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 In the end it seems only Sofi Lapina stood for her word and withdrawn while the others are here, despite the accusations the final is rigged to make Alekseev win.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 will select its entry for Kyiv 2017 Eurovision song contest tonight. There will be a jury-televote deciding on the winner. Several familiar names trying once again, from Nuteki to NAPOLI and Navi. These songs were selected from the 67 submitted entries. This blogger has no idea who will win. This is Belarus after all. Anything can happen. July, Lexy, Kattie, Nuteki, Angelica... or why not NAVI? Hopefully one of these. Maybe. 20.00 CET here or here July - Children of the World Lexy Weaver - Be Stronger Vladislav Kurasov - Follow the Play NAVI - Historyja majho žyccia (Story of my life) Isaac Nightingale - On the Red Line Kattie - Wild Wind Nuteki - Take My Heart NAPOLI - Let's Come Together Nikita Hodas - Voices In My Head Angelica Pushnova - We Should Be Together Anastasiya Sheverenko - We'll Be Together Lermont x Julic - Heartbeat PROvokatsiya - #mylove