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Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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broadcaster announced Georgia's withdrawal from the contest after they refused to change the song lyrics citing the EBU being "under unprecedented Russian pressure" (although no evidence of pressure being applied has been provided). The country's withdrawal was confirmed on 16 March during the running order draw. Georgia was set to perform in the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2009.
252:(also known as the Russo-Georgian War), stating that they refuse to "participate in a contest organised by a country that violates human rights and international laws", the broadcaster ultimately confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2009 contest on 19 December 2008 following talks with the contest organisers and taking into account Georgia's victory at the 198:. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of ten entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 18 February 2009. The results of a public televote combined with the votes of an expert jury resulted in the selection of "We Don't Wanna Put In" performed by Stephane and 3G as the Georgian entry. 269:
GPB opened a public submission from 22 January until 5 February 2009. 25 entries were received by the submission deadline and an expert commission selected the top ten songs from the received submissions, which were announced on 13 February 2009 and presented to the public via a special programme on
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After "We Don't Wanna Put In" had been submitted to the EBU, on 10 March, GPB was requested to either re-write the lyrics of the song or select a new entry after it was deemed that the song's lyrics did not comply with the rules of the contest regarding political connotations. On 11 March, the
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the song's lyrics were considered by some as a slight against Russia and Putin. GPB denied that the song was of a political nature, while the EBU refused to make a statement until the song was officially submitted to them. On 2 March, a protest against the song, organised by the
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Georgia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. However, on 11 March, GPB announced its withdrawal from the contest after "We Don't Wanna Put In" was rejected by the
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Prior to the 2009 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest two times since their first entry in 2007. The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been eleventh place, which was achieved in
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The 2009 Georgian entry garnered international media exposure due to political connotations in its lyrics of the song "We Don't Wanna Put In". It was also reported that the song was ineligible to compete due to the
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with the song "We Don't Wanna Put In" written by Stephane Mgebrishvili and Bibi Kvachadze. The song was performed by the group
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Georgia pulls out of Eurovision after controversial song is banned
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Note: Entries scored out signify where Georgia did not compete
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Giorgi Maisuradze, Dato Ugrekhelidze, Lika Kakiashvili
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The winner, "We Don't Wanna Put In" performed by 131: 121: 116: 99: 91: 81: 73: 65: 60: 40: 31: 819:"Stephane & 3G to represent Georgia in Moscow" 1121:"Georgia drops out of Eurovision over Putin song" 801:Georgia Sends ‘Protest Song’ to Moscow Eurovision 2824:Georgia (country) in the Eurovision Song Contest 2749: 2626: 686:"Georgia returns to the Eurovision Song Contest" 2572: 992:"Georgian song lyrics do not comply with Rules" 970:"Russian political rally against Georgian song" 612:"GPB officially withdraws from Eurovision 2009" 278:as well as online at the broadcaster's website 2601: 2551: 2517: 892:"Georgian Eurovision entry sparks news frenzy" 449: 332: 274:, hosted by Nika Lomidze and broadcast on the 2829:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 2778: 2762: 2677: 2588: 2468: 1683: 1179: 1088:"Georgia's Eurovision entry exits over lyric" 229:with the song "Peace Will Come" performed by 8: 2733: 2666: 2637: 2497: 539:, and in the context of the previous year's 358:Davit Mchedlishvili, Giorgi Mukhigulashvili 2428: 2054: 1709: 1690: 1676: 1668: 1186: 1172: 1164: 844:"Georgia: Stephane & 3G to Eurovision" 755:"Georgia: National final on February 18th" 708:"Georgia: national final on 18th February" 299: 178:originally planned to participate in the 729:"Georgia: National final on February 18" 731:. 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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Georgia
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Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Stephane and 3G
Georgian Public Broadcaster
Moscow
Russia
European Broadcasting Union
Vladimir Putin
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008
Diana Gurtskaya
introduction of semi-finals
Georgian Public Broadcaster
Russia
2008 South Ossetia war
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Tbilisi
GPB First Channel
Stephane and 3G
Stephen Budd
2008 Georgian Junior Eurovision winners
Bzikebi
Tika Patsatsia

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