“Mirrors” of the SW@Da and Nichos duo and “Gaja” by Justyna Steczkowska – according to bookmakers a few days before Polish preselection, these two songs have the best chance of winning and. This Friday, viewers will decide who will go to Basel in May. Meanwhile, the verdict was issued by a Belarusian court, which He recognized the singers in Podlasie Swo and Niczos as extremists.
Belarusian court about Niczos and Swo@day: extremists
Belarusian courts willingly hit Polish media or Polish artists, who sometimes reach with their message to the inhabitants of Belarus. The long list of “extremists” includes Belarusian Polish Radio for abroad or the Poles portal in Belarus Władznadniena.pl. Now candidates for Polish representatives in this year’s Eurovision – SW@da and Niczos are joining the still expanding group.
According to Belarusian euroradio.fm, Profiles in social media singing in the Podlasie duo went to the list in accordance with the court’s decision in Baranowicze in the Brest region. This is one of the largest cities directly east of Bialystok, the capital of Podlasie. The decision was not justified, but on this list, according to the law tightened in 2021-2023, there are organizations, media and people who try to think regardless of the Belarusian regime. It can be risky for Belarusians now Commenting or “like” profiles of SW@dy and Niczos in social media or playing their songs – Such actions can be considered a violation of the regulations.
In recent years, the Belarusian authorities have no qualms of their own citizens who believed in the thaw before 2020. Repression affects even years later, it is also punished for their own use, e.g. “forbidden” princes (including, as the Institute of Central Europe informs, including the songbook “Polish patriotic songs”), all voices of opposition to Lukashenko prevailing without breaks since 1994.
Eurovision 2025. What is the confusion around the “mirrors”?
Meanwhile, in the Polish media there is no storm related to the song “Mirror”, which the duo reported to Polish Eurovision preselection. The song is sung in Podlasie, by some called the language, by others considered a dialect. Podlasie goes beyond the borders of Poland – it also includes part of the region of Western Belarus, which does not necessarily like the fighting of “Belarusian” regime behind our eastern border. Shortly after the premiere of the song, there were many negative comments in which The duo is accused of singing … “in a foreign”, or not in Polishalthough Podlasie is used and in our country by Poles.
“Mirrors” are also the first so much regional Polish proposal that has a chance to break through at Eurovision. Until now, we have sent mainly pop vocalists to the competition, but recent years show that Eurovision itself is changing. Musicians singing in regional languages, combining folk with modernity, not only go to the final (which has been the peak of dreams for Polish representatives for years), but also occupy quite high places in it. Ukrainian GO_A with a fantastic “noise”, connecting, like the “mirrors” folk with a modern sound, ended the Eurovision adventure in 2021 in 5th place. Fin Kaarija in 2023 with a song whose words can only pronounce the Finns, lost the competition for hair. Will the “mirrors” sound this year in Basel – we will find out this Friday.
Source: Gazeta
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