Naš Puĺs Bjecca 4.6

**Naš Puĺs Bjecca 4.6**  (Cyrillic: *Наш пульс б'ецца 4.6*) is the national selection of Belarus for the sixth edition of The Origin Song Contest, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

## Before the competition

### Rule changes

The language rule of the previous edition was revoked, meaning songs in any language would now be eligible if performed.

### Hosting rights

Hrodna was chosen as the host of this edition after a long process involving a number of potential candidates. Hlybokaye, a small town in the voblast of Viciebsk was a strong front runner until it was revealed that the town only had a population of 20 000 and no functional venue appropriate for the contest.

### Live auditions

The live auditions took place from 15 to 17 November in Minsk by the delegation office. Entries were submitted online beforehand and everyone submitting a valid entry would get a number and an estimated audition time. A total of 345 valid entries were received, a record for the competition.

## During the competition

### Final

All twelve acts performed without technical issues on 18 December in Hrodna.

### Results show

Naviband performed their song "Ščascie" (Happiness) as the opening act. The interval acts were singer Chuu from K-pop group LOONA with her song "Heart Attack" and Mustii with "What A Day".

## Results

Twelve songs were picked by a professional jury panel after the live auditions.

### Final

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## Incidents

### Live auditions

After the ban on bringing pets to the audition IVAN decided to boycott the competition.

Artist #21 thought that the language rule still applied and tried to translate their song from Belarusian into English on the grounds that English "just sounds cooler", a statement which caused the audience to boo them and throw food at them until they left.

Artist #30 was disqualified after they revealed that they were only 13 years old.

Artists #31 and #32 have been known to have a rivalry in Naš Puĺs Bjecca and started fighting while in line to perform, giving #31 a black eye and #32 a swollen lip. Both missed their audition times and were disqualified.

Artist #55 did not make it to their audition, after being delayed by customs at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border after a visit to IKEA in Vilnius, during which they had filled two small trucks with furniture.

### Final

Alexander explained during his introduction speech that some of the scriptwriters had been fired after suspected involvement with Alexander Rybak and smurfs. Alexander Rybak is wanted for questioning after potentially cursing Belarus to place remarkably lower in the final despite finishing top three in the semi-finals twice.

#### Latvian jury votes

The expert jury voting from Latvia in the final was carried out by Laura Rizzotto, Zane Dombrovska, Intars Busulis and Kattie. Whilst Kattie is Belarusian and not actually Latvian she won the last edition of X-factor Latvia, this possibly being the reason for her making the expert jury. However, Kattie awarded the maximum amount of 25 points to all twelve competing entries, and thus her votes would not affect the final jury result at all. Zane Dombrovska pointed this out stating that Kattie was "useless" and "shouldn't have been in the jury as her result is not objective". This led to a massive fight breaking out between Kattie and Zane, from which Zane got seriously injured and is now hospitalized. After the fight Kattie posted the following Tweet on her Twitter account:

### Withdrawn or disqualified entries

Sweet Brains, who previously competed in the first edition of Naš Puĺs Bjecca, were disqualified after trying to submit their edition one entry "Don't be like a zombie".

On November 30 after originally being chosen to participate in the final the delegation publicly revealed on their website that duo Platon and Joolay have been blacklisted from Naš Puĺs Bjecca indefinitely after breaking "numerous rules" (which rules have not been specified).

Just a week before the live show, a singer who chose to remain anonymous was disqualified after missing three consecutive rehearsals due to being at a luxury nail salon in Switzerland.

## Reception and controversy

Whilst several people have expressed their satisfaction with the language rule being revoked, a petition with 10 100+ signatures has called for a boycott of the competition until it is put back into place.

The long wait between the final and the results have made some people suspect rigging, several petitions have been created and demand to see the full results.

## Sponsors

After going over the budget BTRC needed many sponsorship deals, fast. The following sponsors helped make the shows happen:

* Bee Movie
* BBC
* Coca Cola
* Beekeepers United