The Eurovision Song Contest is supposed to be the pinnacle of global harmony - and kitschy fun. But recently, Georgia withdrew from the contest after organizers banned its entry for taking an unsubtle swipe at Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister. Meanwhile Russian politicians are objecting to their country being represented by a songstress from Ukraine singing partly in her native language. Elisabeth Vincentelli, theater critic of the New York Post, and a Eurovision watcher, joins us with her reaction.