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The U.K. have long fared badly at Eurovision due to politics and our rubbish songs. I think we are doomed to coming last again this year with this miserable dirge: https:/ /mobile .twitte r.com/b bceurov ision/s tatus/1 2329628 3442382 8482
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The relevance of the Eurovision decreases year on year.
A couple of decades ago, it was compulsory viewing, with the snacks and drinks ready, and a paper and pencil to do your own scores and compare with the judges, and the UK entry being guaranteed a high place in the charts.
Now, viewers have masses more choice, and pop tastes have moved right away from the kind of song that makes the Eurovision entry for the UK.
Some might say it ended when Terry Wogan's particular brand of barbed wit ceased to enliven the broadcast.
The relevance of the Eurovision decreases year on year.
A couple of decades ago, it was compulsory viewing, with the snacks and drinks ready, and a paper and pencil to do your own scores and compare with the judges, and the UK entry being guaranteed a high place in the charts.
Now, viewers have masses more choice, and pop tastes have moved right away from the kind of song that makes the Eurovision entry for the UK.
Some might say it ended when Terry Wogan's particular brand of barbed wit ceased to enliven the broadcast.
I never really believed in Wogan's theory about the whole thing being 'political', with everyone voting for their natural allies. It seemed far more likely to me that it was simply that the citizens of two countries in the same part of Europe, and perhaps with a common language (e.g. Cyprus and Greece), might actually like the same type of music. Further, Wogan's theory totally failed to explain why his own country (Ireland) had won the competition more times than anyone else!
I enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest and I've already got the three dates for this year (for the two semis and the final) marked down on my diary sheet. However I don't see it from a nationalist viewpoint and I'm never the least bothered about how well (or how badly) the UK performs in the competition. I simply want the best song to win.
Having got that lot out of the way though, I do have to agree with Thesshhh that 'My Last Breath' is unlikely to get many votes. It's not a patch on the Spanish entry:
I enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest and I've already got the three dates for this year (for the two semis and the final) marked down on my diary sheet. However I don't see it from a nationalist viewpoint and I'm never the least bothered about how well (or how badly) the UK performs in the competition. I simply want the best song to win.
Having got that lot out of the way though, I do have to agree with Thesshhh that 'My Last Breath' is unlikely to get many votes. It's not a patch on the Spanish entry:
Indeed well said in all counts!
Wogan was great, but it all seemed to get too much for him in the end.
When Dima Bilan won for Russia it seemed to send him over the edge completely.
Graham Norton is a much better commentator now IMO.
There WAS political voting of course, but it occurred always with jury votes involving one or two countries: Greece and Cyprus most notably.
Wogan was great, but it all seemed to get too much for him in the end.
When Dima Bilan won for Russia it seemed to send him over the edge completely.
Graham Norton is a much better commentator now IMO.
There WAS political voting of course, but it occurred always with jury votes involving one or two countries: Greece and Cyprus most notably.
Some of the UK'S competition on this thread.
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