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We need to put in some genuinely popular (before they even think of entering) UK artist, not someone developed just to enter for one year.
Definitely no, nil point or not.
Those famous UK artists are already rich so No need to involve them. The opportunity should be given to other freshers who needs a platform to start their singing career or song writing career etc. I would give it to all the amateurs to let them gain the big stage experience etc.
If other EU countries want to send their famous singers etc so be it.
We need to put in some genuinely popular (before they even think of entering) UK artist,
I seem to remember many years ago we used to do that and got accused by other countries of having an unfair advantage as none of them had internationally known acts they could put forward. I'd rather we just took a punt on something outlandish but memorable rather than the blandness we seem to go for now - treat it as the bit of fun that it is and forget about the score.
Showcasing musical brilliance? Behave. It’s third rate karaoke, at best. Do you think that anyone will remember the act that won this year by the time next years comes around? Of course not!
Do you think that they’re going to go on to a glittering career selling multi-platinum albums? Don’t be daft. They’ll be back miming to PA’s in gay bars in Helsinki.
I’d much rather we carried on sneeringly taking the piss and laughing along with Graeme Norton at all the sub-X-Factor bilge it churns out every year. And if they carry on giving us nil points then I’ll carry on betting on it, though I’ll be putting bigger bets on next time around
Sums it up nicely to me.
Stone Dead Last and we deserved it.
Amanda Holden's "don't know what I just said" comment after a half arsed attempt at mumbling through something "foreign" further reinforced why we are not liked as a nation.
Thought the winner was deserved. Quite liked Iceland, Finland and the guys in the yellow suits too.
and the guys in the yellow suits too.
Described magnificently by Graham Norton as 'the blokes from IT dressed as Steps'
I was expecting Amanda Holden TO... START... SPEAKING... LOUDER...AND... SLOWER... FOR... THE... BENEFIT... OF... THE... FORNIRS
rock 'n' roll
Amanda Holden’s “don’t know what I just said” comment after a half arsed attempt at mumbling through something “foreign” further reinforced why we are not liked as a nation.
That made me quite angry, and reinforces why I don't like us as a nation.
Re that photo
"....lines are closed"
Phnar phnar etc
Did noone else see the Norway entry and instantly think of Ali G doing "I believe I can fly"? I was p....in
S****. Lots of parody songs get a bit to close to the truth sometimes
And rock and roll indeed :). They looked a little wasted for the reprise
Graham Norton as ‘the blokes from IT dressed as Steps’
My favourite was 'Not so much Destiny's Child, as Destiny's Inappropriate Aunties'.
Do you think that anyone will remember the act that won this year by the time next years comes around? Of course not!
They've been knocking about a few years as it goes.
The Italian chap is claiming to was broken glass rather than coke.
Snorting broken glass is pretty Rock n Roll.
Bill Bailey/Tim Minchin combo FTW.
Well, maybe top half for a change.
Why do we send serious acts?
Is it not time to treat the competition and 'expert' votes with the contempt that it deserves?
I would be all in favour of us totally taking the piss in the future years. 1 string banjo's, no music just a bloke speaking, someone who genuinely cannot sing at all.
In fact we should reach out to everyone who featured in the early stage auditions for Xfactor and send them year after year.
Yep, deffinitely need to start taking the piss now. I love eurovision, just because it's rediculous, but we need to stop trying to win the bloody thing and just have a laugh.
Thats not the british way though is it. We feel the need to try and prove we're better than them for some reason...
We're not trying to win it, though. We round up a ragtag crew of b-listers (no-one except the desperate really wants to do it because it's not a 'serious' competition), offer up some dirge or comedy song, play it a couple of times on radio 2, then send them off to get obliterated. The opposition are well-known in their own countries, and often beyond, their songs are hyped online and played regularly on radio/tv across the voting countries in the months leading up to the competition.
Creating the buzz around an act or a song is the key, we haven't engaged with that process at all, even domestically. It's obvious that's what we need to do, but we can't be arsed, just send a bloke wearing a binbag standing in front of a black background who can't even hit the low notes in a song he wrote himself.
If we can't be bothered, we should stop part-paying for the thing, then at least our act would be put out of its misery in the semis.
I would be all in favour of us totally taking the piss in the future years. 1 string banjo’s, no music just a bloke speaking, someone who genuinely cannot sing at all.
we'd lose our big 5 status and have to do the semi-finals and then have the ignominy nul points in the qualis.
We feel the need to try and prove we’re better than them for some reason…
This isn't what we're doing though, is it. Or if it is, the people who are making the decisions are utterly inept.
I'm a big Eurovision fan, I think it's a good night of fun telly, with the occasional half-decent pop song in there.
Song-wise, our entry this year wasn't actually that bad, it was a decent dance-pop record, but it was performed by someone with a poor voice and very little stage presence; there is definitely an X-factor in these things, and he didn't have it. A better performer with much livelier staging could have got a lot more out of it, and done much better.
However, kudos for the magnanimity with which he reacted to the outcome. Fair play fella.
Bill Bailey/Tim Minchin combo FTW.
Well, maybe top half for a change.
I'd maybe watch it if we did this! 😀
However, kudos for the magnanimity with which he reacted to the outcome. Fair play fella.
Hear hear. I think that's the one thing that has reflected on the UK well in the whole sorry mess (if anyone else noticed!).
kelvin, you're an hour late 🙂
I reckon a Timmy Mallet/Mr Blobby combo would be just the ticket.
Although Bill Bailey doing some thrash metal would also be quite enjoyable.
So I see! Doh!
Only problem is that it's expensive to put on if you win, remember how Ireland put duff entries in because they won it a few times in quick succession ? I reckon we should just put a non-serious entry in and plan for nul points.
No big UK bands would go anywhere near it because it'd be career suicide. Celine Dion went to america to get her career started and her mananagement made sure that her Eurovision entry was not a topic for discussion.
i never watch it at all as its a joke etc. But I was at my sisters on saturday and ended up watching a good chunk of it and it was hilarious
Im going to watch it from now on f>>> it. the best bit about years gone by was Terry Wogan's gentle pee taking and Graham Norton is a worthy successor.
the bit about the Ukraine entry and "if you're wondering what ever happened to Orville, then this singer is wearing him." well funny
Id love to see us embrace the high camp in a gently pee taking way, not nasty like Brexiteers would like
Bill Bailey would be great, but I'd love Sleaford Mods to do a song. It'd be so funny. I reckon you could convince Jason Williamson go give it a go as the ultimate punk statement.
but we need to just go for it - we'll be getting nil points in perpetuity now so whatevs
Only problem is that it’s expensive to put on if you win, remember how Ireland put duff entries in because they won it a few times in quick succession ?
Is that not a Father Ted episode that you're misremembering as real life?
Bill Bailey in an ABBA satin jumpsuit surrounded by more keyboards than Rick Wakeman would be Eurotastic.
Or bring back Brotherhood of Man; "...vaccines for me, save all your vaccines for me..."
You really do have to love Daði really. They/he really embody Eurovision