We Don’t Wanna Put In

Stephane and 3G won the Georgian national final, and was to  represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, with the song We Don’t Wanna Put In. However, on 10 March 2009, the European Broadcasting Union ruled that the song lyrics “do not comply with Section 4 Rule 9 of the Rules of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, and cannot take part in the competition as such”, which meant that Georgia would have had to rewrite the song or choose another entry. A spokesman for the EBU said, “No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted.

On March 11, 2009, Georgia decided to withdraw from Eurovision 2009, stating that EBU had been pressured into wanting to change the lyrics by Russia. The EBU stated the song’s lyrics breached their guidelines regarding political messages. (Source Wikipedia)