Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Butterflies" written by Maxim Fadeev, Robert Wells and Malka Chaplin. The song was performed by the group 3+2 featuring Robert Wells, who were internally selected by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) to represent the nation at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway after broadcaster All-National TV (ONT), which was to take over BTRC, failed to receive EBU membership. 3+2 and the song "Far Away" were initially announced as the Belarusian entry on 25 February 2010, however the band opted to withdraw their song and the replacement entry, "Butterflies", was announced on 19 March 2010.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Belarus
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 25 February 2010
Song: 19 March 2010
Selected entrant3+2 feat. Robert Wells
Selected song"Butterflies"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Maxim Fadeev
  • Robert Wells
  • Malka Chaplin
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 59 points)
Final result24th, 18 points
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Belarus was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 16, "Butterflies" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Belarus placed ninth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 59 points. In the final, Belarus performed in position 9 and placed twenty-fourth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 18 points.

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