The Swiss ESC entry is not plagiarized
Mélanie René's song "Time To Shine", the Swiss entry in this year's European Song Contest, is not plagiarized. This was the result of an independent expert opinion commissioned by the artist as well as SRF and RTS, writes Swiss Television.
The expert opinion also states, writes SRF, that the song is not similar to Beyoncé's song "Run The World" in terms of melody or harmonies, as claimed.
Musicologist and expert Peter Oxendale, who has already produced over 3,000 expert opinions on copyright issues in the course of his career, was commissioned. In his expert opinion, he also comes to the conclusion that no original elements from the song "Run The World" were copied and that the two songs are different musical compositions.
The "Eurovision Song Contest" will take place in Vienna on May 19, 21 and 23, 2015.
