Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
| Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) | |||
| Country | Belarus | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 25 February 2010 Song: 19 March 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Butterflies" | |||
| Artist | 3+2 feat. Robert Wells | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 59 points) | |||
| Final result | 24th, 18 points | |||
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Belarus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Butterflies", written by Maxim Fadeev, Robert Wells, and Malka Chaplin, and performed by the group 3+2 featuring Robert Wells. The Belarusian participating broadcaster, Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC), internally selected its entry for the contest. Initially, on 25 February 2010, the broadcaster announced the song "Far Away" performed by 3+2 as its entry, 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.