JESC2017 | The 10 finalists have been chosen in Belarus

Yesterday afternoon, auditions took place in Minsk, Belarus for Junior Eurovision 2017. A total of 48 acts performed in front of a panel of juries, with 10 being chosen to perform in a live televised national final.
The members of the jury were:
Eduard Zaritsky - Composer
Gennady Markevich - Composer
Iskui Abalyan - Singer
Sergei Andrianov - Journalist & PR Manager
Tatiana Parkhamovich - Consultant at the Professional Art Department of the Belorussian Culture Ministry
Olga Salamakha - Deputy Director of 'Belarus 1'
Uzari - singer (represented Belarus at Eurovision 2015 alongside Maimuna)
The 10 finalists are:
Anastasiya Sokolova
Anastasiya Timofeyevich
Ariny Pekhterevoy and Anastasii Dmitrachkovoy
Elina Mataras
Khelena Meraai
Kvartet Natsional'nogo tsentra detskogo tvorchestva im.V.Mulyavina
Mariya Zhilina
Ruslana Panchishina
Stefaniya Sokolova
Yaroslav Sokolikov
Belarus are expected to select their act The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia sometime in September.
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