2 | BLGN & Mirex | Champion | 65 |
| 3 | Sebastian Roos | Never Getting Close | 62 |
| 4 | Michael Soul | Humanize | 59 |
| 5 | Alyona Gorbachova | Can We Dream | 59 |
| 6 | Keysi | No Love Los | 59 |
| 7 | NAPOLI | Let It Go | 58 |
| 8 | PROvokatsiya | Running Away From The Sun | 55 |
| 9 | Aura | Caravala | 55 |
| 10 | Eva Kogan | Run | 54 |
ABOUT ZENA
ZENA almost got 10 points from each juror as she received a total of 69 points. ZENA (Zinaida Kupriyanovich is her full name) i is just 17 years old and began her music carrer as a candidate in the country’s national finals for Junior Eurovision 2015 and 2016, while in 2017 she participated in Novaya Fabrika zvyozd (The Russian edition of Star Academy). Last November she was one of the 3 hosts of Junior Eurovision which took place Minsk, Belarus. Her entry Like it is entirely in English while composers of the song are Yulia Kireeva and Viktor Drobysh who was the composer of the Russian Eurovision 2012 entry Party for Everybody performed by Buranovskiye Babushki
