ESC PREVIEW Today: #26- BELARUS.  A preview of the 43 songs in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which begins this May in Lisbon, Portugal. The preview begins with the weakest songs and works its way to the best in this year's line-up.The songs are ranked in order of quality as heard in the studio versions.

EUROVISION 2018 PREVIEW

26.

BELARUS

FOREVER

Alekseev

Belarus joined the ESC family in 2004. Its best result thus far is the #6 finish achieved 3 years later. This year, Alekseev will be representing Belarus performing the song "Forever" in English.

He was born Nikita Alekseev in Ukraine. His song is catchy but lacks any memorable hook. "Forever" will struggle to qualify in Semi Final 2. It is highly unlikely to give the country its first win at Eurovision, although the song may pick up votes from the Soviet bloc countries if it makes it to the Grand Final.

27 LATVIA

28 POLAND

29 AUSTRIA

30 GREECE

31 IRELAND

32 BULGARIA

33 GERMANY

34 GEORGIA

35 LITHUANIA

36 MALTA

37 RUSSIA

38 SLOVENIA

39 NETHERLANDS

40 ALBANIA

41 SERBIA

42 HUNGARY

43 SAN MARINO

Hear a special playlist with all the songs from this year’s contest as they are released on spotify.

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte:playlist:3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte/playlist/3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2?si=XiLET1zpTlabrf3yAVNfiw