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Mini-interview with the finalist of Belarus National Selection 2017 – Lexy Weaver

Lexy Weaver
Lexy Weaver

Lexy Weaver (real name is Alexandra Tkach) – is the youngest finalist of Belarus National Selection 2017. She is 16 years old.

Our reporter in Belarus, Eliana Goncharova, caught up briefly with Lexy –

Eliana: – Hi, Alexandra! Please tell me about your music career, your achievements and about your song for ESC 2017.

Alexandra: – My music career started when I was six. I entered a music school. And then played in a music theatre. All the problems seemed so small while performing on the big stage and playing complicated roles. I learned to cope with them while being a child. Now I am a singer. And my story is a new trademark for our country. I am a person who handled real difficulties to become a strong personality. I’m a winner of different international competitions (The Voice of Baltia, for example). Now I am a finalist of a Belarusian selection of ESC. My song ‘Be Stronger’ is about becoming strong. Everybody can be a strong one. It can be expressed by sincere feelings, love, help… 

I write songs by myself. And ‘Be Stronger’ was written by me, both lyrics and music. I have no problems writing in English. I study at the American College of Music online. That’s why all of the classes are in English. I love this language and can use it freely. 
One of the main principles of my life is “Do what you should do and let it be”

On January 20 Alexandra’s number is #2.

You can see the official video for Be Stronger below.

ARTICLE AND INTERVIEW BY: Eliana Goncharova

Participant profile: ESC 2017 Belarus national selection – Angelika Pushnova

Angelika Pushnova
Angelika Pushnova

Angelika Pushnova is a young Belarussian singer and a future journalist. She is the student of journalistic faculty in the Belarussian State University.

Her life is music from her childhood. In 2009 she took part in the Belarus National selection for JESC. Her producer is her father.

The idea of participating in ESC appeared after Angelica visited the Melodifestivalen in Sweden. She got amazing emotions after that trip.

In the future Angelika dreams to be famous not only in Belarus, but also abroad.

On 20 January Angelika’s number is #10. Her song  is We Should Be Together. This song about real and magic love.

You can Angelika’s song below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rH4poKMIJg

Participant profile: ESC 2017 Belarus national selection – Napoli

Napoli
Napoli {copyright: JackNickPro}

This will be the fourth consecutive year that Napoli will have taken part in Belarus National selection.

Napoli is a famous Belarussian project that was created in April 2012 in Minsk. From 2012 to 2015 Napoli was a group that consisted of three vocalists. But since 2015 it is a solo project of the singer Olga Shimanskaya.

Napoli previously took part in the Belarus National Selections in 2014 (8th place), 2015 (6th place), 2016 (2nd place).

Also, on March 2016, Napoli actually took part in the final of  the Poland Eurovision National selection and finished in 9th place.

For 2017 Napoli will sing Let’s Come Together in the Belarus National Selection. The authors are the talented European team of Michael James Down (UK), Primoz Poglajen (Slovenia) and Niklas Hast (Sweden).

On 20 January 20 the number of Napoli at the Belarus final is #8.

You can hear Let’s Come Together below.

ARTICLE BY: Eliana Goncharova

Participant profile: ESC 2017 Belarus national selection – Isaac Nightingale (real name Vadim Kapustin)

Isaac NIghtingale
Isaac Nightingale

Vadim Kapustin is the famous Russian  composer, musician and singer, who will take part in the Belarus National selection for Eurovision 2017 as Isaac Nightingale. Vadim was born on 19 September 1973 in Barnaul (Russia). He loved music so much from his childhood.

In the 1990s Vadim lived in Berlin, Germany and worked in the Russian Chamber Theatre there and then in the 2000s Vadim returned to Russia , where he created the group Triangle Sun. It was the first group that took part in the 2007 Global Gethering Festival in London.

In 2016 Vadim decided to leave his group and started a solo project under the name of Isaac Nightingale. He went to Los Angeles for the recording of a solo album. His album was recorded in one of the most famous Hollywood studios – Rusk.

Then, in September 2016 Vadim became a contestant of season five of The Voice Russia. He was in Leonid Agutin’s team and got to the quarter-finals.

Vadim was selected as one of 13 participants for the Belarus National selection for Eurovision 2017 under the name of Isaac Nightingale and the song On The Red Line. This song Vadim wrote himself.  In the final of selection on January 20 his number is # 5.

The refrain of the song:

But the sun is shining however 
I don’t wan’na fall sleep in light
I don’t wan’na know now and ever who’s right

Can we find the way out 
in the middle of twisted play
Can we still be friends now
would you take all the fills away
Can we put the guns down
it is always been on your mind
Take a look around now
would you take this another time
We’re standing on red line.

You can hear the audio of On The Red Line below.

ARTICLE BY: Eliana Goncharova

Belarus: national selection finalists announced

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BRTC logo {copyright: BRTC}

The 13 acts to compete in the 2013 Belarus national final for Eurovision have been announced. A full day of auditions took place on 30 November.

  • Alexandra Tkach
  • KATTIE
  • Vladislav Kurasov
  • NAVI
  • Anzhelika Pushnova
  • Isaac Nightingale
  • Anastasia Sheverenko
  • Iyul
  • NUTEKI
  • NAPOLI
  • Lermont x Julic
  • PROvokatsiya
  • Nikita Hodas

Source: wiwibloggs; ESC Covers