Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Belarus
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	25 December 2004
Selected entrant	Angelica Agurbash
Selected song	"Love Me Tonight"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (13th)
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Belarus selected their song in two stages, the first allowing the public to choose, and the second requiring a jury to make a final decision. The first round of the selection took place on December 25 and contained 14 songs which the Belarusian public heard and voted for. The top three songs of this selection continued to the second round where on February 1, a professional jury chose Angelica Agurbash to perform the song "Boys and Girls". However, before the finalization of the entry, Angelica decided that the song she was chosen with would most likely not fare too well at Eurovision so she turned to alternatives. Israeli performer Svika Pick offered the song "Show Me Your Love", while Nikos Terzis and Nektarios Tyrakis offered Angelica "Love Me Tonight". Consequently, Angelica chose "Love Me Tonight" and performed a different song from the one originally chosen for her.

Agurbash is a model, singer, actress, and artistic performer in Belarus. Angelica has had titles such as the first Miss Belarus title, Miss Photo USSR, and Mrs Russia 2002. Between 1990 and 1995 she was in a group called Verasy and founded her art club ‘Lika’. When she left Verasy she became a highly successful solo artist releasing three albums: Paper Moon (1995), Night Without a Dream (1997) and For You (1999). In 2002, Angelica released her album The Farewell Kiss of Lika Yalinskaya featuring 13 songs.

At Eurovision, Angelica created a spectacle out of her performance. With entertaining choreography and three costume changes, Belarus had one of the most appealing song presentations in 2005. At first Angelica wore a golden sheet, which was quickly pulled off to reveal a Victorian style dress, which went with the theme of the attire her male dancers wore. Close to the end of the song, the Victorian dress gets pulled off to reveal a golden skin-tight body suit.

The spokesperson who revealed Belarus's votes for other countries was TVR presenter Elena Ponomareva.^[1]

National final

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Belarus^[2]

Semi final 12 points  Israel 10 points  Moldova 8 points   Switzerland 7 points  Latvia 6 points  Poland 5 points  Norway 4 points  Hungary 3 points  Romania 2 points  Slovenia 1 point  Croatia

Final 12 points  Russia 10 points   Switzerland 8 points  Israel 7 points  Moldova 6 points  Latvia 5 points  Malta 4 points  Norway 3 points  Serbia and Montenegro 2 points  Hungary 1 point  Romania

Points Awarded to Belarus

References

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Artists 2000s Aleksandra and Konstantin Angelica Agurbash Polina Smolova Dmitry Koldun Ruslan Alekhno Petr Elfimov 2010s 3+2 Anastasia Vinnikova Litesound Alyona Lanskaya Teo Uzari & Maimuna Ivan
Songs 2000s "My Galileo" "Love Me Tonight" "Mum" "Work Your Magic" "Hasta La Vista" "Eyes That Never Lie" 2010s "Butterflies" "I Love Belarus" "We Are the Heroes" "Solayoh" "Cheesecake" "Time" "Help You Fly"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Belarus did not compete)