Belarus - In a surprise move, BRTC has revealed the Belarussian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Anastasia Vinnikove will fly the Belarussian flag in Düsseldorf. She will sing the uptempo song “Born in Bielorussia” written by Yevgeni Oleynik and Viktor Rudenko. 29 songs were submitted mostly from Belarus but also from Latvia, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russia and the USA. The selected song was part of the show “Musical Court” but did not make it into the final. Here you can watch the performance:
How would rate the Belarussian entry? (5 being best)
This is a joke, right?
Due to her thick accent I do not understand everything but what I understand seems to indicate that this is some sort of propaganda song for the totalitarian regime they have there. Politics aside, this is utter cr*p anyway …
On my ESC countries list Belarus is in last place with an average of 1,7/12 … and with this song they will stay where they are.
Well, good luck anyway …
Man.. And Zejlko Joksimovic was just a rumour for participating in Belarus.
Unfortunately
Well i heard Zeljko on one television telling that he will compose Belorusain entry, and he was confirmed rumors…
This song have great beat (imo), but lyrics are so stupid… And she cannot sing…
Improve singing, improve lyrics (Belarus-Belorushian get it out of the chours it sounds bad when pronouncing) and you will have average entry…
Jesus Christ
This goes from bad to worse. And we’re expecting Cyprus any minute now. Looks like another disaster waiting to happen.
I hope Cyprus will not be as bad as we expect… THe last couple of years I always liked their songs…
But Belarus… What the hell are they thinking? Is their regime scared because of what is happening in arabia? This song is sooo bad.
You liked their songs the last two years??? You must be a masochist then
Anyway I heard that guy singing on YouTube and it’s really brutal…
On a positve note, Greece chooses on Wednesday. And they have at least two songs that can be really big in 2011…
Sorry, only 1 that has a chance to become big on my list …
They were nice ballads. And I like that ^^
I have to agree with eurovisiontimes. I’ve like the last two Cypriot entries quite a lot. 2009 more than 2010, but I liked them both.
I have liked all Cypriot entries since 2004 (2005 was vocally weak live … but still) and I had them in my top 3 last year.
good boy ^^ Me too!
belarus and cyprus are among my worst esc countries ever, only last year at 14th did they put some distant effort…
this is horrible, and beats out Austria for last place… let’s see if Cyprus can do too
Cyprus is a much better (ESC) country than Belarus.
i have belarus last 50th and cyprus 45th (ooooh)
Not as bad as some of the entries already picked.
Holy blyat… what is this about? Is it a joke?
I have bad flashbacks of Political Song Festival in times when was the Wall still up.
On my private rating scale the bottom two levels are
2. This is against Geneva conventions, f***er!
1. Do I have to watch and listen to this? Can’t I be waterboarded instead?
well, this gets a 1.
Is there any score lower than nul points? I mean, seriously?! If any of the rumors about Belarus this year were true (Zeljko, the return of Koldun, etc), and yet the network chose this…there’s something seriously wrong with someone’s head. Or at least their ears. One can only hope that Belarus will pull a Ukraine, realize their error, and put in something half-decent. Oy…I’m normally a pretty pleasant person, and I hate to be negative about ESC songs, even if they’re not to my liking, but the fact that I’m not going to get those three minutes back boils my blood just a wee bit.
::exhale::
Ok, rant over…I need a glass of wine.
haha. Coming from you this is a very big impact ^^ And you are soooo right!
…I think I need a hug…
*hug* … You are American after all
The Soviet kitsch hating is engrained in you ^^
then play “red alert” you can get the soviets to bang the pentagon mwahaha
Hahaha…the thing is, although I’m an American, I’m about 1/4 Belorussian, so now I’m even MORE pained! How can my ancestral homeland DO this?!? ::whimper::
Overthrowing the regime is the only solution at hand. I know Europe has been pretty ignoring the situation in Belarus… but this song should be the last straw. It is just unacceptable.
Oh that’s cool! I always envy people with a diverse heritage….
Thanks, Manuel! I’m sort of a hodgepodge of Eastern and Central Europe…I have so many countries to be hypothetically biased towards in my family history, I end up being completely neutral!
Have you ever visited Eastern/Central Europe?
I’ve bounced around a bit, but the only country I’ve been to where my ancestors are from has been Germany (but I was in Munich, and now I’m going to Düsseldorf…and supposedly part of my family was from an area closer to the French border). The rest of my family is Belarussian, Ukrainian, Russian, Latvian, and Lithuanian, but I haven’t made it much further east than Budapest yet. But I’m young…give me time!
lol, this is what i call… soviet kitsch
OMG. I mean, what else to say…
Everyone they cut to in the audience look like they are being forced to look like they are enjoying it.
This joins Ireland and Belgium right at the bottom of my list.
I’ve never pictured myself writing that Ireland 11 is no longer occupying the very last place on my list. Vinnikova has managed to uptsage Jedward. She can’t sing either, I can hardly say what she is going on about and the song is cringingly bad.
P.S.: nice dress though.
Nice dress? Are you looking at it from perspective of last year’s costumes?
It looks bad. It looks like from the 1980s… in eastern block.
It’s green and that’s all that matters to me.
i love green too
Political implications, or just pretty color?
It’s all about green being my favourite color.
Poor me, what I am supposed to say? I don’t even like green. In fact, it is my least favourite colour …
well, there is not law that you have to like green color. Or Belarus entry for the matter.
In Belarus, there is!
LOL Sam, you’re a star!
haha ^^
Do they also require you love this entry? :O
im with shevek i evne have green shoes
I once had green hair … but that was 25 years ago … when I was a punk …
And there are exceptions of course. Keira Knightley’s green dress in ‘Atonement’ is ooo-mazing!
green is beautiful :p didnt see ‘atonement’ but read the book of course
Go and see the movie. It’s one of the best literary adaptions of the last 20 years imo. Plus I adore Keira …
Gosh! I lost a syllable …
*adaptations
well that aint difficult given the low qualities of the blockbusters ones
I am wearing a green shirt, a green tie, and green socks today.
i had a green pull-over (but orange socks)
You must look either like Lepracon or Esmeralda (from the Soap opera about the blind chick).
I don’t mind green as a color, but i look terrible in it.
yeah it’s a color hard to pull, easier than yellow though
It all depends on the shade of green you choose to wear.
i love all greens though
Are you seriously talking about green? or is this some code I don’t understand and you actually talk about my big nose or other things that are big…?
“other things” hun? are you telling us you have a big wee wee?
Hey, first time user to the site here!
I just want to show my worrying concern, as to the joke of an entry that Belarus are in actual fact sending to the Eurovision this year!
1. Its mad, oppressive propaganda, i think that Lukashenko is trying to show to the rest of Europe that in the face of influential revolution in North Africa and the Middle East, that the state in fact, still has a vice-grip on their peoples lives, and the will to keep a lid on brewing ideas of democracy and freedom!
2. Who is the guy sitting in the chair at certain points of the song? (which is awful to say the least) is he the composer, or government representative, or indeed a relative of the dictator?
The lyrics certainly don’t work either, and the crappy backing track just annoys me. Will foreseeably be at the bottom of the pile this year, just as well, where it belongs!
::::CRINGE!!!::::
After watching this video: “LOL – this is a joke” 5 minutes later: (humming to myself) “Bellorussia da da da da da” …
This song may win the whole frigin’ thing.
… and down-vote me to hell for it, but I actually may be starting to like the song.
No no no. Europe isn’t that stupid… 12 points from Russia are pretty sure though..
Shame that Russia’s not voting in their semifinal!
I know. I have been humming it during my class today. My friends were like WTF. And even more WTF when I confessed I like Eurovision (I am from Czech Republic and the consensus is we are supposed to hate it because it hated us).
I don’t know what’s worse…being an ESC fan in a country where everyone hates it, or being one in a country where nobody knows what it is…either way, people look at you like you have four heads.
Samantha, I get the same reaction in Canada. Luckily, I have some pretty understanding friends who will watch it with me (more to make fun of; and many times they should!)
I was suprised that Huffington post covers the Eurovision quite a lot. It was the last place i expected it.
Dissapointing entry for Belarus. This is probably the most pathetic entry in this year. It’s gonna be one of the last places in the Semifinal for Belarus, that’s for sure.
well, if they get nill points they can lessen the embarrasment of Czech Republic’s “ethnic” entry.
And there will another do-you-remember-when moment in Eurovision history.
We’re from Belarus and we DO NOT like this song.
Old lyrics or new lyrics it still sounds terrible. “Byelorussia” or “Belarus” is just a half of problem.
This is just not a song for Eurovision.
We don’t like the lyrics, it seems strange something like the author knows only some words.
We don’t like the beats because they’re like “bum bum bum bum”, it really doesn’t sound professional.
The girl’s voice doesn’t sound “epic” like some Belarusian Mass Media wrote and it even seems to be tired to the end of the song.
In general the song isn’t even good because after 20 seconds listening we become bored. Yes maybe it’s good enough for “family events” but not for ESC.
We don’t think there are any ways to make our entry better. It’s actually sad.
P.S. Though the girl is cute, hah
:) But it’s also not a solution for our country :/:/
P.P.S. Cyprus in 2010 was AWESOME! <3