Like It

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"Like It"
Like It cover.jpg
Single by Zena
Released26 March 2019
Length3:01
Songwriter(s) Yulia Kireeva
Producer(s)
Zena singles chronology
"Kosmos"
(2016)
"Like It"
(2019)
Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Yulia Kireeva
Finals performance
Semi-final result
10th
Semi-final points
122
Final result
24th
Final points
31
Entry chronology
◄ "Forever" (2018)
"Da vidna" (2020) ►

"Like It" is a song performed by Belarusian singer Zena. It represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. [1] The song was performed during the first semi-final on 14 May 2019, and qualified for the final, [2] where it finished in 24th place with 31 points.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The song represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, after ZENA was selected through the Belarus national selection. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Belarus was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the show's producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Belarus performed in position 8. The song qualified for the final, where it finished in 24th place with 31 points.

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Lithuania (AGATA) [3] 72

Track listing

Digital download [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Like It"3:01

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