Belarusian broadcaster BTRC has been suspended by the EBU and therefore Belarus is not allowed to participate in Eurovision events. Let’s take a look at what Belarus has brought to the Eurovision Song Contest since 2004.
The Belarusian national final consisted of two rounds and fifteen songs participated in the competition. The first round took place on 10 February 2006 at the Republic Palace in Minsk. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, public televoting selected the top three songs to qualify to the second round: Mama performed by Polina Smolova, You Can’t Stop This Dance performed by Elena Grishanova and Come Back performed by Lyavony. The second round took place on 27 February 2006 where the votes of jury members made up of music professionals exclusively selected the song Mama performed by Polina Smolova as the winner. The song was was written by Sergey Sukhomlin and Andrey Kostiugov. The winning song Mama was revamped and renamed as Mum for the Eurovision Song contest in Athens. Polina came 22nd with 10 points, failing to qualify to the Grand Final.