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.
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.
Vladislav Kurasov is a famous singer in Ukraine. He is also a composer, actor and TV-host from Belarus. He was born on March 13, 1995 in the Belarussian city of Brest.
In 2006 he moved to Krasnodar in Russia, where he connected his life with music. In 2007- 2008 Vladislav took part in different Russian festivals , including the talent show Minuta Slavy (The Minute of Glory) on the First Russian Chennel.
In 2011 Vladislav decided to take part in the Ukrainian version of the famous TV-Show X-Factor. At the first stage he sang the song of Celine DionMy Heart Will Go On and Igor Kondratyuk chose him for his team. During the project he sang even with Craig David and eventually took third place. After the show finished Vladislav decided to live in Kiev.
In April 2012 Vladislav won in another Ukrainian music TV Show – Zvezdny Ring (Star Ring), where he collected a large sum of money.
Since 2013 Vladislav has contracted with STB Channel in Ukraine. He has a lot of songs and video clips, that are popular in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
In 2016 Vladislav took part in the first semi-final of Ukraine National Selection for ESC with song I’m Insane, which created himself.
Now in 2017 Vladislav takes part in two projects at the same time: The Voice of Kazakhstan and Belarus National Selection for ESC.
On January 20 his number is #3. His song – Follow The Play, that he created himself.
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.
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.
