The song was performed by the group 3+2 featuring Robert Wells, who were internally selected by the Belarusian broadcaster National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (BTRC) to represent the nation at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway after broadcaster All-National TV (ONT), which was to take over BTRC, failed to receive EBU membership.

Performing during the show in position 16, "Butterflies" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May.

Shortly after the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 where Belarus failed to qualify to the final, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction over the BTRC's organisation.

[5][6][7] However, information on the national final had been completely removed from ONT's official website in September 2009 as original plans of "a female band selected through castings hadn't really worked out", and that the broadcaster did not have the right to organise or prepare for the country's participation due to not having EBU membership.

Twenty-five songs were selected from the submissions received and five were performed in each semi-final by participants of the project New Voices of Belarus.

The broadcaster later stated that Musical Court was "not necessarily" a Eurovision national final but was instead intended "to choose songs to represent the country in any international competitions".

[14] On 29 January 2010, a submission period was opened on where artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster until 15 February 2010.

[18] 3+2 and the song, which was written by Leonid Shirin and Yuriy Vaschuk, had previously participated in ONT's Musical Court finishing second.

[19][20] On 19 March 2010, BTRC announced that "Far Away" had been withdrawn from the contest and replaced by the song "Butterflies", which was written by Maxim Fadeev, Robert Wells and Malka Chaplin.

Co-composer of the song Robert Wells, who did not appear until the dress rehearsals, was also on stage playing a white piano.

[24] The stage colours were dark with spotlights on the band members, and the black curtains were raised during the performance which revealed a starry background with red lights.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.