Wednesday, 11 May 2011

#3 BELARUS Anastasia Vinnikova - I Love Belarus

This is Anastasia's second stab at her song for Eurovision 2011.

Her original number, "Born in Byleorussia", was discounted because it was clearly blatant Soviet propaganda (plus it had been performed previously, breaking eligibility rules).

Judge for yourself, but I think the chants of USSR give it away:


So, she tweaked it and turned it into "I Love Belarus", which is only slightly less jingoistic:


The frightening thing is, you find yourself singing along before realising you're professing your adoration of a totalitarian dictatorship.