Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Belarusian Television and Radio Company a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union have been responsible for the selection process of their participants since their debut. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2003 contest was Volha Satsiuk with the song "Tantsuy", which finished in fourth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and three points. Belarus is one of two countries to have never missed an edition of the contest, the other one being the, and have won twice in and. They hosted the contest at the Minsk-Arena in and again in.
History
Belarus are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Belarusian Television and Radio Company hold a national final mechanism in order to select their representative for the contests. Child-singer, Volha Satsiuk, was the first participant to represent Belarus with the song "Tantsuy", which finished in fourth place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and three points.Belarus have taken part in every edition of the contest since 2003, and have won the contest twice: in with Ksenia Sitnik performing the song "My vmeste"; and again in with Alexey Zhigalkovich performing the entry "S druz'yami". Viewing figures and interest for the Junior Eurovision in Belarus is very high. And according to former EBU Executive Supervisor Svante Stockselius, the Junior Eurovision is "one of Belarus' most popular television shows". On 8 June 2009, the EBU confirmed that Belarus had won the rights to organise the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 over bids from Russia and Malta. Under construction through 2009, the 15,000-spectator Minsk-Arena hosted the event.
On 17 May 2016, Belarus confirmed that they would once again be participating in the contest, making it their fourteenth appearance in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The national selection show took place on 26 August 2016, in which ten acts competed in a live televised broadcast, with the winner having been determined by 50% professional jury and 50% public televoting. Alexander Minyonok won the 2016 Belarussian final with the song "Muzyka moikh pobed" and represented Belarus at the 2016 contest. On 15 October 2017, it was announced that Belarus would host the contest for a second time in the capital, Minsk. On 21 November 2017, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko stated that the contest was scheduled to be held at Minsk Arena in November 2018. On 18 March 2018, Minsk Arena was confirmed as the venue by the contest organisers.
Participation
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
| Volha Satsiuk | "Tantsui" | Belarusian | 4 | 103 | |
| Yahor Vauchok | "Spjavajce sa mnoj" | Belarusian | 14 | 9 | |
| Ksenia Sitnik | "My vmeste" | Russian | 1 | 149 | |
| Andrey Kunets | "Novyi den" | Russian | 2 | 129 | |
| Alexey Zhigalkovich | "S druz'yami" | Russian | 1 | 137 | |
| Dasha, Alina & Karyna | "Serdtse Belarusi" | Belarusian, Russian | 6 | 86 | |
| Yuriy Demidovich | "Volshebniy krolik" | Russian | 9 | 48 | |
| Daniil Kozlov | "Muzyki svet" | Russian | 5 | 85 | |
| Lidiya Zablotskaya | "Angely dobra" | Russian | 3 | 99 | |
| Egor Zheshko | "A more-more" | Russian | 9 | 56 | |
| Ilya Volkov | "Poy so mnoy" | Russian | 3 | 108 | |
| Nadezhda Misyakova | "Sokal" | Belarusian | 7 | 71 | |
| Ruslan Aslanov | "Volshebstvo " | Russian, English | 4 | 105 | |
| Alexander Minyonok | "Muzyka moikh pobed " | Russian, English | 7 | 177 | |
| Helena Meraai | "I Am the One" | Russian | 5 | 149 | |
| Daniel Yastremski | "Time" | Russian, English | 11 | 114 | |
| Liza Misnikova | "Pepelny " | Russian, English | 11 | 92 |
Commentators and spokespersons
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Belorussian broadcaster, BTRC, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Belorussian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Belarus. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.| Year | Commentator | Channel | Spokesperson | |
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 | |||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 | Daria | ||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Anton Lediaev | ||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Liza Anton-Baychuk | ||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Alexander Rogachevskiy | ||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Anjelica Misevich | ||
| Denis Kurian | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Arina Aleshkevich | ||
| Pavel Lozovik | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Anastasiya Butyugina | ||
| Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Anna Kovalyova | |||
| Pavel Lozovik | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Maria Drozdova | ||
| Anatoliy Lipetskiy | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Alexandra Tkach | ||
| Anatoliy Lipetskiy | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Katerina Taperkina | ||
| Anatoliy Lipetskiy | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Valeria Drobyshevskaya | ||
| Julia Pertsova | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Ruslan Aslanov | ||
| Evgeny Perlin | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Saba Karazanashvili | ||
| Georgiy Koldun and Andrey Makaenok | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Arina Rovba | ||
| Evgeny Perlin | Belarus 1 Belarus 24 | Emilia |
Hostings
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
| Minsk | Minsk-Arena | Leila Ismailava and Denis Kurian | |
| Minsk | Minsk-Arena | Eugene Perlin, Helena Meraai and Zena |