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Members of Georgia's Eurovision 2009 song contest entry, pop group "Stephane and 3G" (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) 12.03.2009, 01:36 2 comments

Politics intrudes as Georgia quits Eurovision

They didn't want to put in, so they've decided to pull out. Georgia has decided not to take part in this year's Eurovision, after the country's entry caused a controversy before the competition even began.

'Stephane and 3G' 10.03.2009, 19:30 2 comments

Georgia’s ‘Putin song’ banned from Eurovision

The organizers of the Eurovision contest have informed the participants from Georgia that the lyrics of their song do not comply with the rules of the competition.

21.02.2009, 07:45 1 comment

Georgia faces Eurovision axe over Putin song

Georgia’s Eurovision pre-selection jury has chosen a provocative anti-Putin song called “We Don't Wanna Put In” for this year’s Eurovision song contest, which will be held on May 16 in Moscow.

RT Photo / Diana El-Bakri 26.04.2009, 20:41 1 comment

Abracadabra experimental art festival hit Moscow

An interactive trip into experimental forms of art reverberates through the old wine warehouses at Moscow’s Winzavod Art Centre. This is the Abracadabra art festival, this year entitled ‘Evolution- New possibilities.’

The Toppers (AFP Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov) 13.05.2009, 12:37 1 comment

Netherlands vows to support gay community at Eurovision

The Netherlands may louse up the Eurovision Song Concert if Moscow’s authorities block the gay pride parade which is planned to take place in Moscow on May 16 – the day of the Eurovision Final.

Vladimir Putin  shakes hands with Azerbaijan's entry into the 2009 Eurovision song contest AySel and Arash during rehearals in Moscow on May 9, 2009 (AFP Photo / Anton Belitsky) 09.05.2009, 15:18

Putin makes surprise appearance at Eurovision

Russian PM Vladimir Putin took the stage at Eurovision to greet one of the favorites to win the contest, pop singers AySel & Arash, during their rehearsal. The duo is representing Azerbaijan.

14.05.2009, 16:04

ISS crew to kick-off Eurovision final voting

The official start to voting for the best act at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be given by the crew of the International Space Station, the Russian Space Agency reports on Thursday.

24.06.2009, 17:42

Warning: Erotic love ritual

Part opera, part theatre, “The Navigator” from Australian director Barrie Kosky arrives at the Chekhov festival in Moscow on June 25.

London’s Covent Garden 29.07.2009, 19:24

Three weeks of Mariinsky Theater in Covent Garden

Russia’s Mariinsky Theater troupe comes to the main stage of London’s Covent Garden with Wagner’s monumental four-opera cycle and a collection of their best ballets.

31.07.2009, 18:43

Afrobeat legend to hit Moscow

The great drummer of our times, one of the co-founders of afrobeat genre and its sophisticated rhythms, Tony Allen, is giving a concert in Moscow on August 1, opening the 4th NuNote Lounge Festival.

A race for losers at the hippodrome?

Published: 21 April, 2009, 14:36


After Georgia quit the race for the best song at the Eurovision singing contest in Moscow, it decided to launch its own version of the popular live show.

 
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