Georgia: GPB to withdraw from Eurovision 2009
It has been announced that Georgia is to withdraw from the 54th Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after the EBU rejected a Georgian entry that poked fun at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
"We have decided not to change the lyrics or choose a different song. We will not go to Moscow and will not take part in Eurovision 2009," said Natia Uznadze, a producer with Georgian public television responsible for the Caucasus nation's Eurovision entry.
"It's still not clear to us why Eurovision took this decision. We have not received a concrete explanation," she told AFP.
The song titled "We don't wanna put in," performed by the group Stephane and 3G with its play on the prime minister's surname, was rejected by Eurovision organisers on Tuesday for the May 14-16 event, which Russia is hosting.
Georgia and Russia remain deeply at odds after a brief war between the two countries over the rebel region of South Ossetia last August.
Georgia chose the song after initially considering boycotting the contest.
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"We have decided not to change the lyrics or choose a different song. We will not go to Moscow and will not take part in Eurovision 2009," said Natia Uznadze, a producer with Georgian public television responsible for the Caucasus nation's Eurovision entry.
"It's still not clear to us why Eurovision took this decision. We have not received a concrete explanation," she told AFP.
The song titled "We don't wanna put in," performed by the group Stephane and 3G with its play on the prime minister's surname, was rejected by Eurovision organisers on Tuesday for the May 14-16 event, which Russia is hosting.
Georgia and Russia remain deeply at odds after a brief war between the two countries over the rebel region of South Ossetia last August.
Georgia chose the song after initially considering boycotting the contest.
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I was not surprised at all. It was going to happened. Georgia was never happy to go to moscow anyway.
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