Boys And Girls (song)
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"Boys and Girls" was intended to be the Belarus
ian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
, to be performed in English
by Angelica Agurbash
. As it was not performed, the song enters a very exclusive group of only three of four songs to be announced as an entry before not being performed.
The song is an emotional ballad, with the lyrics written as a plea to the children of the world, reminding them that they are the future.
Due in part to the unfashionable style of the song but also to its subject matter (the song is based around the Beslan school hostage crisis
, which is unusual in English Language songs), it did not attract a favourable reception prior to the Contest. Thus, Agurbash chose to perform the up-tempo dance number Love Me Tonight
instead.
Ironically, the Finnish
entry at the 2005 Contest ("Why?" by Geir Rönning
) was themed around the same events, although it did not qualify from the semi-final.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
, to be performed in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
by Angelica Agurbash
Angelica Agurbash
Angelica Agurbash , born May 17, 1970, is a Belarusian singer and former model perhaps most known for representing Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005....
. As it was not performed, the song enters a very exclusive group of only three of four songs to be announced as an entry before not being performed.
The song is an emotional ballad, with the lyrics written as a plea to the children of the world, reminding them that they are the future.
Due in part to the unfashionable style of the song but also to its subject matter (the song is based around the Beslan school hostage crisis
Beslan school hostage crisis
The Beslan school hostage crisis of early September 2004 was a three-day hostage-taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 380...
, which is unusual in English Language songs), it did not attract a favourable reception prior to the Contest. Thus, Agurbash chose to perform the up-tempo dance number Love Me Tonight
Love Me Tonight (song)
This is an article about the Angelica Agurbash song, not to be confused with the 1932 hit by Jeanette MacDonald, nor the 1969 single by Tom Jones...
instead.
Ironically, the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
entry at the 2005 Contest ("Why?" by Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning is a professional singer-songwriter from Ålesund, Norway. He later moved to the capital Oslo in the 1980s, and later on to Stockholm, Sweden, where he found opportunity to start a musical career. He later moved to Finland, which he represented in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005...
) was themed around the same events, although it did not qualify from the semi-final.