Belarus

Starting in spot 11 in the First Semi Final is Belarus.  Debuting in the 2004 contest in Istanbul's Semi Final, Alexandra & Konstantin's My Galileo placed 19th with 10 points, leaving Belarus out of the Final and the competition.  It took Dimitry Koldun's entry Work Your Magic in the 2007 Contest for Belarus to get to the Final, with the song eventually getting 145 points and finishing 6th (Belarus' best result so far).  Since then Belarus has rarely made it out of the Semi Final (with the exception of 3+2's 2010 entry Butterflies in Oslo).  Here's Dimitry working his magic during his live performance in Helsinki:

This year Belarus is being represented by Alyona Lanskaya with Solayoh.  Her song was selected after Belarus' president (yes, the president of the country!  These people take this Contest seriously) completely replaced the country's Eurovision and national song selection team.  There are even reports that Alexandar Rybak, who won the 2009 Contest in Moscow representing Norway and is of Belarusian origin, may become involved in Belarus' selection process and write next year's songs who will compete for a chance to represent Belarus at the 2014 contest (to be held in the country of this year's Contest winner).  Perhaps all these unorthodox moves to improve Belarus' placement on the Eurovision stage are paying off.  Alyona's song Solayoh is certainly its best entry to date and could bring Belarus back into the Top Ten on Final night.  That is, if it gets enough votes in the tightly contest First Semi Final on May 14th.  Here's a clip of the song being presented at the live Romanian national final selection show: