Belarus_in_the_Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013
Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Belarusian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). The final was held on 4 October 2013.[1] Ilya Volkov and his song "Poy so mnoy" won the national final, scoring 18 points.[2]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Country |  Belarus | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final 50% Jury 50% Televoting | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 October 2013 | |||
| Selected entrant | Ilya Volkov | |||
| Selected song | "Poy so mnoy" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 108 points | |||
| Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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National final
On 19 March 2013, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
Competing entries
A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 10 June 2013.[3] After the deadline passed, 53 applications were received by the broadcaster.[1] A professional jury selected ten artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final.[1]
Final
The final took place on 4 October 2013 at the Studio 600 in Minsk, hosted by Teo, Belarus' 2014 Eurovision contestant, and Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus' 2013 Eurovision contestant. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public vote.[4]
The members of the jury were Irina Dorofeeva, Elena Atrashkevich, Lyudmila Borodina, Gennadiy Markevich, Nadezhda Vasilchenko, Olga Vorobyova, Tatyana Yakusheva, Tatyana Parhamovich and Eduard Zaritsky.
| Final – 4 October 2013 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
| 1 | Ruslan Aslanov | "Zvyozdy zovut" | Russian | 5 | 2,603 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | Angelina Pipper | "My tantsuyem dzhaz" | Russian | 1 | 5,558 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Kseniya Tereshonok | "Pod parusom mechty" | Russian | 4 | 2,576 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| 4 | Danaya Sharshavitskaya | "Prostoy motiv" | Russian | 2 | 627 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Igor Muravkin | "Sontsa svetsits usim!" | Belarusian | 12 | 1,383 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| 6 | Yulia Mozhilovskaya | "Mechty" | Russian | 3 | 2,827 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | Vladlen Ivanov | "Belye oblaka" | Russian | 7 | 2,390 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | Ilya Volkov | "Poy so mnoy" | Russian | 8 | 3,294 | 10 | 18 | 1 |
| 9 | Nadezhda Misyakova | "Delovaya" | Russian | 6 | 1,074 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Anna Zaitseva | "My pomnim" | Russian | 10 | 2,776 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Belarus was drawn to perform 7th, following Ukraine and preceding Moldova.[5] Belarus placed 3rd, scoring 108 points.[6]
Ilya Volkov were joined on stage by dance group "Maxi Briz": Leyla Tabatadze, Iolanta Verbitskaya, Milena Volskaya, Katya Artemyeva, Dinara Geydarova.[7]
In Belarus, show were broadcast on BTRC with commentary by Anatoliy Lipetskiy.[8] The Belarusian spokesperson revealing the result of the Belarusian vote was Sasha Tkach.[8]
Voting
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- All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
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- Fisher, Luke James (25 November 2013). "Array running order decided". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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- "Belarus – Ilya Volkov". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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- "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.