3+2 (band)

3+2
3+2
Background information
Origin	Minsk, Belarus
Genres	Pop, Soul
Years active	2009–present
Members	Elgiazar Farashyan Yulia Shisko Artsem Mikhalenka Alena Karpovich Ninel Karpovich Mihail Mikhalenka

3+2 or Three Plus Two (Belarusian: Тры плюс два; Russian: Три плюс два) are a Belarusian pop group that represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway.

Formation

The band was formed by the Belarusian television channel ONT and the project "New Voices of Belarus" in 2009.^[1] All the group members are the finalists of that TV show.

3+2 have taken part in dozens of concerts with the main orchestra of Belarus, which was the result of their victory in a vocal TV show. Moreover, they have performed in other projects and have recorded songs in the best recording studios of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

After the victory in the national selection for the Eurovision 2010, public interest has grown rapidly. On 25 February 2010, 3+2 were chosen internally to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Butterflies", performing in the first semi-final to be held on 25 May 2010.^[2]

Songwriters from Belarus and neighbouring countries offered the band their compositions. The producers of 3+2 considered different variants of the song, clips and performance. The band director decided to contact well-known producer and writer Max Fadeev for some conceptual ideas. Within a week he managed to create the full original set for the band. The song Butterflies was written by Max Fadeev, Swedish composer Robert Wells and by Polish poet Malka Chaplin especially for the group.

They previously chose to perform "Far Away" at the contest, but changed it to "Butterflies" later.

References

1. Новые голоса Беларуси. Беларусь на "Евровидении-2010" представит группа "Три плюс два” [New voices of Belarus. Belarus at the Eurovision 2010 will represent group 3+2]. ng.sb.by (in Russian). Narodnaya gazeta/Belarus segodnya. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
2. Dahlander, Gustav (2010-02-25). "3+2 equals 12 for Belarus in Eurovision?". EBU. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-25.