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Belarus BELARUS 2014 - TEO - Cheesecake

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EscGeek

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:lol:
 

Salmon

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Belarussian contestants have an interesting accent when they are speaking English.

I think we can agree on "interesting". :lol:

But anyway, what does that fact in particular have to do with Rybak getting involved in the selection? Is he going to search for someone with a less "interesting" accent? That would be a great loss :(
 

vavera4ka

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OMG i'm assuming the girl out of the camera view is a professional translator. boy, does she suck!
I've dealt with so called professional translators that graduated from Belarusian Linguistic University. I have no idea what they teach them for 5 years, but it definitely would be cheaper and better for the students to just spend a year at any university in an English speaking country. And i feel like pronunciation they teach and claim to be proper and "royal" is horrendous. Better just use Russian phonetics, at least you are not attempting to fool anyone this way lol

It's a pity that Yuri doesn't speak English. He has a pretty unique sense of humor, on a dry side but very charming, warm. I wish he could express himself freely for people who don't speak Russian :)
 

Mannone

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This is my runner up this year. He's got a lovely unpolished accent. The words flow into each other and you got fat problems decoding the lyrics. Simply perfect to my ears! Even better: tune is relaxed and catchy. Cheesecake with sweet chili. And a shish kebab for dessert. Enjoy!
 

Matt

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TEO is joined by four backup singers who are also his backup dancers. There is an additional singer further in the back however he doesn't move around. The stage has a casino/disco feel to it. There is a giant flower looking thing displayed as the backdrop. TEO and his backup singers came up with a choreography that takes advantage of the Big Stage and closer to the end his entourage is using both catwalks while TEO stays put in the Center of the Stage.Basically we're getting a lot of dance moves, those we saw in the National Final and the Offical videoclip. We don't know if any pyrotechnics will be added at a later point to add more spice visually (that will only be done for the second round of rehearsals).Matt: The problem I am having with the Staging is that it feels like they are trying to do a "serious" performance when the song & lyrics are quite silly and it just feels odd to me. He sounded fine and seems confident onstage but the look of the Stage gets a big Thumbs down from me.Ahmet: I wish the Stage Design was more coloful as this is a happy/funny song. I was expecting some kind of visual cheesecake at some point. Vocally it was average.​
 

Mrm

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Bad composition, bad rehearsal, average vocals..more than mediocre, I hope it stays in semi..
 

Terence

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Too dark a setting - probably because I'm used to the while background in the promo clip. Still, qualifying with ease I guess!
 

greece

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It's such a pitty that he is so brilliant vocally and he is a great dancer, but his song isn't good enough to be loved for everyone...I hope to see him in the final cause he deserves it. And I think that the background would be the first one but with the colors of the second one...It's Belarus not the Land of Fire
 

Matt

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TEO was hilarious, for some reason he got super excited when he found out I'm from the United States. Really nice dude.
 
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