15 September 2008
Dasha, Alina, Karina to present Belarus at Junior Eurovision 2008
At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Belarus will be presented by a trio Dasha Nadina, Alina Molosh and Karina Zhukovich with a song The Heart of Belarus, BelTA informs. The decision was made by a professional jury after the performance of the ten finalists of the national children’s contest Song for Eurovision that was broadcast on September 12. The song The Heart of Belarus was written by Darya Nadina. The trio is the pupils of Svetlana Statsenko, Honoured Figure of Culture of Belarus, Art Director of the National Music Center named after Vladimir Mulyavin. The international children’s song contest Eurovision 2008 will take place in Lemesos, Cyprus, on November 22. Partaking in the contest will be 16 countries. Belarus has been taking part in the contest for the sixth year in row. For the time being, Belarus has become the champion twice, with Kseniya Sitnik taking the first place in 2005 and Aleksei Zhigalkovich in 2007. In 2006, Andrei Kunets was the second.БЕЛТА