Romania has been a stalwart of Eurovision since 1994, having participated in the show 22 times – and although they’re still waiting for that first victory they’ve come close on a number of occasions, reaching the top three in 20. The song, however, is still widely available on YouTube for those who want to see what the fuss is all about. Georgia was given the chance to field an alternative song but chose to withdraw from the contest altogether that year, once again leaving us wondering what might have been if they’d taken part. The song, entitled We Don’t Wanna Put In, was hauled up by the EBU for its clearly political lyrics – taking a pop at Russian president Vladimir Putin (read the title again if you want to see what we mean).
Speaking of political controversies, Georgia found themselves embroiled in one in 2009 with their attempt to send a disco number by band Stefane and 3G, in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian war. I wrote this song because this was going on inside of me’.Īnd the controversy didn’t harm her chances at the contest too much as she reached the final and finished seventh with a very respectable 249 points. My thoughts are with my motherland and what I want to spread is peace on borders. Iveta said of the move: ‘You don’t have to forget that I am representing my country in my heart, my thoughts my feelings and all my emotions. However the controversy really came when the whole thing ended in a dead heat between France’s Amina – whose song C’est Le Dernier Qui a Parlé Qui a Raison was regarded as one of the best in contest history – and Sweden’s Carola with her upbeat number Fångad Av En Stormvind.Ĭue rapped knuckles all round, with Armenia being sanctioned by the EBU and warned they could be kicked out of the contest if they did it again, with the union saying in a statement it represented a ‘serious breach’ of the rule stating that ‘no messages promoting any organisation, institution, political cause or other, company, brand, products or services shall be allowed in the shows’. The 1991 contest in Rome is legendary for all the wrong reasons, be it the fact the entire production moved from San Remo to the Italian capital at short notice on account of the war in Iraq, through to chaotic voting which saw presenter Toto Cutugno looking lost and puzzled half the time. The song, meanwhile, lives on as a favourite at Eurovision parties, with many a fan taking to the floor quite literally in a bid to recreate those saucy moves. When the second runners-up also said no, they were left with no choice but to pull out of the contest completely – leaving us all wondering what might have been if Maruv had had her moment on the Eurovision stage. Undeterred, broadcaster UA:PBC approached the runners-up to offer them the chance to represent Ukraine, but they refused too. Unsurprisingly Maruv was hot favourite for the ticket to Tel Aviv, and won their national final – only to be dropped by the local broadcaster after she refused to sign a contract temporarily barring her from playing in Russia.
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