Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)25 August 2017
Selected entrantHelena Meraai
Selected song"I Am The One"
Selected songwriter(s)Rita Dakota
Helena Meraai
Finals performance
Final result5th, 149 points
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 •2017• 2018►

Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November 2017. The Belarusian entry for the 2017 contest in Tbilisi, Georgia was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). A national final, which took place on 25 August 2017, saw ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public telephone vote. Helena Meraai won the national final by receiving the most votes from both the professional jury and televoters and she represented Belarus in Georgia with the song "I Am The One".

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Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Belarus had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 2003. [1] Belarus have taken part in every edition of the contest since 2003, [2] and have won the contest twice: in 2005 with Ksenia Sitnik performing the song "My vmeste"; [3] and again in 2007 with Alexey Zhigalkovich performing the entry "S druz'yami". [4] The country hosted the 2010 contest in Minsk. In 2016, Alexander Minyonok represented Belarus in Valletta, Malta with the song "Musyka moikh pobed (Music is My Only Way)". It ended in 7th place with 177 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

The national final took place on 25 August 2017. It consisted of ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of a jury made up of music professionals. [5] The show was opened by the last year's representative Alexander Minyonok, who performed his entry “Musyka moikh pobed (Music Is My Only Way)”. He also sang a cover version of Shawn Mendes' song "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back". Moreover, some of the singers that did not manage to reach the national final, but showed potential at the live auditions, were also guests of the show. [6] At the end of the show, it was revealed that Helena Meraai won the national final by receiving the most votes from both the professional jury and televoters. The public televote in the final registered 38,729 votes. Respectively, Helena won the televote with 53,7%.

Final – 25 August 2017
DrawArtist [7] Song [8] JuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1 Helena Meraai "Ya samaya" (Я самая)1220,79912241
2Anastasia Timofeyevich"Volshebniy svet" (Волшебный свет)21,1742410
3Ruslana Panchishina"Tantsui so mnoy" (Танцуй со мной)82,0068164
4Elena Mataras"Ty reshaesh sam" (Ты решаешь сам)31,603587
5Yaroslav Sokolikov"Okean" (Океан)101,6876163
6Stefania Sokolova"Mama" (Мама)61,179396
7 Arina Pehtereva & Anastasia Dmitrachkova"Muzyka-Vselennaya" (Музыка-Вселенная)4967158
8Quartet of the National Center for Children's Art V. Mulyavina"Prodolzhay idti" (Продолжай идти)51,8437125
9Maria Zhilina"Vyshei" (Вышэй)76,04610172
10Anastasia Zhabko"Letim k mechtam" (Летим к мечтам)11,425459

Artist and song information

Helena Meraai

Helena Meraai
Khelena Meraai na fan-vstreche Arseniia Akopiana.jpg
Background information
Born (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 20)
Minsk, Belarus
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2016–present

Helena Meraai (Russian : Хелена Мерааи; born 2 May 2003) is a Belarusian singer. She represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "I am the One". [9] She took part in the Russian version of The Voice Kids, where she was defeated in the battle round. Shortly after, she represented Russia in the 2016 edition of the children's festival New Wave Junior as part of a trio, where she won along with two other girls. Her mother is Belarusian, while her father is from Syria. [10]

On 26 October 2018, it was announced that Maraai would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, alongside TV presenter Eugene Perlin and singer Zinaida Kupriyanovich, in Minsk. Meraai is the fourth person under the age of sixteen to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, after Ioana Ivan in 2006, Dmytro Borodin in 2009 and Lizi Japaridze in 2017, and is also the second former participant to host an edition of the contest. [11] The following day it was confirmed that Meraai would host the green room. Earlier in the year she was one of the green room hosts alongside Ruslan Aslanov at the Belarusian national final. [12] She took part in the 9th season Ukrainian version of X Factor, where she was eliminated in the "Bootcamp" round. [13] In 2020 she hosted the Belarusian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with Eugene Perlin. [14]

Preceded by Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenter
2018
With: Eugene Perlin and Zinaida Kupriyanovich 		Succeeded by
Flag of Poland.svg Ida Nowakowska, Aleksander Sikora and Roksana Węgiel

"I Am the One"

Flag of Belarus.svg "I Am the One"
Khelena Meraai na fan-vstreche Arseniia Akopiana.jpg
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Helena Meraai
Language
Composer(s)
Rita Dakota
Lyricist(s)
Rita Dakota
Finals performance
Final result
5th
Final points
149
Entry chronology
◄ "Musyka moikh pobed" (2016)
"Time" (2018) ►

"I Am the One" is a song by Belarusian singer Helena Meraai. It represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 20 November 2017, Belarus was drawn to perform in position 5 on 26 November 2017, following Armenia and preceding Portugal. [15]

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [16]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [17] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Belarus [18]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 15915151414
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7887774
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5758556
04Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 3232438
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
06Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 12131214913
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 9129131012
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 14671113101
09Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 21113112
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 131514121515
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 65651265
12Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1014119692
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13241210
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 111010101111
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4443247
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 811136883

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