The Eurovision organizers did not allow a song from Belarus into the competition. They found political overtones in it

The European Broadcasting Union, the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest, refused to allow the song "I'll Teach You" by the Galasy Zmesta group, which was supposed to represent Belarus, to the contest.

The union concluded that the content of the song "calls the non-political nature of the contest into question". The Eurovision organizer also stressed that the public reaction to the song "could undermine the reputation" of the union.

The Eurovision organizer offered Belarus to change the song or send another one to the contest that would comply with its rules. Otherwise, the country will be excluded from the competition.

Updated . The leader of the Galasy Zmesta group said that against the background of the EBU statement, Belarus itself may refuse to participate in the competition.

• The Galasy Zmesta group opposes the Belarusian opposition and protests in their songs. In the Belarusian pro-government media, her work was called "folk satire". The chorus of the song that the group planned to perform at Eurovision is: "I'll teach you to dance to the tune, / I'll teach you to peck at the bait, / I'll teach you to walk on the string, / You'll be happy with everything, happy with everything."
• The selection for Eurovision in Belarus in 2021 was held in a closed format. The VAL group, which was supposed to represent the country in 2020, was not allowed to the new contest by the Belteleradiocompany, which is responsible for the contest in Belarus, after the anti-government statements of its participants.