Along the way, Danny also met with several disappointments.In one episode Danny travelled to New York to try and get his country recognised by the United Nations. Unfortunately, his request was ultimately turned down because of his lack of an independent territory. Although Danny had bought his flat, he had not purchased the land on which it stands, so officially his headquarters belonged to the UK. But what disappointed Danny most of all was being refused to the Eurovision Song Contest with a song he specially recorded called 'Stop the mugging and start the hugging'. The reason he was given war that, since his country had no radio or TV station, he could not become a member of the European Broadcasting Union.