and the winner was selected exclusively via a jury. The show was broadcast on Belarus 1, Belarus 24 and Radius FM as well as online via the broadcaster's official website tvr.by. Competing entries Artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster between 23 January 2019 and 31 January 2019. At the closing of the deadline, a record 113 entries were received by the broadcaster. Auditions were held on 4 February 2019 at the BTRC "600 Metrov" studio where a jury panel was tasked with selecting up to fifteen entries from the 74 attendees to proceed to the televised national final. The auditions were webcast online at the official BTRC website. The jury consisted of Alyona Lanskaya (singer, represented Belarus at Eurovision in 2013), Teo (singer, represented Belarus at Eurovision in 2014), German (singer), Angelina Mikulskaya (producer), Evgeny Perlin (television host), Andrey Kalina (producer), Elena Atrashkevich (head of the Belarusian Union of Composers), Olga Vronskaya (singer), Igor Melnikov (vocal coach), Valery Prigun (singer) and Vasily Golovan (deputy head of the department of special cultural events at the Belarusian Ministry of Culture). Ten finalists were selected and announced on 4 February 2019. Final The televised final took place on 7 March 2019 at the "600 Metrov" studio in Minsk, hosted by Olga Ryzhikova and 2014 Belarusian Eurovision contestant Teo. Prior to the competition, a draw for the running order took place on 5 February 2019. The votes of seven jury members made up of music professionals exclusively selected the song "Like It" performed by Zena as the winner. Each jury member assigned scores to each song ranging from 1 (lowest score) to 10 (highest score) immediately after the artists conclude their performance. The jury consisted of Elena Atrashkevich (head of the Belarusian Union of Composers), Tatyana Drobysheva (singer, vocal teacher at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts), Valeriy Prigun (singer), Dmitry Koldun (singer, represented Belarus at Eurovision in 2007), Aleks David (singer-songwriter), Gleb Davidov (television and radio host) and Yana Stankevich (producer). Promotion Zena made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Like It" as the Belarusian Eurovision entry. On 6 April, Zena performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Marlayne. On 14 April, Zena performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café