Belarus has been disqualified from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s initial song choice was rejected earlier this month because it broke the big contest’s rules on political lyrics.
A second entry last week then broke the rules all over again, prompting organisers to bar Belarus from this year’s competition altogether.“On Wednesday 10 Mar we wrote to the broadcaster BTRC, which is responsible for Belarus’ entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, to request that they take all steps necessary to amend their entry to this year’s event to ensure it is compliant with the rules of the competition”, says Eurovision organiser the European Broadcasting Union in a statement. “Following this BTRC submitted a new song, by the same.
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