HELSINKI, Finland - Eurovision Song Contest organizers said yesterday they might ban this year's Israeli entry, "Push the Button," because of its inappropriate political message.

The song, to be performed at the contest in Helsinki in May, overwhelmingly won Israel's competition Wednesday. It is sung in English, French and Hebrew by the group Teapacks and seemingly refers indirectly to Iran's nuclear ambitions and its hard-line leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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"It's absolutely clear that this kind of message is not appropriate for the competition," said Kjell Ekholm, a contest organizer. "We'll have all the delegation leaders here in Helsinki next week, and I'm sure we'll talk about this case within the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) group."

The song warns about the dangers of nuclear war, but in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, band members denied that the song is about Iran, calling that absurd.

"The lyrics of the song refer to demonic and crazy rulers, and say that he's gonna blow us up to ... kingdom come," they said.