Each year, Belarusian telly stages a ‘national final’ and pretends the result isn’t prearranged to please ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko.
As fans we get to watch a bunch of madcap hopefuls ‘audition’ in a Portakabin before a shortlist of contenders appears.
The official line insists the winner will be decided on 28 February by 50/50 public voting/jury, and if there’s a tie, the jury vote will take precedence.
Here are the songs and links to previews (if you listen to nothing else this year, give Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya four minutes of your time).
- Napoli – Don’t let me down
- Sasha Zakharik – Rocky road
- Anastasiya Malashkevich – Invisible
- Chakras – La-ley-la
- Anastasiya Hlamоzda – Burning again
- Anastasiya Razvadоvskaya – Hello
- Yan Yarosh – Fire
- Angelika Pushnova – True love
- Darya Khmelnitskaya – On fire
- Aura – Barany svaje (Барані сваё)
- KeySi – Chili pepper
- Val – Da vidna (Да вiдна)