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Withdrawal/returning

After discussions on dat Georgia should withdraw due to the Russian participation in the 2008 South Ossetia war in Georgia In August 2008 Georgian Public Broadcaster announced a boycott could be held. In December 2008 it was announced if Georgia should return at the contest.Due the fact that they had won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008,they confirmed that they return.

National selection

Its unknown of a selection from Georgia,but internal selection seems likely,due they had late confirmed there participation.

At Eurovision

Since Georgia came 11th in the final of the 2008 contest they will have to compete in one of the two semi-finals in Moscow.

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+{{ESC National Year
-{{Infobox song contest national year
 | Year                   = 2009
-| Country                = Georgia
+| Country                = {{flag|Georgia}}
-| Preselection           = National final
+| Preselection           =
-| Preselection date      = 18 February 2009
+| Preselection date      =
-| Entrant                = [[Stephane & 3G|Stephane and 3G]]
+| Entrant                =
-| Song                   = We Don't Wanna Put In
+| Song                   =
-| Writer                 = {{unbulleted list|Stephane Mgebrishvili|Bibi Kvachadze}}
+| SF result              =
-| Final result           = ''Withdrawn''
+| Final result           =
+}}
-}}'''Georgia''' originally planned to participate in the '''Eurovision Song Contest 2009''' with the song "We Don't Wanna Put In" written by Stephane Mgebrishvili and Bibi Kvachadze. The song was performed by the group [[Stephane & 3G|Stephane and 3G]]. The Georgian broadcaster [[Georgian Public Broadcaster]] (GPB) held a national final in order to select the Georgian entry for the 2009 contest in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. 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.
+==Withdrawal/returning==
-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 [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) for perceived political references to Russian Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]].
+After discussions on dat '''Georgia''' should withdraw due to the [[Russian]] participation in the [[2008 South Ossetia war]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
-== Background ==
+In August 2008 Georgian Public Broadcaster announced a boycott could be held.
-{{main|Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
+In December 2008 it was announced if  Georgia should return at the contest.Due the fact that they had won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008,they confirmed that they return.
-Prior to the 2009 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest two times since their first entry in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Country Profile|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=50|access-date=20 November 2014|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]}}</ref> The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been eleventh place, which was achieved in [[Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]] with the song "Peace Will Come" performed by [[Diana Gurtskaya]]. Following the [[Semi-finals in the Eurovision Song Contest|introduction of semi-finals]], Georgia has managed to qualify to the final on each occasion the nation has participated in.
+==National selection==
-The Georgian national broadcaster, [[Georgian Public Broadcaster]] (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Despite initially announcing on 28 August 2008 that the country would not participate in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in protest to host country [[Russia]]'s foreign policies caused by the [[2008 South Ossetia war]] (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",<ref>{{cite web|author=Tongeren, Mario van|date=2008-08-28|title=GPB officially withdraws from Eurovision 2009|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3987|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906184008/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3987|archive-date=2008-09-06|access-date=2008-08-28|publisher=Oikotimes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Viniker|first=Barry|date=2008-08-28|title=Georgia will not participate in Moscow Eurovision|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12233|access-date=2008-08-28|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref> 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 [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008]], in which Russia awarded top marks to the country.<ref>{{cite web|last=Konstantopoulos|first=Fotis|date=2008-12-19|title=Georgia: GPB proudly changes decision and enters Eurovision 2009|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4615|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221142448/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4615|archive-date=2008-12-21|access-date=2008-12-19|publisher=Oikotimes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Floras|first=Stella|date=2008-12-19|title=Georgia returns to the Eurovision Song Contest|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12749|access-date=2008-12-19|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref>
+Its unknown of a selection from Georgia,but internal selection seems likely,due they had late confirmed there participation.
-== Before Eurovision ==
-=== National final ===
-GPB opened a public submission from 22 January 2008 until 5 February 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Klier|first=Marcus|date=2009-01-22|title=Georgia: national final on 18th February|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13002|access-date=2009-01-22|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2009-01-22|title=Georgia: National final on February 18|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4882|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130035251/http://oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4882|archive-date=2009-01-30|access-date=2009-01-22|publisher=Oikotimes}}</ref> 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 18 February 2009 at the GPB studios in [[Tbilisi]], hosted by Nika Lomidze and broadcast on the [[First Channel (Georgian TV channel)|GPB First Channel]] as well as online at the broadcaster's website ''1tv.ge''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brey|first=Marco|date=2009-01-22|title=Georgia: National final on February 18th|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1836|access-date=2009-01-22|publisher=Eurovision.tv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Klier|first=Marcus|date=18 February 2009|title=Tonight: National final in Georgia|url=http://esctoday.com/13280/tonight_national_final_in_georgia-2/|url-status=live|access-date=20 March 2021|website=Esctoday}}</ref> The winner, "We Don't Wanna Put In" performed by [[Stephane & 3G|Stephane and 3G]], was determined upon by the 50/50 combination of the votes of an expert jury headed by British producer [[Stephen Budd]] (70%) and a public televote (30%).<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=20447 Georgia Sends ‘Protest Song’ to Moscow Eurovision]. [[Civil Georgia]]. February 19, 2009</ref> In addition to the performances of the competing entries, [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008 Georgian Junior Eurovision winners]] [[Bzikebi]] performed as a guest.<ref name="Georgia2009ref1">{{cite web|last=Brey|first=Marco|date=2009-02-18|title=Stephane & 3G to represent Georgia in Moscow|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1930|access-date=2009-02-18|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]}}</ref><ref name="Georgia2009ref2">{{cite web|last=Marcus|first=Klier|date=2009-02-18|title=Georgia: Stephane & 3G to Eurovision|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13290|access-date=2009-02-18|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref><ref name="Georgia2009ref3">{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Luke|date=2009-02-18|title=Stephane & 3G wins Georgian national final; listen to the song|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5157|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221105049/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5157|archive-date=2009-02-21|access-date=2009-02-18|publisher=Oikotimes}}</ref>
-{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
-|+ Final – 18 February 2009
-|-
-! Draw
-! Artist
-! Song
-! Songwriter(s)
-! Place
-|-
-| 1
-| align="left" | Bachi Kitiashvili and Bermukha
-| align="left" | "Khvalindeli dghe" <small>({{lang|ka|ხვალინდელი დღე}})</small>
-| align="left" | Bachi Kitiashvili
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 2
-| align="left" | November
-| align="left" | "Over"
-| align="left" | Davit Mchedlishvili, Giorgi Mukhigulashvili
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 3
-| align="left" | Giorgi Maisuradze
-| align="left" | "Peace in the World"
-| align="left" | Giorgi Maisuradze, Dato Ugrekhelidze, Lika Kakiashvili
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 4
-| align="left" | [[Tika Patsatsia]]
-| align="left" | "Miracle"
-| align="left" | [[Georgios Kalpakidis|Gorgi]]
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 5
-| align="left" | Tony and Friends
-| align="left" | "Hear My Plea"
-| align="left" | Tony O'Malley
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 6
-| align="left" | [[Nodiko Tatishvili]]
-| align="left" | "No Sun When You Are Near"
-| align="left" | Levan Jibladze, Bibi Kvachadze
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 7
-| align="left" | Boris Bedia
-| align="left" | "Dagvipharavs ghmerti" <small>({{lang|ka|დაგვიფარავს ღმერთი}})</small>
-| align="left" | Merab Mamulashvili, Manana Gurgenidze
-| 3
-|- style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
-| 8
-| align="left" | [[Stephane & 3G|Stephane and 3G]]
-| align="left" | "We Don't Wanna Put In"
-| align="left" | Stephane Mgebrishvili, Bibi Kvachadze
-| 1
-|-
-| 9
-| align="left" | [[Anri Jokhadze]]
-| align="left" | "I"
-| align="left" | [[Anri Jokhadze]], Bibi Kvachadze
-| data-sort-value="4" | —
-|-
-| 10
-| align="left" | Keti Orjonikidze
-| align="left" | "Hang Out"
-| align="left" | Bachi Kitiashvili
-| 2
-|}
+==At Eurovision==
-==Song controversy and withdrawal==
+Since Georgia came 11th in the final of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008 contest]] they will have to compete in one of the two semi-finals in Moscow.
-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 [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) rules forbidding "lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature".<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Daniel|date=2009-03-10|title=Georgian Eurovision entry sparks news frenzy|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13296|access-date=2009-03-10|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref> Stephane and 3G's accented pronunciation of the words "put in" were noted as resembling the pronunciation of the surname of Russian prime minister [[Vladimir Putin]], and in the context of the previous year's [[2008 South Ossetia war]] the song's lyrics were considered by some as a slight against Russia and Putin.<ref name="iht110309">{{cite news|date=11 March 2009|title=Georgians pull out of Eurovision over 'Put in' jab|newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]]|location=[[Tbilisi]]|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/11/arts/EU-Georgia-Eurovision.php|access-date=2009-03-16}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=2009-02-19|title=Putin jibe picked for Eurovision|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7899014.stm|access-date=2009-03-10|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> On 2 March, a protest against the song, organised by the Young Russia political group, was held in [[Moscow]], Russia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gudim|first=Laura|date=2009-03-02|title=Russian political rally against Georgian song|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13420|access-date=2009-03-10|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref>
-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.<ref name="lyrics1">{{cite web|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=2009-03-10|title=Georgian song lyrics do not comply with Rules|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1993|access-date=2009-03-10|publisher=EBU}}</ref><ref name="lyrics2">{{cite web|last=Viniker|first=Barry|date=2009-03-10|title=EBU rejects Georgia Eurovision entry|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13485|access-date=2009-03-10|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=10 March 2009|title=Eurovision organizers reject Georgia's 'Put In' lyrics|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|location=[[Moscow]]|url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20090310/120503026.html|access-date=2009-03-10}}</ref><ref name="bbc">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7935865.stm Eurovision axes 'anti-Putin' song]</ref> On 11 March, the 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).<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Daniel|date=2009-02-19|title=Грузинская сторона не будет менять текст "аморальной" песни для "Евровидения"|url=http://newsru.com/cinema/20feb2009/song.html|access-date=2009-02-23|publisher=[[NEWSru]]}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/4974502/Georgia-pulls-out-of-Eurovision-after-controversial-song-is-banned.html Georgia pulls out of Eurovision after controversial song is banned]. [[The Daily Telegraph]]. 12 March 2009</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kozlov|first=Vladimir|date=12 March 2009|title=Georgia's Eurovision entry exits over lyric|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3iffcfe0c0b0255a5af13dae47afe1ddcc|url-status=dead|magazine=Hollywood Reporter|location=[[Moscow]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125155023/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3iffcfe0c0b0255a5af13dae47afe1ddcc|archive-date=25 January 2013|access-date=2009-03-16}}</ref> The country's withdrawal was confirmed on 16 March during the running order draw.<ref name="Georgia out 1">{{cite web|date=2009-03-11|title=Georgia drops out of Eurovision over Putin song|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iV0CS9I_QWMy_YqSCquJq1bimjyg|access-date=2009-03-11}}</ref><ref name="Georgia out 2">{{cite web|last=Shegrikyan|first=Zaven|date=2009-03-11|title=Georgia withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest 2009|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13491|access-date=2009-03-11|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref> Georgia was set to perform in the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2009.
 ==See also==
+*[[Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
-* [[Georgia–Russia relations]]
+*[[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]]
+{{2009 Eurovision Song Contest entries}}
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
-{{Eurovision Song Contest 2009}}
-[[Category:Georgia (country) in the Eurovision Song Contest|2009]]
-[[Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009]]
-[[Category:2009 in Georgia (country) television|Eurovision]]