Back in December we asked you who should represent Belarus at Eurovision 2016. Y’all have voted in your hundreds, and now it’s time to reveal your winner — Alexander Ivanov with “How To Fly”. The long-haired rocker emerges victorious with a grand total of 378 votes. That’s almost 30% of the 1,271 votes cast, and 162 more than his nearest rival.
He may have topped the poll, but the Wiwi Jury — our in-house panel of musical unprofessionals — was unimpressed, ranking him a lowly seventh out of ten. One juror compared his entry to “fingernails running down a blackboard”. But it wasn’t all bad, another noted that “Alexander comes across as an experienced performer with good stage presence”.
You can watch the Belarusian National Final live on BTRC or on eurovision.tv on from 20:00 CET.
Alexander Ivanov “How To Fly”
The Wiwi Jury’s favourite Kirill Yermakov finished second with “Running To The Sun”. He earned 216 votes, or around 17% of all votes cast. “He seems to be a confident and energetic performer and the modern pop sound stands out” wrote one juror.
Kirill Yermakov “Running To The Sun”
NAPOLI takes third place with “My Universe”, one place higher than in the Wiwi Jury ranking.
Napoli “My Universe”
Who should represent Belarus at Eurovision 2016?
Video preview of Belarus’ Eurovision 2016 Selection
Who is your favourite to win in Belarus? Let us know in the comments below!
You can watch the Belarusian National Final live on BTRC or on eurovision.tv from 20:00 CET.
Let’s hope Malta will choose better song.
It seams like Ivan and Napoli are leading votes now… whomever Belarus chooses, they’ll be my last so far. Considering preliminary results, I switched to Malta , expecting better finals.
it’s called fraud!
I am rooting for the EM/ Alexey / Valeriya Sadovskaya/Kirill
Comparing to last year I just love more than 50 percent of the final 10. Love that! And i just have to say how special EM is wow they are amazing.. but I would be happy with any of these 4 and I like how Valeriya changed her song half way the song.
Lol. His song is the most annoying of these (but rememberable)
he’d better cut his hair if he wants to avoid being Romanyuta 2.0
Probably rigged. But his song isn’t that bad.