I'm not going to pretend to be even the slightest bit surprised as Belarusian television announced today that they changed their entry for Baku.
But of course. Why should you send a song to the ESC just because it won a national final?
The new choice is boyband Litesound - probably with their Eurofest entry. But who knows? Maybe they will get another song? Maybe all members of the band will be replaced? Maybe the television heads will have another change of heart before the deadline?
Litesound - We Are The Heros (Belarus 2012 perhaps)
I don't weep for the rejected winner as this new song is a lot stronger, but the problem still remains. Why bother to stage a national final when you know you will disagree with the voice of the viewers? Why not select internally and save everyone involved a lot of time, money and effort?
Besides, on a first listening I found the Litesound chorus a tad too similar to the song below. Will the choice of song be modified too, or is this the final decision?
Who can say?
Amanda Fondell - All This Way
