Belarus

Belarus
Artist - Anastasia Vinnikova
Song - I Love Belarus
Draw - Semi-Final 2, Place 16

Anastasia Vinnikova was born in 1991, in Dzerzhinsk, Belarus. She studied at the Minsk State Linguistic University. After this, she admitted into the Youth Variety Theatre. From an early age she has loved to sing, and it had not gone unnoticed by her friends and colleagues.

On the 28th February, it was announced that Anastasia had been internally selected to represent Belarus, with the song "Born in Byelorussia". At first it was rumoured that the song could be disqualified due to its reference to the USSR. Yet it was eventually disqualified for a different reason.....the song had been performed a year earlier. After a few days of wondering whether the country would actually participate this year, it was confirmed that Anastasia would sing a different song at the ESC, "I Love Belarus".

"I Love Belarus" was written and composed by Evgeny Oleinik and Svetlana Geraskova.

Current Betting Odds (William Hill) - 150/1
My Prediction - I actually love this song, and think she has a great voice. But I don't know whether this will qualify.......

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