Belarus | ZENA will represent Belarus at Eurovision with 'Like It'
This year, Belarus are one of the last countries to confirm their Eurovision entry and tonight marked the second last National Final of the 2019 season. Following the auditions at the start of February, broadcaster BTRC selected ten finalists to participate in tonight's national final with the winner winning the right to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. ZENA was crowned the winner with 'Like It'.
The ten competing finalists and their entries were:
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 - "ÄŒaravala"
9. NAPOLI - "Let It Go"
10. KeySi - "No Love Lost"
The outcome was decided by solely by a jury vote - with seven jurors ranking each performance straight after the song was performed. Each juror was able to award a score out of 10 points and then the winner was the act with the highest score overall - out of a possible seventy. The final scores can be seen below:
ZENA - 69/70
BLGN & Mirex - 65/70
Sebastian Roos - 62/70
Michael Soul - 59/70
Alyona Gorbachova - 59/70
KeySi - 59/70
NAPOLI - 58/70
PROvokatsiya - 55/70
Aura - 55/70
Eva Kogan - 54/70
After all acts performed, it was confirmed that ZENA won with a winning score of 69/70. Junior Eurovision fans will recognise ZENA as being one of the two hosts of last years Junior Eurovision Song Contest! Check out her winning performance of 'Like It' here:
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