- Eurofest 2007
Eurofest 2007 was the television show in which
Belarus selected three competitors to fight for the Belarusian place at theEurovision Song Contest 2007 , to be held inHelsinki ,Finland on the 10th and 12th May2007 . As Belarus failed to qualify from the semifinal for the third time in a row in 2006, the winner had to start in the semifinal on the 10th. Eurofest was aired on the 15th December 2006, and televoting selected Dmitry Koldun to go on to the superfinal, joining jury favs Diana Gurtskaya & The Project, leaving the jury to select the winner behind closed doors. Later,Dmitry Koldun was announced winner with the song "Work your magic". The rules explicitly state that the winner may or may not sing the entry they entered to the NF within Helsinki.Participants
The following artists participated: [http://songfestival.web-log.nl/songfestival/2006/12/witrussische_fi.html]
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Anna Sharkunova - "Sorvatsa I Vniz"
*Borneo - "Fingertips"
*Dmitry Koldun - "Angel Mechty"
*LENA - "Call Me (September 11th)"
*Svayaki - "Salodki Myodzik"
*Irina Yarina - "Krotkiy Dozhd"
*Dali - "Mechtai So Mnoy"
*Natalia Tamelo - "So Badly High"
*Litesound - "Summer Trip"
*The Project - "S. U. P. E. R. S. T. A. R."
*Oleg Karpenko - "I Feel Good Tonight"
*New Generation - "Belarus"
*Diana Gurtskaya - "How Long"
*Natalia Lapteva &XXXLight - "I Don't Know Why"
*Victor Pshenichniy - "Sooner Or Later"Not participating:
*Angelica Agurbash , who represented Belarus in 2005, was due to enter again with the song "Miracle", but withdrew after it was discovered that her song had already been performed (in theEuropean Athletic Championships ) [ [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6813 Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - Angelica and Dmitry face disqualification ] ] , therefore breaking ESC rules.Televoting
After all the songs had been performed, there was ten minutes of
televoting to decide the viewers' winner.econd round
A jury selected the best from the televoting winner (Dmitry Koldun) plus their two personal favourites from the first round:
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Dmitry Koldun - "Work Your Magic"-winner
*The Project - "S. U. P. E. R. S. T. A. R."
*Diana Gurtskaya - "How Long"The winner
Following the final held on January 22, 2007 it was announced that
Dmitry Koldun will represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with his song "Work Your Magic".References
ee also
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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