EUROVISION BOSS UNHAPPY WITH ISRAEL’S NUCLEAR MESSAGE
A Eurovision Song Contest official is attempting to block Israel’s entry to this year’s (07) competition - because he feels the song is inappropriate.
Israeli pop band TEAPACKS has recorded PUSH THE BUTTON in Hebrew, English and French, and hope to wow Eurovision panellists in May (07).
But one of the contest’s Finnish organisers, KJELL EKHOLM, fears the song will be interpreted as a jab at Iran’s hard-line president and his nuclear ambitions - and the official feels that sentiment isn’t one Eurovision bosses will want to embrace.
In the song, Teapacks poke fun at "crazy rulers" who "hide and try to fool us with demonic technological willingness to harm." Ekholm says, "It’s absolutely clear that this kind of message is not appropriate for the competition." It isn’t the first time that Israel’s Eurovision entry has sparked controversy - the country was represented by transsexual pop star DANA INTERNATIONAL in 1998. The singer won that year’s competition with DIVA.
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