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Israel to be banned

T. Bags | 02.03.2007 12:56

about time too.

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HELSINKI, Finland - Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Thursday they will ban this year's Israeli entry, Toe-rags' Push the Button, because of what they termed its inappropriate political message.

The song, to be performed at the contest in Helsinki in May, overwhelmingly won Israel's competition Wednesday.

It refers to Iran's alleged ‘nuclear weapons’ ambitions and its leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"It's absolutely clear that this kind of message is not appropriate for the competition," said Kjell Ekholm, an organizer of the contest.

"We'll have all the delegation leaders here in Helsinki next week, and I'm sure we'll talk about this case within the EBU [European Broadcasting Union] group."

The song warns about the dangers of nuclear war from a state thety does not have nuclear weapons, and the lyrics of the song refer to demonic and crazy rulers, and say that he's gonna blow us up to ... kingdom come.

It fails to mention their own crazy set of rulers which contain rapists, corrupt thieves and psychos.

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  1. Strange Business. — FluidX
  2. Computer Age (Push the Button) — newcleus
  3. Garbage! — Ear-ring