Belarus is a sleepy dictatorship of nothingness nestled among ESC stalwarts Russia and Ukraine and other less successful ones such as Poland and Lithuania. In terms of a Eurovision track record it's clearly belonging to the latter 2.
Its capital city, Minsk, was made famous by Bette Midler and Seinfeld in the make believe musical "Rochelle, Rochelle - From Milano to Minsk".
Two families rule Belarus with an iron fist - the Agurbash's and the Lukashenko's.
There's no reason to go there. Seriously.

Facts:
Capital: Minsk
Exports: Salami, foul music
Average placing in ESC: 1st (according to the Lukashenko controlled media)
Website: none allowed

Belarus have given ESC many great contributions, such as Polina, Ms Agurbash, and an orange Pricness Diana lookalike; but their greatest gift has been their new language.
Blonde Petr Elfimov provides Belarus' third "rock" song in a row, and with it they hit a new low. Looking like Evgeniy Pluschenko without the ice skates, he gives a slightly disturbing performance of Eyes That Never Lie, and is unlikely to trouble the top of the scoreboard.
But he clearly straightens his hair well.

� Your eyes don't lie: This man will represent Belarus [vid] - Mon 19 Jan

� Belarus: Dream, and morning will come for the winner! - Wed 21 Dec

� Alyona gets wiped out of the records, Litesound takes over - Fri 24 Feb

� Belarusian Finalists announced - Tue 6 Nov

� Sucker for Punishment? - Sun 9 Dec

� Belarus offers some Cheesecake - Fri 10 Jan

� "Time" for Belarus. Maybe - Mon 29 Dec

� "Help You Fly" by Ivan wins Belarus selection - Wed 27 Jan