  Belarus caught in plagiarizing song for Eurovision April 7, 2011 - 11:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Belarus faced difficulties in preparation for Eurovision song contest. Anastasia Vinnikova, who will represent the country this year; was caught in plagiarizing the song “I love Belarus.” Vechernyaya Moskva paper reported that initially Anastasia Vinnikova’s song “Born in Byelorussia” was substituted urgently. According to organizers of the contest, its lyrics ran counter to the contest rules for being extremely politicized. There are problems also with the new song “I Love Belarus”: Belarusian bloggers revealed plagiarism in its music. According to experts, it strongly resembles a song of Sektor Gaza Russian rock band. The only person who has not noticed the similarity is the author of the Belarusian entry, composer Evgeny Oleinik. Commenting on accusations, Oleinik told journalists he has never listened to Sektor Gaza. Belarus is not going to substitute its entry again.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
