Georgia Withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest

Georgia has decided to pull out from the Moscow Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organizer, European Broadcasting Union, offered Georgia to either re-write its song lyrics, poking fun at Russia’s PM Putin, or to submit another song.

The Georgian public broadcaster said on March 11 the decision was made not to do either and hence not to go to Moscow.

EBU said that the song ‘We Don’t Wanna Put In’ violates the rule, which reads: “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.”

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