This weekend, some 100 million viewers will tune in to watch Eurovision 2009. It’s sort of an “intra-country battle of the bands.” Moscow is slated to host this year’s contest, which has an unusual amount of controversy. 

In  a special edition of Global Notes, Jerome and Tony chat with local Russian radio host, Igor Golubchik about this year’s controversies surrounding the contest. Georgia unhappy that Moscow was chosen as this year’s host, they chose a song which  mocks Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. The song from Stephane & 3G was banned from the contest and sparked the creation of a whole new song contest in protest.