Boycott of “What? Where? When?": Students Had to Be Recruited Instead of Experts

• 6.04.2021, 13:45

Of the 42 players in the club, only two remained.

A new season of the Belarusian “What? Where? When?" began. Tut.by compared the lineups of the past and the current season and found only two people who continued to play in the tv show.

In the spring and summer series of 2021, seven teams will play, a total of 42 people. After talking with the participants and spectators of the last season, we found out that the performances were continued by two people. These are Siarhei Buyan and Dzianis Sulauka, who are the captains of their teams.

Two more participants performed in the tv show before, but were absent last season - these are Siarhei Kapustnikau and Dzmitry Karasiou.

In total, there are 83 people in the club of the Belarusian “What? Where? When?" (excluding newcomers in 2021).

The rest of the participants this season are newbies. Many of them go to school.

The journalists asked the organizers about the composition of the Belarusian “What? Where? When?” but did not receive an answer.

Back in the fall of 2020, it became known about the postponement of the autumn and winter games of the intellectual club. As Nasha Niva wrote, "the majority of experts opposed the release of the program on ONT."

In October, the interlocutors of NN told the publication the following information: the captains of the teams were told that filming could only be on ONT, and there were no other options. After that, the majority allegedly refused to participate in the filming. But the organizers of the tv show then told Nasha Niva that the shooting was canceled due to the coronavirus.

As a result, in February 2021, experts were selected for new teams. As Euroradio wrote with reference to its sources, some teams were not offered to participate in the selection, others refused. For example, Anton Iokau, a member of Illia Barada's team, announced such a refusal to the publication.