A submission period for interested artists and composers was opened. Songs could be performed in any language, although at least part of each song had to be in English. At the closing of the deadline, 59 applications were received by the broadcaster. From this, 16 entries were selected to proceed to the televised national final. However, one of the selected finalist songs, "Kali chakra, a i luz" performed by Jur'ya, withdrew before the final. The song was not replaced.
Final
The televised final took place on 31 January 2004 at the BTRC TV Studios in Minsk, hosted by Larisa Gribaleva and Ales Kruglyakov. Although the songs have Russian titles, the majority of them were performed in English. Public televoting and Internet voting exclusively selected the song "Moy Galiley" performed by Aleksandra & Konstantin as the winner.
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. As this was Belarus' debut, the country had to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest, held on 12 May 2004. The duo performed second, after Finland and before Switzerland. They ended 19th with 10 points, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.