Belarus: Arina Pehtereva to Junior Eurovision 2020 with 'Aliens'

Belarus: Arina Pehtereva to Junior Eurovision 2020 with 'Aliens'
Thursday, 08 October 2020

  • The Belarusian broadcaster, BTRC, has revealed that Arina Pehtereva will represent the country at Junior Eurovision 2020 with the song 'Aliens'. 

    This year the Belarusian broadcaster opted for an internal selection instead of a televised national selection show, determining both act and entry. Arina Pehtereva was chosen to fly the flag the country in Warsaw performing the song 'Aliens'.

     

    A few words about Arina

    Arina Pehtereva was born on March 14, 2008 in Mahiljou, the third largest city in the country. At the age of six, she began taking singing lessons and took part in several competitions and festivals. In 2017 and 2019 she was a candidate in the Belarusian junior ESC preliminary round. In spring 2019 she also applied to the Russian "The Voice Kids". In the team of the Ukrainian ESC candidate Svetlana Loboda ( Moscow 2009 ) she reached the battles.

     

    About the song "Aliens"

    Pehtereva says "Aliens" was written at the beginning of the corona crisis. The act stated on her song:

    The song was written in spring when the coronavirus spread around the world. The idea of my song is simple: The world has stopped, borders have closed, people can no longer visit each other and even the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is different. But I believe that the future is in our hands, and it is up to us children to save the world and make it better!

    Her song premiered on a morning TV show where she sang it in Russian with a small part in English.

     

    Belarus in Junior Eurovision

    Belarus debuted in the competition in 2003. From all the years of participation only two of them didn’t manage to achieve a top 10 placing (2004 and 2018) while in 2005 and 2007 brought th trophy home. Last year Daniel Yastremski rerpesented the ex soviet state with his entry Time, which came 11th with 114 points.

    Belarus has won the Junior ESC twice in the last 17 editions of the competition and has hosted it twice in Minsk.Last year national final  winner Elizaveta Misnikova and her entry Pepelniy  which came 11th with 92 points.