de Paris venue in London and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell. At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Belarus was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Belarus was set to perform in position 8, following the entry from Hungary and before the entry from Serbia. The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Belarus on Belarus 1 and Belarus 24 with commentary by Evgeny Perlin. The Belarusian spokesperson, who announce the top 12-point score awarded by the Belarusian jury during the final, was 2015 Belarusian representative Uzari. Semi-final Zena took part in technical rehearsals on 4 and 9 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May. This included the jury show on 13 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. The Belarusian performance featured Zena wearing a crop top and pants in comic-inspired print as well as thigh-high white boots, performing on stage together with two male dancers and two female dancers, the latter which also performed backing vocals. The performance began with Zena sitting on a music equipment boxes, carried by the male dancers to centre stage. The LED screens displayed various coloured animations, while the stage featured several music equipment boxes as well as smoke and pyrotechnic flame effects. The four dancers that joined Zena were: Ali Gudiev, Mike Isaev, Radmira Mantuliny and Sofia Mantuliny. An