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DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Songwriters in Ireland are upset their country is considering allowing a sock puppet of a turkey to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest.
Dustin the Turkey is a children's television entertainer and is one of six acts short-listed for nomination to represent Ireland in the contest, which announces a winner on May 24 in Belgrade.
Ireland will have a telephone vote Feb. 23 to select the national entry, and songwriter Frank McNamara, who wrote two of Ireland's seven past winners, told the Daily Telegraph it was an outrage to include the turkey puppet. He said the nomination was "giving two fingers to Irish songwriters."
Among the lyrics in the song Dustin sings to win votes are "give douze points to Ireland, for its lowlands and its highlands ... and Bono's leather pants. We brought you Guinness ... 800 years of war and strife but we all apologize for Riverdance," the report said.
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