BELARUS 2011 - Anastasiya Vinnikova - I Love Belarus

[Thorvald]

It differs enough for me to instantly see the graphical differences of the alphabet atleast. Obviously it's not a whole new alphabet, but it's still characteristic I'd say. If I'd see a text in Belarussian in the future I know directly it's Belarussian and not Russian or Ukrainian.

You say Belarussian is closer to Ukrainian than Russian? Just looking at the alphabet for sure, but it really doesn't sound like that. Anyways I'm no expert, I'm just going by the sound of it.

Then the difference is not alphabetical but one of orthography. You would notice it by the severe akannie and jakannie (all unstressed vowels tending to become As and YAs, which makes it sound a bit like Russian, which does the same although not reflected in its orthography. Belarusian tries to be phonetic in its spelling, whilst Russian is at the other extreme, more historic spelling than a real representation of the sounds. Otherwise, in terms of vocabulary and grammar Belarusian (not Belarussian) is close enough to Ukrainian to be mutually intelligible. Russian is like neither.

If you want a crass summary, Belarusian is Ukrainian as pronounced by a Russian, with a dash of Polish added for good measure. Although there's obviously a lot more to it than that.

As for the current entry; I Love Belarus in Russian sort of defeats the sentiment of the song.

 

[A-lister]

I love it

The public is really into the whole "I love Belarus" part

I want them to qualify but we know the juries won't vote for them and alot of lame people who think that it should not be allowed to sing "love Belarus" but still be allowed to sing countries they would give their acceptance of (hypocrites).

 

[A.B.]

I love this song! Got it deep inside! ))

 

[Thorvald]

Sad news from Minsk today. Not everyone loves Belarus, it seems.

Explosion in Minsk underground station

 

[nikolay_BG]

That is awfull
My condoncelesses(spelling error) to the families of the people who died

Hope that they will be OK soon, because they have to host ESC next year... DUH

 

[Matt]

 

[Okan]

Good luck Belarus , nice song and 8 pts. from me.

 

[Margerita86]

The moore I hear this song the moore I feel like voting for it if the performance is good...

 

[iowacorn]

I think this will make the finals... you can't vote against a song in Eurovision, and it seems to be either love or hate... I personally don't understand WHO DOESNT LOVE BELARUS!

 

[evilperson]

After hearing her live performance I don't think that she's capable of singing this song as well as in the studio version. A lot of energy gets lost and if a similar performance occurs in Dusseldorf I think we can sadly count Belarus out...

 

[Adeline]

This is indeed a 'love it or hate it' song, and sadly enough those songs always have bigger chances than songs that have no haters at all, but just a few lovers.
Personally, I think the song is very weak. I only like the chorus a bit, but if the life performance lacks energy, the song won't have big chances to go through, I think.

 

[Stella]

You must love her on stage...she will have a powerful performnace,is very expressive...this song is one of my guilty pleasures

 

[deese]

 

[Quent91]

she really needs to improve her live voice...

 

[Matt]

Good luck Belarus! I strongly dislike the entry but I never wanna root against a song, I only wanna support my favorites. 13th - 15th place is my prediction (semis) but that's about it!!!

 

[Misi]

I will say this song is great because I'm afraid of getting imprisoned.

 

[mullally]

This is my favorite song this year! It has all the elements that a Eurovision -winner needs. Love her dark voice amd all the ethnic elements in it. And finally a song with a melody that is not stolen from any other songs (like Denmark and Sweden). I know it's politically incorrect to root for a song that is about loving a country that is led by a dictator, but this is the ONLY song from this years competition that makes me happy!
12 points from Norway!

 

[nikolay_BG]

I will say this song is great because I'm afraid of getting imprisoned.

Good logics
You know what the "I love Belarus" mafia is capable of

 

[PeterLPZ]

The more I hear it the less I like it.
Meanwhile that sux!!!

 

[Scooby]

^ Me too: The more I hear it, the more I hate it!