Georgia 'disappointed' over Eurovision ban

The Georgian entrants in this year's Eurovision Song Contest have said that they are disappointed at being banned from the competition.

Stephane and 3G's track 'We Don't Wanna Put In' contained a play on words attacking Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, which resulted in its removal from the contest.

Singer Christine Imedadze told the BBC: "It really means that we don't want people to interfere with our country and to throw bombs on our country.

"The song was really taken well back in our country and in Russia as well. It was just a bit of fun, really. We were disappointed because we prepared ourselves really well and we thought the song had the potential to win."

Georgia's Ambassador to the UK Giorgi Badridze said that organisers had "given into a government which simply lacks a sense of humour".