The Belarusian delegation will travel to the jubilee, 60th Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which will be held in Vienna (Austria) on May 10. This was reported to BelTA by the press service of Belteleradiocompany.
The Belarusian delegation will travel to the jubilee, 60th Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which will be held in Vienna (Austria) on May 10. This was reported to BelTA by the press service of Belteleradiocompany.
Belarus is participating in Europe's most popular song show for the 12th time. The official representatives of the country, the duo Uzari & Maimuna, with the song Time, will perform under number eleven in the first semi-final on May 19. The Belarusian team this year consists of 21 people. It is headed by Marat Markov, Deputy Chairman of Belteleradiocompany.
On May 12, Uzari and Maimuna will try out the stage of the Wiener Stadthalle, where they will hold their first individual rehearsal. On May 15, the contestants will hold their second rehearsal, after which they will give a press conference. On the evening of May 17, the Belarusian duo, along with other artists, will take part in the official opening ceremony of the contest, which will be held at the Vienna City Hall.
The Belarusian delegation is taking promotional materials to Vienna: postcards, presentation booklets, notepads, and T-shirts. For fans, there are also blankets with the duo's image and trendy electronic watches with a USB flash drive clasp, which contains information about Uzari and Maimuna.
The jubilee, 60th Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will be held from May 19 to May 23 under the slogan "Building Bridges". A record number of countries – 40 – will participate in the song forum. During Eurovision 2015, 1,700 journalists and 1,300 members of the contest delegations will meet at various press events, concerts, and parties.
The live broadcast of the two semi-finals and the final of the contest will traditionally be carried by the TV channels "Belarus 1" and "Belarus 24". The music show will be commented on by Yevgeny Perlin, a journalist from the News Agency of Belteleradiocompany. In the final of the contest, which will be held on May 23, the points from Belarus will be announced by Teo, a popular singer and TV presenter, a participant in last year's song forum.
The "Eurovision" result is determined not only by viewers from all over Europe but also by professionals in the music industry. In each country, the overall voting outcome is composed of 50% viewer voting and 50% national jury voting. The jury members from Belarus are: Director of the "Belarus 2" TV channel, Natalya Marinova (jury chairperson); singer, composer, showman Vitaly Karpanov; expert in culture and arts, Oksana Artyushevskaya; singer, vocal coach Alexey Gross; singer, composer Iskuí Abalyan; TV presenter, producer Dmitry Karas (reserve jury member).
You can follow the most important and interesting events happening with the duo Uzari & Maimuna and their team during the competition week through reports from the News Agency of Belteleradiocompany, as well as special "Eurovision Diaries," the first issue of which will be broadcast on the "Belarus 1" TV channel on May 11. Additionally, on the official website of Belteleradiocompany, www.tvr.by, Uzari and Maimuna will be keeping an online diary from Vienna.
News of Belarus (BELTA)