DATE:
15/12/2008
by Jarmo Siim
Belarus will have its national selection's semi-final tonight. The 15 lucky entries have been announced.
In order to select 15 participants of Eurofest among 100 pretenders, live auditions were held for several days. Among all the participants the jury selected 15 performers. The chosen entries are
1. Alex Patlis Band - Who Said It? (written by Alex Patlis)
2. SingeRin - Don't Think About It (K. Dudich)
3. Uncle Vanya - Our Belarussia (I. Vabishchevich)
4. Petr Yelfimov - Eye, That Never Lie (P. Yelfimov, V. Prokhozhy)
5. Venera - Big Game (A. Nabeyev)
6. Litesound - Miracle (V. Karyakin)
7. Anna Blagova and Yury Vashchuk - Behind (Y. Vashchuk, A. Zhilina)
8. Gunesh - Fantastic Girl (Gunesh, M. Khaitbayeva)
9. Victoria Belova - Don't Give Up From Love (A. Klimka, V. Belova)
10. Cola and Lidya Zabolotskaya - Honk (B. Gridin, V. Shevchenko)
11. Dominica - My Day (S. Sukhomlin, A. Kostugov)
12. Wind In The Head - And-Or-And (A. Zakharik, G. Galushko)
13. Alexei Krechet - Joy And Freedom (V. Ruzov, A. Shenets)
14. The Champions - Shake It Europe (Nils, O. Orakposim)
15. Dakota - Forgetting You (Dakota, G. Lobodenko)
Tonight's live gala-concert will be broadcast by the First Channel. After the contest a professional jury will select 5 finalists. If necessary, the finalist may choose another composition for the final among the songs, sent by the authors and selected by the jury.
The final will take place in January 2009. The winner of it will be selected by televoters.
Source:
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1633
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