Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Belarus in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Participating broadcasterBelarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC)
Country Belarus
Selection processNational final
Selection date20 January 2017
Competing entry
Song"Story of My Life"
ArtistNaviband
SongwritersArciom Lukjanienka
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (9th, 110 points)
Final result17th, 83 points
Participation chronology
◄2016 2017 2018►

Belarus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Story of My Life", written by Arciom Lukjanienka, and performed by the band Naviband. The Belarusian participating broadcaster, the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry performed in Belarusian in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The national final consisted of fourteen competing acts participating in a televised production where "Historyja majho žyccia" (Гісторыя майго жыцця) performed by Navi was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a jury panel and public televoting. The song was later retitled as "Story of My Life" for Eurovision, while the band was renamed as Naviband.

Belarus was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 14, "Story of My Life" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Belarus placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 110 points. In the final, Belarus performed in position 3 and placed seventeenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 83 points.