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Historyja majho zyccia - The unwritable song and the shaking arms

 

Repeat offenders at work:

As you might have read in the previous Song Review, Tako from Georgia tried to get into the competition in past years and now she is not the only contestant who was successful with their concerns. 

The Belarussian Folk-Band Navi from Minsk won on Saturday evening the Eurofest 2017 and in this way, they will represent Belarus at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev.

The Folkartists, who will be named at this point: Arzom Lukjanenka, Ksenia Schuk, Uladislau Tschatschawik, Aljaksandr Tabolski and Uladsimir Beher, tried their luck last year but finished only in fourth position with the song Heta sjamlja. But, how well will worked their song on the stage?

First time in Belarussian:

A lovely instrumental marks the  beginning of this Folk-song, which is acompanied by a typical guitar. She is clapping in her hands and he is abusing the guitar case. Lovely!

It is interesting to follow the whole song because the language Belarussian, for the first time competing in the Grand Prix, makes it difficult for persons who does not speak this language, to follow the Lyrics. It is nearly impossible to characterize a Bridge, let alone a Chorus. Only the Refrain is easy to identify because of the annoying Lyrics.
The Whooooooowoooooo, which tortures you in the end of the song because it was overused, gives you an impulse to shake like she is doing it on stage. An interesting way to show Europe your ethnic and cultural background. But, what in these performance is typical Belarussian, except the rhytym of the song?

 

The conclusion:

Well, previously I would like to say that I am a bit disappointed about the entry of Belarus this year but these one is, for me, better than Hely You Fly from last year. 

It looks more lovely and the artists are working on stage as a team and this is really important because you are giving the viewers a warm, welcome feeling to listen to your song. I am ersonally do not like their performance because the shaking arms, as I have mentioned it in the beginning, are annoying from time to time I have to watch this. 

What is the message to the viewers. Well, she looks quiet happy but this did not mark a good way to perform. And probaly I am not sure about their qualification because I am thinking that only most of the points will come from Eastern Europe and this does not guarantee your qualification. A really difficullt question if Russia will not compete in their Semi-Final (and other former Sovjet states).

Belarus has given away a lot of potential and I am convined that they will do better but the chance for these year is away! But, to close it with some positive words, I am proud that someone is breathe enough to sing in their mother tongue because this was the reason why the ESC was founded, to present other states your ethnic and cultural background with music and you can doing it by singing in the language of your homecountry. Well done!

The Rating:

Songquality: 7/10p.

Harmony between singer and song: 8,5/10p.

Performance: 5,5/10p.

Chance to win: 2/10p.

Personal rating: 5,5/10.

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Totally score:  28,5/50p.

Listen to the song: Historyja majho zyccia 

First picture source: Belarussian postcard 

Second picture source: @naviband/Instagram 

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