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Belarus: EuroFest semifinal on December 21

06.02.12

Today, the producers of the EuroFest project Dmitry Baranov and Anastasia Tikhonovich answered numerous questions from the users of the BTRC website, exactly one week before the submissions deadline ends.

An internal jury will select a total of 15 acts and 30 songs from all the applications. On December 21st, the hopefuls will have the chance to show off their performing skills by singing one of the aforementioned entries. As already announced, 5 acts will proceed to the EuroFest final, to be held in the second half of January 2012. The eventual winner will be selected via a 50% jury voting and 50% televoting combination. The participants list will be revealed only after all the applications are received.

Also, this year's EuroFest brings a novelty: singers and songwriters aged over 16 can take part in the selection process in order to meet the Eurovision Song Contest regulations. Previously, the minimum age was 18.

During the virtual chat, internet users suggested Filipp Kirkorov as producer for the 2012 Belarussian representative and also mentioned several artists they would like to see representing the country: this year's Slavianski Bazaar finalist Elena Lanskaya, Serega, "Topless" band and Gunesh, among others.

Source: esctoday.com