Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Belarus has its national final and it wouldn't be Belarusian final without some extra dtama and controversy. Seven out of 11 selected finalists threated to withdraw when it became known that Ukrainian Alekseev's song didn't quite respect the September 1, 2017 rule. In the end it seems only Sofi Lapina stood for her word and withdrawn while the others are here, despite the accusations the final is rigged to make Alekseev win. Later also accusations for Shuma's song's lyrics that include lines from a traditional Belarusian folk song.  The final songs were selected among 95 submissions and live auditions in January. Half the participants are regulars and have participated before. Let's see if anyone of them can beat Alekseev and stop participating every year..... The songs vary from Adagio's Il Volo-esque light pop opera to Alekseev's overproduced standard modern Eurovision pop and Shuma's pseudo etno, Napoli's and Gunesh's yet another ho...

Or rather, most of them seem to be the same old, same old as the list has the usual Napoli and Gunesh and a couple of other familiar names, too, like Lexy Weaver and Anastasiya. And Radiovolna. And throw in some pop opera. Some things never change. Eurofans are already talking about Ukrainian Alekseev. No wonder, it' such a typical Eurovision 2010's in all its good and bad. Call it also fan wank that propably won't set the televoters on fire.  1. ALEN HIT - I don’t сare 2. Adagio - Ты i я (You and Me) 3. Lexy - Ain’t you 4. Sofi Lapina  - Gravity 5. Napoli - Chasing rushes 6. Alekseev - Forever 7. Anastasiya Malashkevich - World On Fire 8. Gunesh - I won’t cry 9. Kirill Good - Deja Vu 10.Radiovolna - Subway lines 11. Shuma - Хмаркі

Belarus is having its EuroFest final tonight. Alexander Rybak's Milki project is the one to beat, it seems. Wouldn't it be ironic if Uzari with his violin player would beat him? Anyways, there isn't much to write about; mediocre or simply bad songs, Belarusian "English" and propably the singer and/or the song will be changed anyways before mid-March if it isn't Milki, so I will stick to my Christmas relaxing instead of watching this..... Anyways, it starts at 8pm CET and you can watch it live here .  NAPOLI  –  My dreams Lis  –  Angel Daria  -   Love is my colour Gunesh  –  I believe in a miracle Yana Butskevich & Muzzart  –  Tolko tantsuy Valeria Sadovskaya  –  Summer love Rostany  –  Electric toys Janette  –  Supernova Alexey Gross  –  Stand as one Milki  –  Accent Uzari & Maimuna  -   Time Beatris  –  Fighter Vitaly Voronko  –...

Belarus will have its national final on December 26, 2014 and a jury has picked up the 15 finalists after casting auditions. Several familiar names but not Alyona Lanskaya who either didn't pass the casting or didn't participate at all after all. Not that this blogger misses her one bit. As expected the designed winner Milki did it with a song penned by Alexander Rybak. It would a surprise if they didn't win eventually. If they don't, there's always a way to make it happen afterwords. This is Belarus after all. And therefor there's also a lot of broken English and some rather horrid songs in the line up that have no life but in national Eurovision selections. This said, it has been worse so the jury has done quite decent job... Listen with caution:  Gunesh - I believe in a miracle Janette - Supernova Alexey Gross - Stand as one Daria - Love is my colour Valeria Sadovskaya - Summer love Uzari & Maimuma - Time Milki - Accent Yana Butskevich...

Alexander Rybak is working with a girl group to win the Belarusian national final on December 26, 2014. he has been to Belarus and through auditions selected five girls to perform his song, that will be very Belarusian as he says. "I have had this idea to work for my native Belarus for a couple of years now" he says, "I decided to compose a song that shows the Belarusian soul. I think I understand very well the Belarusian people that differ from the other Slavic people. They can be calm and natural. The song features both English and Belarusian and even the costumes are in Belarus style". He says he dedicates as much of his time as possible for the project but being very busy - only four days off before Christmas - he has a team in Belarus working on it and they know what he wants.  Rybak also tells he's closer to Belarus now that he has been there many times, met his relatives who have told him how his life was as a little child in there, but says he has ...

So, the Belarusian final is over and we have a winner tonight. Alena Lanskaya won it again, time will tell if she gets to Malmö 2013. (Sorry if I'm a bit sceptical, but....). Is Belarusian Kylie what Europe wants? Anyways her Rhythm of love will be a fan favourite for sure and come in abbout a zillion remixes most likely.  The show itself was ok, but were some acts play-back? And the applause at parts? Many songs were ruined anyways by the Eurrovision curse: bad English. The performances mostly were nice, and they had put some effort in them and some were even rather effective, like Satsura, Nuteki and Alena. In the end I was still for Alex and surprisingly Satsura. His macho Rammstein-ish performance might have done well in Malmö 2013, me thinks!  Vitaly Voronko, Max Lorens, Yankey Beaver Band, Daria, Alexei Gross Uzari , Nuteki , Satsura But somehow the best songs were by the previous winners Alexandra & Konstantin, Gunesh and Dima Koldun!  S...

The semifinal in Belarus took part tonight and five acts qualified to the final on January 28, 2012.  Gunesh and Litesound both made it to the final once again, time will tell if one of them will finally make it? The other qualifiers are Alena Lanskaya , Victoria Aleshko and Uzari . This blogger doesn't bother much about the songs as they can and will change them for the final anyways.... most likely anyways. UPDATED: Now with the videos. The lady ballads are all a bore me thinks. Uzari has some potential but clearly the best choice is Litesound. Not very original but cathy pop song indeed.

Belarus has announced the 15 semifinalists that will battle it out on December 21, 2011 for the place in the mid-January 2012 Eurofest final. Amongst the candidates everpresent Litesound and Gunesh and this year's Anastasiya Vinnikova hunting for a bis but actually for the first time in a selection as she was internally selected. Thriller - Message to the world Gunesh - And morning will come Litesound - We are the heroes The champions - It's your time Uzari - The winner Nuteki - Superheroes Aleksandra Gaiduk & Nataliya Baldina - Loveless German - Keep fight Anastasiya Vinnikova - Shining in twilight Ekivoki - Number one Yan Zhenchak & Outerplain - A point of no return Victoria Aleshko - Dream Alena Lanskaya - All my life Aura - Hands up Anna Blagova – You're the world