Already the excitement has begun!
Georgia have withdrawn their entry because the song they chose has "political lyrics" and that's apparently not allowed under Eurovision rules. The songis subtly called "We Don't Wanna Put In". (and in case you didn't get it the chorus also includes the line "I wish I could shoot him"). As the final will be in Moscow this year, they seem very brave to even have wanted to go, but sadly they've withdrawn and there'll be no Georgia entry.
Meanwhile there is fuss in Russia itself, as they have chosen a Ukrainian woman to sing their song, and some of the lyrics are in Ukrainian, which has upset those who believe that Eurovision is all about plantting your nationalistic jackboot over the face of the pan-European project.
(Romania, realising that to win this thing you have to appeal to your neighbours, have selected a song called "Balkan Girls". This is somewhat ironic since Romania spends much of its time attempting to pretend that it doesn't have any Balkan-ness to speak of, and is in fact all Latin all the time. But the Balkan block vote is highly coveted come Eurovision so they've sacrificed their sense or unbalkanness for the greater good)
Does Eurovision belong in Music or TV?
Georgia have withdrawn their entry because the song they chose has "political lyrics" and that's apparently not allowed under Eurovision rules. The songis subtly called "We Don't Wanna Put In". (and in case you didn't get it the chorus also includes the line "I wish I could shoot him"). As the final will be in Moscow this year, they seem very brave to even have wanted to go, but sadly they've withdrawn and there'll be no Georgia entry.
Meanwhile there is fuss in Russia itself, as they have chosen a Ukrainian woman to sing their song, and some of the lyrics are in Ukrainian, which has upset those who believe that Eurovision is all about plantting your nationalistic jackboot over the face of the pan-European project.
(Romania, realising that to win this thing you have to appeal to your neighbours, have selected a song called "Balkan Girls". This is somewhat ironic since Romania spends much of its time attempting to pretend that it doesn't have any Balkan-ness to speak of, and is in fact all Latin all the time. But the Balkan block vote is highly coveted come Eurovision so they've sacrificed their sense or unbalkanness for the greater good)
Does Eurovision belong in Music or TV?
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