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Belarus will not participate in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2021, said the organizer of the competition, the European Broadcasting Union.
In 2021, Belarus will not participate in the Eurovision 2021 contest due to the song of the group Galasy ZMesta, which was supposed to represent the country. This was announced on March 26. the organizer of the contest is the European Broadcasting Union.
The organizers of Eurovision 2021 announced that on March 11 they proposed to Belarus to change or send another song to the competition, since the composition of the Galasy ZMesta group “I will teach you” has a political connotation.
Belteleradiocompany has presented a new song by the same artists within the agreed time, the statement said.
“The new entry also violates the competition rules, which ensure that the competition will not be used. [в политических целях] and it won’t damage your reputation. Insofar Belteleradiocompany could not submit an application within the extended period, unfortunately Belarus will not participate in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in May, “the organizers noted.
The song that I suggested Belteleradiocompany, published the edition “SB Belarus today“on your Telegram channel.
The president of the Belteleradio company, Ivan Eismont, commented on the suspension of the country from participating in the competition, the appeal was published. on the Telegram channel ONT NEWS.
“The decision to disqualify us has a political motivation, which is what the European Union does not like so much (we know what it does). We are members of the European Broadcasting Union and I believe that we will be members of it. They were just pressured by politicians and haters on social media, “he said.
Eismont pointed out that the Galasy ZMesta group went down in history and that Belarus won this Eurovision Song Contest.
The Belteleradio company reported on March 9 that the team will represent the country in Eurovision 2021. That same day the presentation of the composition “Teaché” took place on the YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest. The video is not currently available.
In the songs “Galasy ZMesta”, the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and other participants of the protest movement in Belarus are directly or indirectly criticized.
In 2020, the Val group became the winner of the Belarusian national team, but in September of the same year it was withdrawn from the competition.
In 2021 Eurovision will take place at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam (Netherlands) May 18, 20 and 22 – due to the coronavirus pandemic the event will be held in a new format.
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