Eurovision Song

[1ndex]

we are out, not chosen in 10 finalists. bye bye Bonnie :(

[factor-fiction]

It's a heartache for her, I'm sure.

[chrisgel]

Such a shame it was in Sweden and not France - Missed a golden opportunity there.

[factor-fiction]

Yes, she'd have been holding out for a zero

[237SJ]

Is that a total eclipse of her part then? I don`t know why we have anything to do with Eurovison TBH. The UK has the most innovative music industry in the world - we don`t need that rubbish.

[Mass_Hysteria]

She's not out, she doesn't have to qualify.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

Page down to "United Kingdom and the "Big Four/Five"

[ichkeria]

Yep, the UK gets a bye into the final every year. The fact that Bonne wasn't actually performing might have been a bit of a clue.

I love Eurovision. Complaining that it isn't musically very good is completely missing the point. And where else would you get to hear a song called "Feed me your burger" by Margaret Love (although I think I may have got that slightly wrong :-) )

[Svejk]

Phew!

[DJHawkes]

this year the song was already going to be released on her latest album and the beeb approached her to let them have the song for the contest. that means it does seem to have come from a source with integrity and not the randomness of a bbc phone in vote

[Mass_Hysteria]

I think the idea of choosing Bonnie to represent the UK is that she has been quite successful and popular throughout Europe.

We'll see how popular on Saturday?

[DJHawkes]

she huge in the baltics (apparently) which a very clever move by the show researchers. all the azabajaminis and hespobolas whatevers will know her

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I bloody love Eurovision. It's the highlight of my year.

[jno]

you talkin' baltics or balkans, dotty?

[DJHawkes]

so much for my grade 1 geography 'o' level, but in my defence in 1972 we had a different europe

[ichkeria]

"she huge in the baltics "

I think you're confusing her with the Israeli singer. She was very large in the er Baltics ...

[voulezvous]

Seriously, the hand picking of a song and artiste has saved the beeb and licence fee payers a great deal of money!
We had to stop paying for the vote in this country to pick our best song, when Europe would never vote for us ever ever ever! lol
Hope they like Bonnie, but they hate us, so let's see..............hope they like Bonnie, I think she's great.

[ichkeria]

"Hand picking" of the song and artiste has been done for a few years now hasn't it? They had to do something. The problem wasn't "Europe hating us" it was the fact that the UK entry was being chosen by a Saturday night X factor-style audience which is not what's needed for Eurovision.

No one's mentioned the "Balkan block vote" yet. Oh, I just did ...

[DJHawkes]

i've mentioned it twice but in code

[ichkeria]

"i've mentioned it twice but in code "

Yes I noticed:
azabajaminis and hespobolas

:-)

[elliemay1]

Is the song any good? Haven't heard it.

[Hopkirk]

It's OK, just, but easily forgettable.