As Macedonia's first choice of entry this year, "Imperija" was replaced as many thought it had inappropriate political undertones, it's time for a comprehensive list of the entries that can be considered political in one way or another! Technically any openly political messages are not allowed by ESC rules, but that hasn't stopped many from trying, and few have actually been refused.
The grand prize, of course, goes to Georgia 2009, "We Don't Wanna Put In!" And i don't care how much you say it wasn't a ESC entry.... it was chosen and put forward by the Georgian delegation as their 2009 entry, it doesn't matter that it wasn't actually performed at the contest!
The second place, what else, goes to "Euro Neuro", which presumably got away with it by being cryptic. But it's pretty obvious it's negative to the EU, as well as condemning nationalism and other things.
Then there's "Dancing Russia Goodbye", of course, which made many wonder how it could pass through with such an obvious anti-Russia stance.
"Eastern European Funk" would have passed for a rather innocuous celebration, if it wasn't for the one line about "survived the Reds", and a few other touches, nevertheless it made it to the ESC uncensored.
Then there's Israel's "Push the Button", which didn't upset that many, and the supposed "controversy" may have been more of a intentional publicity stunt. Funny enough, those who criticized the song mostly saw it as encouraging nuclear weapons, when the point is obviously the opposite.
From there we're moving more into songs that are just celebrations of identity (like "I Love Belarus" etc) and those that are just piss-takes with no real subject ("Baila Chiki Chiki" and that screaming turkey), but there might be some strong contenders through the years that i've missed. What's your thoughts?
The grand prize, of course, goes to Georgia 2009, "We Don't Wanna Put In!" And i don't care how much you say it wasn't a ESC entry.... it was chosen and put forward by the Georgian delegation as their 2009 entry, it doesn't matter that it wasn't actually performed at the contest!
The second place, what else, goes to "Euro Neuro", which presumably got away with it by being cryptic. But it's pretty obvious it's negative to the EU, as well as condemning nationalism and other things.
Then there's "Dancing Russia Goodbye", of course, which made many wonder how it could pass through with such an obvious anti-Russia stance.
"Eastern European Funk" would have passed for a rather innocuous celebration, if it wasn't for the one line about "survived the Reds", and a few other touches, nevertheless it made it to the ESC uncensored.
Then there's Israel's "Push the Button", which didn't upset that many, and the supposed "controversy" may have been more of a intentional publicity stunt. Funny enough, those who criticized the song mostly saw it as encouraging nuclear weapons, when the point is obviously the opposite.
From there we're moving more into songs that are just celebrations of identity (like "I Love Belarus" etc) and those that are just piss-takes with no real subject ("Baila Chiki Chiki" and that screaming turkey), but there might be some strong contenders through the years that i've missed. What's your thoughts?