Eurovision 2018: Belarus
Mar. 27th, 2018 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
passionpopAppearances: 14
Wins: 0
Selection method: National final
Vote: Rigged… Jury and public selection
Winner: ALEKSEEV
Song: Forever
It is hard to believe this is the best song Belarus could find to send to Eurovision, but then looking at their previous entries they are not known for having great Eurovision songs. They are better known for Engrish than great songs.
ALEKSEEV was also looking at competing to represent his native Ukraine, but withdrew and entered into Belarus instead. Fortuitous because he won for Belarus and I doubt this song would be good enough to win anywhere else, including the Ukraine. He is also a smart choice for Belarus because he is apparently quite popular in a number of former Russian countries.
This entry is controversial as Eurovision songs are not allowed to be played in part or full before the 1st of September the year before the contest. ALEKSEEV was performing a Russian song called Навсегда (which funnily enough translates to Forever) prior to this date. To get around the rules he changed the language to English and shortened the song. This caused his competitors in the national final to threaten to withdrawn. They didn’t and he won. He didn’t just win but he smashed the competition. I am not sure what that says about the other songs but some of the competitors are claiming it is a conspiracy. I think it is just an interesting set of co-incidences.
The performance will include probably a big reveal, it needs it. Not the 2016 style reveal, more the 2010 one… we hope
Wins: 0
Selection method: National final
Vote: Rigged… Jury and public selection
Winner: ALEKSEEV
Song: Forever
It is hard to believe this is the best song Belarus could find to send to Eurovision, but then looking at their previous entries they are not known for having great Eurovision songs. They are better known for Engrish than great songs.
ALEKSEEV was also looking at competing to represent his native Ukraine, but withdrew and entered into Belarus instead. Fortuitous because he won for Belarus and I doubt this song would be good enough to win anywhere else, including the Ukraine. He is also a smart choice for Belarus because he is apparently quite popular in a number of former Russian countries.
This entry is controversial as Eurovision songs are not allowed to be played in part or full before the 1st of September the year before the contest. ALEKSEEV was performing a Russian song called Навсегда (which funnily enough translates to Forever) prior to this date. To get around the rules he changed the language to English and shortened the song. This caused his competitors in the national final to threaten to withdrawn. They didn’t and he won. He didn’t just win but he smashed the competition. I am not sure what that says about the other songs but some of the competitors are claiming it is a conspiracy. I think it is just an interesting set of co-incidences.
The performance will include probably a big reveal, it needs it. Not the 2016 style reveal, more the 2010 one… we hope