
Belarus | Eurovision Song to be decided on March 8th!
The Belorussian broadcaster TVR has today revealed that they will select their artist and song for Eurovision 2019 on Friday March 8th! The selection process to find the representative to fly the flag for Belarus in Tel Aviv has also been launched, and any interested artists have from today (January 22nd) until January 31st to submit their entry to the TVR website. The lateness of this years national final might strike some dedicated Eurovision fans as odd, seeing as Belarus

JESC 2018 | Kazakhstan and Wales were the hot topics of Jon Ola Sand's press conference
Jon Ola Sand gave yet another press conference in Minsk, Belarus, ahead of The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Among all the questions asked, talk of Kazakhstan and Wales in particular seemed most dominant throughout the press conference, as well as Belarus of course. The question that everyone wanted to know was: Will Kazakhstan participate in The Eurovision Song Contest? And the answer was rather simple really, as Jon Ola Sand said himself "Kazakhstan will not be parti

Belarus | Alekseev battles heartbreak with new single 'Kak ty tam'
Alekseev represented Belarus at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year in Lisbon, Portugal and whilst he unfortunately was unable to qualify out of semi final one with 'Forever', that hasn't put him off continuing his to date very successful music career! His new single 'Kak ty tam' translates to 'How've You Been?' and you should definitely give it a listen further down. Since reaching the semi finals of The Voice of Ukraine in 2014, Alekseev was launched to fame

JESC 2018 | The hosts have been announced!
Belorussian broadcaster BTRC have today announced that Eugene Perlin, Helena Meraai and Zena will be hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, whilst Anna Kviloria and Denis Dudinsky will host the opening ceremony. All of the three Junior Eurovision hosts have a connection to either Eurovision or Junior Eurovision. Eugene Perlin is a television host and currently hosts numerous shows for BTRC and on the television channel Belarus 1. Eugene has also been the commentator

JESC 2018 | Tickets have gone on sale!
Tickets for the dress rehearsal and live show of The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 have officially gone on sale today! The final of Junior Eurovision 2018 will take place on Sunday 25th November from the Minsk Arena at 6pm Belarussian time (5pm CET), with the dress rehearsal taking place the day before, Saturday 24th, at the same time, 6pm. The tickets are available to buy here: https://www.tvr.by/special/detskoe-evrovidenie-2018/. The prices range between 6 to 9 Belaru

JESC 2018 | BTRC reveal the stage design
The Belarussian broadcaster BTRC have revealed the stage and green room designs for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Belarussian TV channel ATN aired a short documentary last night (August 31st) where they talked about how preparations are coming along for the contest and what the stage and green room will look like. They spoke with many people involved with the contest, including TEO (Belarus 2014), who wrote the theme song "Light Up", as well as the General Dire

JESC 2018 | Daniel Aleks Yastremskiy will sing for Belarus
Tonight saw the live televised national final to find Belarus' participant for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, taking place in Belarus' capital, Minsk. A total of 10 acts participated: Myata – Odnazhdy Daniel Aleks Yastremskiy – Time - winner with 16 points Yelizaveta Meya – Zorka Artem Skorol – Ulybnis Angelina Yaroshchuk – Feeling Good Monkey Tops – Na stile Mariya Zhilina – Welcome To My Belarus - 2nd place with 15 points Yaroslav Sokolikov – Mir na zemle

Tina Karol criticises Alekseev's ESC 2018 participation
Ukraine's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest singer, Tina Karol, has hit out at her fellow Eurovision singer Alekseev, who represented Belarus at Eurovision 2018. Speaking to Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Russian tabloid newspaper, Tina Karol said of Alekseev that:"Eurovision singers should represent their home country and that Belarus already has enough singers to be able to choose one of their own". She also went on to say that “Belarus should be represented by an artist who holds a Be

Belarus 2017 | Naviband release new single 'Youth in your Pocket'
It's been a busy 18 months for Belarusian folk group Naviband as after representing Belarus in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest (coming 17th with their song 'Historyja Majho Zyccia (Story of my Life)') they have repeatedly released fantastic music, from 'Biažy' to 'A Dzie Žyvieš Ty?'. Last month we also reported that the married couple that head up the group announced the birth of their first son, Matsei. Now the group have released their new single 'Youth in your Pocket' (Mo

JESC 2018 | Casting for Junior Eurovision 2018 hosts is underway!
The Belarussian broadcaster BTRC have announced that they are beginning their search for the hosts of the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The broadcaster have said they are looking for children and teenagers, between the ages of 9 and 14, as well as adults, to potentially host the show in November. They have stated that all applicants must: Have good spoken English Have the ability to perform confidently on stage and be natural Have the ability