A controversy arose in January 2009 over a Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) television program, "Sakartvelos Didi Ateuli" (; "Georgia's Great Ten", or "Best Georgians") — a show which invited viewers to pick Georgia's top historical personages through polling by telephone, text messaging, and a special web site (www.bestgeorgians.ge). The list of contenders included over a dozen individuals who are recognized as saints by the Georgian Orthodox Church (including, for example, King David the Builder); officials of the church publicly objected to the inclusion of both religious and secular figures in the competition, as well as to the idea of having viewers put saints in rank order.