Shortly after the 2009 Contest had finished ( where Belarus , represented by Petr Elfimov , had finished 13th in the semi-final ) , the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction over the management of BTRC 's organisation for the Contest . He expressed his frustrations over divisions within the team , finding it necessary to completely replace the 2009 team for 2010 . and had ruled that ONT should take over preparation for Eurovision from BTRC . In late July ONT launched the " Song for Eurovision " competition in order to find the entry for the 2010 Contest
2009 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010