The BBC showed the dark side of the Eurovision Song Contest in Estonia in a documentary on their second channel Saturday night. The program 'Arena' looked behind the scenes of the contest and it's former winners Tanel, Dave and Ines.

The program started with a flashback to the last Eurovision Song Contest and the conflict between Tanel and Dave their managers. Soon it became clear what happened between the managers. Tanel's manager said that he “owns the biggest record company in the world, because he sold the most records on the smallest piece of land”. It appeared that Dave's manager was shocked by these words, as well as the BBC reporter.

During the show it became clear how important the role of the Eurovision Song Contest was ànd is in Estonia. During the Soviet occupation, music was the only way for Estonians to express themselves, something that already became clear for most Eurovision fans years ago.

The camera and the BBC reporter were invited at the Padar residence. Tanel's mother lives alone after her husband died a few years ago. While crying, she told that she hopes Tanel to return home. “I want to stay at the background as much as possible. It's their work and they deserve it”, mother Padar said about Tanel and Gerli.

During the BBC program it also appeared what went wrong between Tanel and Ines. While Tanel arrived, Ines asked him where he was and she asked him “have you been drinking”. According to Ines that was always the point where trouble started. Recently it appeared they broke up, which was confirmed in the BBC documentary by Tanel, who was crying about the broken relationship.

Estonian celebrity Mart Sander appeared in the program, where he told about the host selection for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The BBC reporter critisized the host selection because Mart Sander speaks English as well as other languages very well, while “Marko Matvere speaks English very bad”, according to the reporter, who suggested that Mart Sander was refused because of his sexual preference, which he did not want to comment on.

It has to be mentioned the documentary has been recorded in January, before the rehearsals started.

The BBC documentary might come on a bad point for the organisation of the contest, because the organisation did very well on promoting the bright side of Estonia and it's culture.