Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The national final took place on 26 August 2016, which saw ten competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of jury members made up of music professionals.[3] Alexander Minyonok was selected to represent Belarus with the song "Musyka moikh pobed".[4]

Alexander Minyonok
Background information
Born	(2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 Vitebsk, Belarus
Origin	Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2011–present

Alexander Minyonok (Belarusian: Аляксандр Мінёнак, Russian: Александр Минёнок; born 25 June 2003)[6] is a young singer who represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with his song "Musyka moikh pobed" (Russian: Музыка моих побед).[7] He won the Belarusian national final on 26 August 2016, receiving 2,624 telephone vote from the viewing public calculated as eight-points, and the maximum twelve-points from the jury members.[7]

Alexander, who is also called Sasha, started singing professionally when he was eight. He is an artist of the Belarusian dance band "Sensation" and a student of the Russian Academy of Popular Music of Igor Krutoy. The young artist literally grew up behind the stage of the well-known Belarusian festival "Slavic Bazaar", where his mother worked. From early childhood, he followed famous artists, including Eurovision stars, and took part in many competitions in Belarus.

Alexander started singing solo in 2011. Since then, he has performed a variety of musical styles, he dances, presents TV shows and also acts in films. He plays both the piano and the accordion, and plans to learn how to play the drums in future.

Sasha dreams of singing with Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake. He is also a big fan of Justin Bieber and plans one day to perform in New York City's famous Madison Square Garden. He believes that apart from the vocal skills, the main thing for a true artist is his charisma, kindness and intentions to give positive energy to audience.

In his spare time he loves hoverboarding, skateboarding, rollerblading, skating, cycling, snowboarding in winter, and of course playing football with friends. Alexander also enjoys nature and watching films.

In 2017, Sasha competed in The Voice Kids Ukraine and finished runner-up.

"Musyka moikh pobed (Music Is My Only Way)"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Belarus
Artist(s)	Alexander Minyonok
Languages	Russian
Composer(s)	Kirill Ermakov, Alexander Minyonok
Lyricist(s)	Roman Kolodko, Alexander Minyonok
Finals performance
Final result	7th
Final points	177
Entry chronology
◄ "Volshebstvo (Magic)" (2015)
"Ya samaya" (2017) ►

"Musyka moikh pobed" (Russian: Музыка моих побед, Music of my victories) is a song by Belarusian singer Alexander Minyonok. It will represent Belarus during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It is composed and written by Kirill Ermakov and Roman Kolodko.

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the Reference Group announced several changes to the voting format for the 2016 contest. Previously, points had been awarded based on a combination of 50% National juries and 50% televoting, with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. However, this year, points will be awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country's Adult and Kids' Jury, to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote.[9] Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1–8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward.[10]

Points awarded to Belarus[11][12][13] Score Adult and expert juries Kids juries 12 points  Christer Björkman  Israel  Russia  Russia 10 points  Australia  Bulgaria  Netherlands 8 points  Cyprus  Ireland  Armenia  Bulgaria 7 points  Armenia  Australia  Georgia  Serbia 6 points  Mads Grimstad  Ukraine 5 points  Malta  Poland  Israel  Italy 4 points 3 points  Macedonia 2 points  Georgia  Jedward 1 point

Points awarded by Belarus[11][12][13] Score Adult jury Kids jury 12 points  Georgia  Armenia 10 points  Armenia  Russia 8 points  Malta  Bulgaria 7 points  Russia  Poland 6 points  Australia  Italy 5 points  Bulgaria  Malta 4 points  Italy  Ukraine 3 points  Netherlands  Georgia 2 points  Albania  Ireland 1 point  Poland  Australia