Belarus: Televote will decide national final

Belarus will broadcast their national final at least before the 25th of January, broadcaster BTRC announced this Friday. In the national final, their act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be selected through a 100% televoting method.

The broadcaster has opened the application period for the preselection until the 21st of November. Within two weeks a jury will pick 15 candidates out of a special live audition round.

The most important change in Belarus is the fact that they will only use televoting in their national final. There was a televote in recent years as well, but the influence on the final result was much smaller.

In Vienna, Belarus did not reach the Grand Final with the song ‘Time’ by Uzari and Maimuna.