In 2011, Anastasia Vinnikova performed a song named ‘I love Belarus’ in the second semifinal for Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was performed 16 th but failed to qualify for the next round, finishing in 14 th place. I wanted to analyze one of the performances from Belarus and this performance was very interesting; a very controversial entry into the Eurovision Song Contes from Belarus. This performance touches close to the lines of being very political, expresses national identity and is an interesting novelty song. For some background information, Anastasia Vinnikova was born in Dzyarzhynsk, BSSR on April 15 th, 1991. She attended the Minsk State Linguistic University and then started her official journey to becoming a singer. Starting with releasing her first single in 2009, she started releasing music. Her singles are what got her picked to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest – where sang the so...