Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Belarus
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	10 February 2006
Selected entrant	Polina Smolova
Selected song	"Mum"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (22nd)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was chosen using two phases. The Belarusian broadcaster BT staged a final allowing viewers to choose the top 3 songs in the selection. Of these three, the winner was chosen by a jury behind the scenes. They chose Polina Smolova with her song Mama. The song is an upbeat pop song that resembles the styles of Michael Jackson. Polina attempted to represent Belarus last year, and although she was the public's favourite, she didn't win because she was not selected by the jury. The song was written by Andrey Kostiugov and composed by Sergey Sukhomlin, and has been renamed Mum for the contest in Athens.

Polina Smolova started her singing career with participations in children folk bands. She has graduated from music school in the piano department and sang in the children’s folk theater "Gostsitsa" as part of the Belarusian folk ensemble "Zhavaranachki." Polina later graduated from the Glinka Music College in the department of solo traditional singing from the Belarus State University of Culture and Art. She performed in the State Youth Music Theater as a soloist of the State Department of Internal Affairs Orchestra. She has participated in many song contests such as "Malvy" (Poland), "Galasy radzimy", "Golosa Evropy", and the winner of the contest "Slavyanski Bazar v Vitebske" in 2005.

Belarus scored only ten points in the semifinal, finishing 22nd, and did not qualify for the final.

Result of National Final

Only the top three were announced in no particular order; the winner was chosen internally.

№	Song	Singer	Total (SMS + Jury)
1	"Mama"	Polina Smolova	3816
2	"You Can't Stop This Dance"	Elena Grišanova	2839
3	"Come Back"	Lyavony	2597
4	"Connect the Hearts"	Gunesh	1973
5	"Vyshita sorochka"	Irina Dorofeeva	784
6	"My Faith"	Litesound	740
7	"Mysterious Logic"	Janet	538
8	"May be"	Dmitry Koldun	431
9	"Baby-sitter"	Lesha Kodush	390
10	"Europe's Heart's groove"	Dali	334
12	"You never know"	TYANA (Tatyana Putyrskaya)	290
13	"I can see the rising sun"	Prima-Vera	271
14	"Proch s glaz"	Ruslan Musvidas & Svetlana Vezhnovets	257
15	"Dangerous game"	Gosia Andrzejewich	218
16	"An A-Class Face"	Alexandra Gaiduk	112

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Belarus

Semi final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Finland
7 points	Armenia
6 points	Lithuania
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Poland
3 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Cyprus

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Armenia
7 points	Finland
6 points	Lithuania
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 points	Romania
2 points	Greece
1 point	Norway

Points Awarded to Belarus

Points Awarded to Belarus (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
				Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Moldova		Ukraine

See also

• Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest