Belarus In The Eurovision Song Contest
Belarus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times, debuting in 2004. The country entered the contest in the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final. Belarus has so far managed to qualify for the final twice in 2007 with Dmitry Koldun and 2010 with 3+2. After the 2009 edition Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko told that it was necessary to completely replace the current working team behind Belarus' Eurovision entry. Lukashenko pointed out his frustrations over divisions within the team. Belarus have already confirmed their participation on the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Alexander Rybak winner of the contest in 2009 representing Norway, said that he's interested to have a comeback as a composer for his birth country Belarus.
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