Song Contest Organizers Reject Belarus's Second Entry, Leaving Country Out Of Competition
Belarus has been excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest after failing to submit an entry that complies with the nonpolitical nature of the competition, the contest's organizer said on March 26.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said in a statement on that a second entry submitted by the Belarus state broadcasting authority "was in breach of the rules that ensure the Contest is not instrumentalized or brought into disrepute."
