Stephane and 3G ( ka, სტეფანე და 3G) are a Georgian pop group consisting of members: Stephane Mgebrishvili, Nini Badurashvili,

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and Kristine Imedadze.

Eurovision and withdrawal

On 1 March 2008, Stephane and 3G participated in the Georgian national final to represent the country at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song " Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadca ...

in Belgrade,

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. The band came 4th with the song ''I'm Free'' losing out to eventual winner

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. On 18 February 2009, Stephane and 3G participated again and won the Georgian national final, therefore the band were going to represent

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at the

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, with the song ''

We Don't Wanna Put In Georgia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "We Don't Wanna Put In" written by Stephane Mgebrishvili and Bibi Kvachadze. The song was performed by the group Stephane and 3G. The Georgian broadcaster G ...

''. However, on 10 March 2009, the European Broadcasting Union ruled that the song lyrics "do not comply with Section 4 Rule 9 of the Rules of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, and cannot take part in the competition as such", which meant that Georgia would have had to rewrite the song or choose another entry. A spokesman for the EBU said, "No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted. On March 11, 2009, Georgia decided to withdraw from Eurovision 2009, stating that EBU had been pressured into wanting to change the lyrics by Russia. The EBU stated the song's lyrics breached their guidelines regarding political messages. One of the group's members,

, represented

Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Keep the Faith" written by Anri Jokhadze and Tamara Gachechiladze. The song was performed by Tamara Gachechiladze, who was due to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Con ...

Discography

Albums

*2010: ''We Don't Wanna Put In''

Singles

* 2009: ''

References

Pop music groups from Georgia (country) Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Georgia (country) Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2009 {{Europe-band-stub