Georgia - Saakashvili: ‘Shame on Eurovision’
President Saakashvili of Georgia said that organizers of Eurovision song contest denied the Georgian entry for “political motives.” Georgia withdrew from Eurovision after the organizer, European Broadcasting Union (EBU), told Georgia to revise the lyrics of its entry, ‘We Don't Wanna Put In’. Meanwhile, Georgia organized its music festival Tbilisi Open Air-Alter/Vision, or an alternative to Eurovision. The "Saakashvili festival", which will feature twenty acts from ten countries, opens on Friday evening. Organizers said originally the festival was planned for June, but decided to move it forward to coincide with Eurovision in Moscow.
Note EU-Digest: This once again is pure immature behavior of President Saakashvili, which the world has now seen many times over when he does not get his way. Unfortunately this kind of behavior reflects negatively on Georgia as a nation.
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