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 In the end it seems only Sofi Lapina stood for her word and withdrawn while the others are here, despite the accusations the final is rigged to make Alekseev win.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 final tonight. Alexey Gross with his pompous anthemic power ballad and Kirill Ermakov, already familiar name from JESC, have emerged as pre-contest favorites. Alexandr Ivanov seem to have some following too, and it wouldn't be the first time Belarus sends a blond long haired simil-rocker. The EM has something going on and could be worked into something. Anastasiya would follow the trend of screaming ladies with heavy beats but it's not all that bad really.... Nicely 90's.  Napoli goes all sugary Disney. Yuk. Quite a few jazzy flirty elevator music pieces are included in the very bland line up. Not forgetting the strong Russian accents :-) You can watch it live from 20.00 CET at eurovision.tv Alexey Gross - Flame   studio Sasha Zakharik - Glory night   studio Valeria Sadovskaya - Not alone   studio Radiovolna - Radiowave (Ne shodi s uma)   studio The EM - Turn around   studio Navi - Gyeta zyamlya (This land)   st...