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Just heard on the news that management of Dua lepa and others are to choose our entry for next year.Best of luck with that,given Europe’s attitude towards better we withdraw gracefully.
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Like it or not (and I happen to) the Eurovision event is one of the most popular programmes of the year, in the UK as much as anywhere.
Every year the UK chooses an awful entry then blames everyone else when it does poorly.
When football teams do badly they sack the manager, they don’t withdraw from the competition - that’s what’s Hellenes here and quite right too, although unless they have a serious look at it I can’t see much changing
Every year the UK chooses an awful entry then blames everyone else when it does poorly.
When football teams do badly they sack the manager, they don’t withdraw from the competition - that’s what’s Hellenes here and quite right too, although unless they have a serious look at it I can’t see much changing
I heard someone on BBC Breakfast - not sure if he was an expert because i came in part way through, and he said that voting was not political.
Somehow I doubt that - it went back to the 60's when Greece Turkey and Cyprus would ignore each other in the voting, and it has clearly got worse.
He did also say that our songs lose because they are simply not good enough, and there I think he absolutely has a point.
Somehow I doubt that - it went back to the 60's when Greece Turkey and Cyprus would ignore each other in the voting, and it has clearly got worse.
He did also say that our songs lose because they are simply not good enough, and there I think he absolutely has a point.
We’ve been over this countless retuned but the political voting so-called is largely a myth. Greece and Cyprus juries have always voted for each as far as I can recall. And Spain was accused of nefarious voting shennanigans back in the 1969s.
Things evolve with time (unless you’re Greek or Cypriot it seems). The competition is now much bigger and although there’s the odd biased vote by a jury (which currently only counts for a fraction of the total, it’s not IMO significant
Nowadays the songs get a much wider airing and the best ones get played millions of times before the big day.
The British entries are simply no good: it’s as simple as that. When was the last time the UK was quoted among the best entries in advance?
Things evolve with time (unless you’re Greek or Cypriot it seems). The competition is now much bigger and although there’s the odd biased vote by a jury (which currently only counts for a fraction of the total, it’s not IMO significant
Nowadays the songs get a much wider airing and the best ones get played millions of times before the big day.
The British entries are simply no good: it’s as simple as that. When was the last time the UK was quoted among the best entries in advance?
“ Maybe Tap management will do a better choice of song, it won't have a great effect on the voting sadly.”
I beg to differ on that: each year a fancied song nearly always wins and that song can be from anywhere: east, west, north, south.
If there’s dislike of the UK it’s more dismay that a country famed for its music doesn’t appear to make more of an effort.
Get a decent entry and you gave a chance at least of being up there
Look at Ireland: popular old Ireland you’d think, who used to win every year.
Now they hardly ever even make the final.
And it’s partly because their songs are hardly better or at least better equipped than the UK’s
I beg to differ on that: each year a fancied song nearly always wins and that song can be from anywhere: east, west, north, south.
If there’s dislike of the UK it’s more dismay that a country famed for its music doesn’t appear to make more of an effort.
Get a decent entry and you gave a chance at least of being up there
Look at Ireland: popular old Ireland you’d think, who used to win every year.
Now they hardly ever even make the final.
And it’s partly because their songs are hardly better or at least better equipped than the UK’s
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