TV chiefs ban Eurovision entry

Berlin - Broadcasting chiefs banned female act Loverocket yesterday from appearing in Germany's competition to choose an entry…

Berlin - Broadcasting chiefs banned female act Loverocket yesterday from appearing in Germany's competition to choose an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest after the band's dancers said they would strip on live TV.

Loverocket had threatened to peel off spacesuit outfits when performing a pop ditty which goes to the tune of a TV commercial for a telephone sex line.

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