Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Belarusian entry was selected through a national final, organised by Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC). The final was held on 4 October 2013.[1] Ilya Volkov and his song "Poy so mnoy" won the national final, scoring 18 points.[2]
On 19 March 2013, BTRC announced that a national final would be held to select Belarus' entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
A submission period for interested artists was opened and lasted until 10 June 2013.[3] After the deadline passed, 53 applications were received by the broadcaster. A professional jury selected ten artists and songs from the applicants to proceed to the televised national final.
The final took place on 4 October 2013 at the Studio 600 in Minsk, hosted by Teo, Belarus' 2014 Eurovision contestant, and Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus' 2013 Eurovision contestant. The winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury made up of music professionals and a public vote.[4]
The members of the jury were Irina Dorofeeva, Elena Atrashkevich, Lyudmila Borodina, Gennadiy Markevich, Nadezhda Vasilchenko, Olga Vorobyova, Tatyana Yakusheva, Tatyana Parhamovich and Eduard Zaritsky.
| Final – 4 October 2013 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
| 1 | Ruslan Aslanov | "Zvyozdy zovut" | Russian | 5 | 2,603 | 6 | 11 | 7 | |
| 2 | Angelina Pipper | "My tantsuyem dzhaz" | Russian | 1 | 5,558 | 12 | 13 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kseniya Tereshonok | "Pod parusom mechty" | Russian | 4 | 2,576 | 5 | 9 | 8 | |
| 4 | Danaya Sharshavitskaya | "Prostoy motiv" | Russian | 2 | 627 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | Igor Muravkin | "Sontsa svetsits usim | " | Belarusian | 12 | 1,383 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| 6 | Yulia Mozhilovskaya | "Mechty" | Russian | 3 | 2,827 | 8 | 11 | 5 | |
| 7 | Vladlen Ivanov | "Belye oblaka" | Russian | 7 | 2,390 | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
| 8 | Ilya Volkov | "Poy so mnoy" | Russian | 8 | 3,294 | 10 | 18 | 1 | |
| 9 | Nadezhda Misyakova | "Delovaya" | Russian | 6 | 1,074 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| 10 | Anna Zaitseva | "My pomnim" | Russian | 10 | 2,776 | 7 | 17 | 2 | |
During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Belarus was drawn to perform 7th, following Ukraine and preceding Moldova.[5] Belarus placed 3rd, scoring 108 points.[6]
Ilya Volkov were joined on stage by dance group "Maxi Briz": Leyla Tabatadze, Iolanta Verbitskaya, Milena Volskaya, Katya Artemyeva, Dinara Geydarova.[7]
In Belarus, show were broadcast on BTRC with commentary by Anatoliy Lipetskiy.[8] The Belarusian spokesperson revealing the result of the Belarusian vote was Sasha Tkach.[8]