As our journey to the national finals around Europe is coming to an end in a few days, tonight it’s time for a stop in Belarus! The Eastern European country is ready to determine their act for Eurovision 2019, by a holding a national selection event for yet another year.

Followind the closure of the submission window in the country, their national broadcaster BTRC shortlisted them down to the following 10, in order to compete at a televised national final and fight for their Eurovision ticket to Tel Aviv. The show is all set to air tonight and the participants running order is as follows:

1. Michael Soul – Humanize
2. ZENA – Like it
3. Eva Kogan – Run 
4. BLGN & Mirex – Champion 
5. Sebastian Roos – Never getting close 
6. Alyona Gorbachova – Can we dream
7. PROvokatsiya – Running away from the sun
8. Aura – Čaravala
9. NAPOLI – Let it go
10. KeySi – No love lost

Tonight’s eventual outcome will emerge solely by an expert’s jury vote. Right after each act’s performance, each jury member will be awarding points from 0 to 10, with the winner being crowned as the one with the highest total score. Should there be any tie, there will be a second voting round.

How to watch

Nationalny Otbor starts tonight at 20:00 CET (22:00 local time) and you may follow it via:

• Belarus 1
• Belarus 24
• Live stream on belarus24.by

Belarus in Eurovision

Belarus first entered the Eurovision house in Istanbul in 2004. The best Eurovision result for the former Soviet nation has been a 6th place, achieved in 2007 by Dmitry Koldun and Work your magic. Last year, Belarus was represented by the Ukrainian winner of their national selection show, ALEKSEEV, who delivered an extraordinary performance of his song Forever. Despite that, the country did not make it to the Grand Final, as they finished 16th in the first semi-final with 65 points.

This year, Belarus has been drawn to compete in the first half of the first semi-final evening on 14 May.