[2021] Wit-Rusland: DSQ - Uit de EBU gezet

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Op donderdag 11 maart 2021 22:28 schreef molloot200 het volgende:

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De enige manier waarop ik dit nog ga accepteren is als ze een oprecht competitief liedje gaan sturen die een tekst heeft wat niks met W-R of nu politiek te maken heeft. Zo moeilijk hoeft dat niet te zijn. Maar ja, we kennen dit land. Ze kunnen nu nog hun Europese "imago" proberen te redden door een oprecht lied in te zenden, of hunzelf nog een keer extra tegenover Europa de grond in laten stampen door zichzelf nu terug te trekken en Europa de schuld te geven. En volgens mij gaan ze het laatste doen. Bijna Koreaanse propaganda op die tv zeg

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Op vrijdag 12 maart 2021 15:29 schreef molloot200 het volgende:
Het verbaast me dat ze nog niet hebben gezegd dat ze zich terugtrekken Had inmiddels toch wel een statement verwacht vanuit de Wit-Russische omroep.

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"They are starting to press us on all fronts. Even at Eurovision, I see," Lukashenko said, in his first public comments about the row.

"We'll make another song," he said, adding: "You see that this is all politicized."

He also commented for the first time on a film released this week by a Poland-based opposition news service that accused Lukashenko of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a luxurious lifestyle.

"I will never allow myself to steal something from people," he said.

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This evening the Belarusian broadcaster aired a 10-minute piece in the evening news on Galasy ZMesta, reaffirming the group as Belarus’ entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The report openly questions the legitimacy of the EBU to state that the group needs to rewrite their song to abide by the rules of the contest citing Jamala, Hatari, and Verka Serduchka as acts that have broken contest rules.

Dmitry Butakov, the lead of Galasy ZMesta was interviewed today on Current Time TV a Russian language TV channel created by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America. In the interview, Mr. Butakov was repeatedly asked about the lyrics to the song “Ya nauchu tebya” (I’ll Teach You) and whether they were political, he stated that:

let’s wait for some final decision after all, so that we have something to dance from, then I will gladly tell you what I personally laid down the meaning in this text. Well, that I didn’t talk about politics in it at all – this, in my opinion, is obvious to any person who can read or at least take the trouble to think over words.

When challenged about the lyrics not being obvious and asked to decipher them for viewers, he stated:

Because the final decision has not been made yet. What for? These are conversations from scratch for the time being.

Throughout the interview, the lead singer refused to elaborate further on any questions regarding Galasy ZMesta’s Eurovision entry or their past catalogue of songs. He added:

I will be happy to chat with you, but again I say, I just do not comment on Eurovision and I would not like it now at the moment.

BTRC the Belarusian broadcaster has yet to state whether they will submit a new song for the Eurovision Song Contest, they have until tomorrow’s Head of Delegation meeting to submit a new song or be disqualified from the contest.