selected their song in two stages, the first allowing the public to choose, and the second requiring a jury to make a final decision. Angelica Agurbash was selected by the jury to represent the country in the 2005 contest. Agurbash is a model, singer, actress, and artistic performer in Belarus. Angelica has had titles such as the first Miss Belarus title, Miss Photo USSR, and Mrs Russia 2002. Between 1990 and 1995 she was in a group called Verasy and founded her art club ‘Lika’. When she left Verasy she became a highly successful solo artist releasing three albums: Paper Moon, Night Without a Dream and For You. In 2002, Angelica released her album The Farewell Kiss of Lika Yalinskaya featuring 13 songs.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final took place at the BTRC TV Studios in Minsk on 25 December 2004, hosted by Svetlana Borovskaya and Ales Kruglyakov. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected by a public televote to proceed to the second round. In the second round, a professional jury selected the song "Boys and Girls" performed by Angelica Agurbash as the winner of the competition, which was revealed on 31 January 2005.
Song selection
Before the finalization of the entry, Angelica decided that "Boys and Girls" would most likely not fare too well at Eurovision so she turned to alternatives. Israeli performer Svika Pick offered the song "Show Me Your Love", while Nikos Terzis and Nektarios Tyrakis offered Angelica "Love Me Tonight". Consequently, "Love Me Tonight" was selected by Angelica to perform at the 2005 contest, which officially replaced "Boys and Girls" as the Belarusian entry.
At Eurovision
Because Belarus failed to qualify in 2004, Angelica had to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. She performed eighth, following Israel and preceding the Netherlands. She came 13th with 67 points, failing to qualify for the Grand Final. At Eurovision, Angelica created a spectacle out of her performance. With entertaining choreography and three costume changes, Belarus had one of the most appealing song presentations in 2005. At first Angelica wore a golden sheet, which was quickly pulled off to reveal a Victorian style dress, which went with the theme of the attire her male dancers wore. Close to the end of the song, the Victorian dressgets pulled off to reveal a golden skin-tight body suit. The spokesperson who revealed Belarus's votes for other countries was TVR presenter Elena Ponomareva.
