MINSK, 5 February (BelTA) – The running order draw took place in the office of the Belarusian State TV and Radio Company on 5 February. The national selection finalists will compete in March to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, BelTA learned from the press service of the media holding.
The ten finalists will perform in the following order:
1. Michael Soul
2. ZENA
3. Eva Kogan
4. Emmanuel Imagbe
5. Sebastian Roos
6. Alyona Gorbachova
7. PROvokatsiya
8. Aura
9. NAPOLI
10. KeySi
Right after the draw, the organizers met with the finalists to discuss preparations for the show. The ten hopefuls for Tel Aviv were shown the layout of the stage where the final show will be held. The stage design was developed by Galina Gomonova, a set designer of the production center of the Belarusian State TV and Radio Company. She had worked on the stage design for the Junior Eurovision 2018 in Minsk.
The final show will be held not later than 8 March and will be broadcast live by Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 TV channels.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel in May. The semifinals will take place on 14 and 16 May, the final show on 18 May.