2009 Georgia - Stefan & 3G (Georgia withdraws from ESC 2009)
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"We Don't Wanna Put In"
Georgia has decided to pull out of the Moscow Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organiser, the European Broadcasting Union, offered Georgia to either re-write its song lyrics or to submit another song. "We will not go to Moscow and will not take part in Eurovision 2009," said Natia Uznadze, a producer of Georgian public television, who is responsible for Georgia's Eurovision entry.
The EBU had said that the song We don't wanna put in violates the rules of the contest, which read: “The lyrics and/or performance of the songs shall not bring the Shows or the Eurovision Song Contest as such into disrepute. No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted during the Eurovision Song Contest.”
"It's still not clear to us why Eurovision took this decision. We have not received a concrete explanation," Uznadze said. The song titled We don't wanna put in, performed by the group Stephane and 3G with its alleged play on the prime minister's surname, was rejected by the Eurovision organisers on Tuesday for the event to be held in May, which Russia is hosting.
Georgia has decided to pull out of the Moscow Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organiser, the European Broadcasting Union, offered Georgia to either re-write its song lyrics or to submit another song. "We will not go to Moscow and will not take part in Eurovision 2009," said Natia Uznadze, a producer of Georgian public television, who is responsible for Georgia's Eurovision entry.
The EBU had said that the song We don't wanna put in violates the rules of the contest, which read: “The lyrics and/or performance of the songs shall not bring the Shows or the Eurovision Song Contest as such into disrepute. No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted during the Eurovision Song Contest.”
"It's still not clear to us why Eurovision took this decision. We have not received a concrete explanation," Uznadze said. The song titled We don't wanna put in, performed by the group Stephane and 3G with its alleged play on the prime minister's surname, was rejected by the Eurovision organisers on Tuesday for the event to be held in May, which Russia is hosting.