Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
CountryFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
National selection
Selection processSong for Europe
Selection date(s)23 September 2011
Selected artist(s)Lidiya Zablotskaya
Selected song"Angely dobra"
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 99 points
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The Belarusian entry for the 2011 contest was selected through the national final Song for Europe, organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus.

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Before Junior Eurovision

Song for Europe

The 10 acts that will participate in the national final were announced on 25 August 2011. [1] The national final took place on 23 September 2011 in Minsk, broadcast live from BTRC. [2] Ten acts competed, where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of the votes of a jury made up of music professionals and regional televoting. [1]

Final – 23 September 2011
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
8Daria Atroshenko"A-a!!!"537387
3Alexandra Drozdova"Pesnya Krasnoy shapochki"7455125
9Anna Zaitseva"Moim druz'yami"3517106
7Valery Ziborov & Yana Fedorova"Pesnya dlya dvoih"441488
2Lidiya Zablotskaya"Angely dobra"126310221
10 Egor Zheshko "Solnechnaya ostrov"10506162
6Alexei Kuzmin"Bud' soboj"26712144
4Maria Novik"Solnechnaya pesenka"8518163
5Veronica Sokolovskaya"Karnaval"1272310
1Diana Tsekhovich"Ya risyu"624179
Detailed Regional Televoting Results
DrawSongBonus Brest Vitebsk Gomel Grodno Mogilev Minsk Total
8"A-a!!!"1255171637
3"Pesnya Krasnoy shapochki"1266666345
9"Moim druz'yami"124843101051
7"Pesnya dlya dvoih"12312544141
2"Angely dobra"127481212863
10"Solnechnaya ostrov"121017105550
6"Bud' soboj"1212101088767
4"Solnechnaya pesenka"128712571251
5"Karnaval"1223213427
1"Ya risyu"1212322224

Artist and song information

Lidiya Zablotskaya

Lidiya Zablotskaya (Russian : Лидия Заблоцкая, Romanized: Lidiya Zablotskaya; Belarusian : Лідзія Заблоцкая, Romanized: Lidzija Zablockaja) is a Belarusian singer. She represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Armenia with the song Angely dobra.

Lidiya participated at the national selection to Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 but finished fourth. In the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, she got third place at finals with 99 points. [3] [4]

As of 2022 she now works as a cultural reporter for Belarus-1.

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Notes

  1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

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