This can't come as much as a surprise to anyone who read my review after seeing the preview of this year's entries. I think this is nothing short of dire, from beginning to end.
Anastasia Vinnikova - I Love Belarus (Belarus 2011)
As you may have sensed by now, I am not a big fan of propaganda. It is OK to flavour your song with a tiny pinch of patriotism if you have to (honestly, I'm not a big fan of that either), but there is a clear line between patriotism and propaganda.
I wouldn't cheer for any song on a theme like "Sweden is the sweetest", "Totally Turkey" or "Belgium is the best". And I certainly won't cheer for a song claiming that the Belarus regime is fun-loving and adorable.
And to be perfectly clear - even if we removed the political dimension, this would be a pretty rotten entry. Over-choreographed and badly sung, with a chorus so simple it borders on primitive.
The performance also suggests that everyone involved know what a weak song this is, and try at every cost to distract the viewers with fire, pyro and other things.
For me, this is clearly the worst entry of 2011. I would not be too sorry if I never heard it in full again.
Grade: 0 / 5
Addictive ditty - nothing more than soulless tack
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