Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Belarus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Belarus
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 25 February 2010
Song: 19 March 2010
Competing entry
Song"Butterflies"
Artist3+2 feat. Robert Wells
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 59 points)
Final result24th, 18 points
Participation chronology
◄2009 2010 2011►

Belarus was represented at 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 participating broadcaster Belarusian Television and Radio Company (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.

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.