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Eurovision 2009 Moscow Final Was The Most Expensive In History
The final show of Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow (Russia) was probably the most costly event in Russian show-biz in 2009, the total sum of money spent by Russia being debated until now. There is information that the amount exceeded $45 million, of which $33 mln (or 1 billion rubles) were given by the RF Government, $6.6 mln (or 200 mln rubles) – by the Government of Moscow city, and about $6 mln...
Georgia Hosts Alternative Song Contest
The FINANCIAL, 27/04/2009
Music Breaks Free! This will be the basic idea for which a new international music festival will be held in the capital of Georgia on 15-17 May.
Tbilisi Open Air-Alter/Vision will be the first event of this scale and sophistication to take place in Tbilisi . Freed from politics and social clichés, this festival will be carrying the European cultural spirit, thus perfectly...
Georgia Fights Back, Conduct Alternative Eurovision Show
An international music show, alternative to the Eurovision song contest, will be held in Georgia on May 9 to 16, at the same time as the Eurovision 2009 Song Contest in Moscow.
22 performers from 15 countries will participate.
According to the Rustavi 2 TV channel, the show is organized as a sign of solidarity with Stephane and 3G group, who was banned by Eurovision committee as its lyrics allegedly...
Eurovision: Georgia Has Decided to Withdraw From ESC 2009
The European Broadcasting Union, EBU has officially informed the Georgian Public Broadcasting, GPB to re-write the lyrics of Georgia’s entry song performed by Stepane & 3G and selected to present Georgia to the popular 54th Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Georgia has announced withdrawal from ESC 2009. It is not clear to Georgia why Eurovision Broadcasting Union took this decision.
Official...
Eurovision: Georgia’s Anti-Putin Song Kicked Out
CBC News, March 10, 2009
Georgia’s entry in the Eurovision song contest, a not-too-sly jab at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has been booted out of the competition because of its lyrics.
We Don’t Wanna’ Put In is a disco-funk song that seems to poke fun at the Russian leader.
The contest is being held in Moscow this May, less than a year after Russia and Georgia went to war...
Stephane & 3G for Georgia with We Don’t Wanna Put In at Eurovision-2009
Stephane & 3G Sing “We Don’t Wanna Put In” (Georgia 2009)
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Georgia Attacks Putin in its Eurovision 2009 Entry
Georgia Strikes Back in Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Georgians may use the Eurovision Song Contest to poke fun at neighbouring Russia after losing last year’s war between the two countries, if one potentially provocative song is chosen by the Georgian public as their entry for 2009. Eurovision, of course, will be held this year in Moscow, where the song Put-In Disco would probably not get much...
