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Belarus

Polina Smolova will represent Belarus in Greece.

The Belarussian broadcaster BT staged a final which allowed viewers to choose the top 3 songs in the selection. The winner was chosen by a jury behind the scenes and the final result will provide a ticket to Athens for Polina Smolova and her song Mama. The song is an upbeat pop song that resembles the styles of Michael Jackson. Polina attempted to represent Belarus last year, but couldn't manage since she was not selected by the jury. The song is written by Andrey Kostiugov and composed by Sergey Sukhomlin.

Polina Smolova started her singing career with participations in children folk bands. She has graduated from music school in the piano department and sang in the children’s folk theater "Gostsitsa" as part of the Byelorussian folk ensemble "Zhavaranachki." Polina later graduated from the Glinka Music College in the department of solo traditional singing from the Belarus State University of Culture and Art. She performed in the State Youth Music Theater as a soloist of the State Department of Internal Affairs Orchestra. She has participated in many song contests such as "Malvy" (Poland), "Galasy radzimy", "Golosa Evropy", and the winner of the contest "Slavyanski Bazar v Vitebske" in 2005.