In their second press conference in Kyiv, Navi band mentioned that they want to record a song or two in an African language. ESCCovers will try and get in touch with them to pitch some songs in Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, etc to them or get someone to write lyrics in one of these languages to their song STORY OF MY LIFE for them to record. Here is Cole holding one of the gifts Naviband handed to journalists in Kyiv.
Naviband will represent Belarus at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with Historyja majho žyccia. This week they played a special concert in Gomel in Belarus. Eliana Goncharova was their to experience the concert and also make these special photos for ESC Covers.
Photos copyright@Eliana Goncharova
Naviband won the Belarus national selection with their song Historyja majho zyccia. Here is a gallery of their winning moment –
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELIANA GONCHAROVA
and here is Eliana from ESC Covers with the Naviband.
Televote results:
12 points (PROvokatsiya)
10 points (NAPOLI)
8 points (July)
7 points (Anastasiya Sheverenko)
6 points (NAVI)
5 points (Nuteki)
4 points (Angelica Pushnova)
3 points (Nikita Hodas)
2 points (Aleksandra Tkach)
1 point (Kattie)
The remaining artists received zero points from the televote.
Jury results:
12 points (NAVI)
10 points (Nuteki)
8 points (Isaac Nightingale)
7 points (Nikita Hodas)
6 points (Anastasiya Sheverenko)
5 points (Aleksandra Tkach)
4 points (Vladislav Kurasov)
3 points (Angelica Pushnova)
2 points (NAPOLI)
1 point (July)
The remaining artists received zero points from the juries.
Naviband have been chosen to represent Belarus with their song Historyja majho zyccia at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national selection in Minsk tonight. 13 acts competed and the voting was a combination of expert jury and public voting.
1. Iuly – Children Of The World
2. Aleksandra Tkach – Be Stronger
3. Vladislav Kurasov – Follow The Play
4. Naviband – Historyja majho žyccia
5. Isaac Nightingale – On The Red Line
6. Kattie – Wild Wind
7. Nuteki – Take My Heart
8. Napoli – Let’s Come Together
9. Nikita Hodas – Voices In My Head
10. Angelica Pushnova – We Should Be Together
11. Anastasiya Sheverenko – We’ll Be Together
12. Lermont x Julic – Heart Beat
13. PROvokatsiya – My Love
There will be more reports and photos to come to come from ESC Covers reporter in Minsk, Eliana Gonchorova, to follow. In the meantime you can see Naviband with their winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIo43HKOUmg
Naviband will take part in the Belarus National selection for the second time. Navi – it is the music of sun from Minsk. Now they are one of the most popular Belarussian bands
The band was created in 2013 by Ksenia Zhuk and Artem Lukyanenko. Debut single was Abdymi myane (Give me a hug) and it got very good reviews from audience and music critics. Even Diana Arbenina (the famous Russian singer) appreciated the music of Naviband and then they gave two joint concerts with her in Mogilev (Belarus) and in Moscow. After that, Navi had their own Belarussian concert tours.
In 2016 Naviband took part in the Belarus National selection for ESC with song Heta zyamlya (This Land) and finished at fourth place. After the selection they gave a big concert in one of the biggest clubs in Minsk.
Also in 2016 Naviband took part in festival Dikaya myata (Wild mint) and sang with Georgian band Mgzavrebi. A lot of Belarussian people think that Naviband is the most romantic duo in the country.
On 20 January Naviband will sing song Gistoriya maigo zhytsya (History Of My Life) and their number is #4. The song is written by soloist of band – Artem Lukyanenko.
You can see Naviband’s video for their national selection song below.
ARTICLE BY: Eliana Goncharova