Alexey Zhigalkovich to present Belarus at Junior Eurovision-2007

Alexey Zhigalkovich will present Belarus at the International Junior Eurovision Song Contest scheduled for December 8, 2007 in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). Alexey’s song S Druzyami (With Friends) took 67 points and left far behind the second contender Nikita Zhurovich. Unanimously all the regions except Vitebsk oblast gave the young singer 12 points. The jury supported the winner, though, as jury chairman, People’s Artist of Belarus Vasily Rainchik confessed, “it was not a simple decision”. As member of the jury, honoured cultural figure of the Republic of Belarus Svetlana Statsenko said, by December the composition and the manner of the performance will be finalized. The concert was held in the Summer Amphitheatre in Vitebsk. The form of the concert was adjusted to the format of the Junior Eurovision Contest. Apart from the ten contenders, the concert was attended by Verka Serduchka (Ukraine), duet of Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov (Bulgaria) and participants of the previous Junior Eurovision contests – Olga Satsiuk, Egor Volchek, Kseniya Sitnik and Andrei Kunets. The contest has been organized by the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus and the Culture Ministry. The contest rules meet international requirements.