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the UK effort was cheesy, pathetic,******ed, unimaginative, unimpressive load of ********
we didn't deserve the small change of awarded points we recieved,
do they just pick the numbest most untalented ppl to enter for us every time?
It's sad really, I love Eurovision, been consciously watching it for the past 20 or so years, mainly just to see what kind of music other countries do more than our own, but the sad thing is that this country is responsible for so much fantastic musical talent in the past, not in Eurovision so much but in the real music industry, I mean how can a country responsible for stuff like The Beatles right up to The Kaiser Chiefs and all the stuff between, suddenly churn out all these crappy bands and especially when we make ourselves a complete laughing stock through out Europe by offering the dross we have like Scootch, Gemini and that crappy rap thing last year, to compete against some really good acts that are being produced elsewhere.
The only way this country is going to beat that eastern block biased voting thing going on, is by actually entering a song that is worthy of taking enough votes from people in those countries to allow us to do well, otherwise we are going to be in the bottom couple from now to eternity.
It's sad really, I love Eurovision, been consciously watching it for the past 20 or so years, mainly just to see what kind of music other countries do more than our own, but the sad thing is that this country is responsible for so much fantastic musical talent in the past, not in Eurovision so much but in the real music industry, I mean how can a country responsible for stuff like The Beatles right up to The Kaiser Chiefs and all the stuff between, suddenly churn out all these crappy bands and especially when we make ourselves a complete laughing stock through out Europe by offering the dross we have like Scootch, Gemini and that crappy rap thing last year, to compete against some really good acts that are being produced elsewhere.
The only way this country is going to beat that eastern block biased voting thing going on, is by actually entering a song that is worthy of taking enough votes from people in those countries to allow us to do well, otherwise we are going to be in the bottom couple from now to eternity.
oohh i dunno the last few years they ignored us because or iraq and american allied thanks to blair, now he's about to go thinks look brighter already
oohh i dunno the last few years they ignored us because or iraq and american allied thanks to blair, now he's about to go thinks look brighter already
I agree, there's definately politics involved... But it would help if we made a decent offering in the first place though. I still think we should have entered that song with Justin Hawkins, in my opinion it was far better and we would have got a load more points with it.
The UK may have given birth to numerous good bands and songs, but Eurovision has so little to do with the music and so much more to do with politics and favouritism, as well as the fact that UK music isnt so chart topping in the rest of europe, especially in the east.
No decent bands would risk their reputation by going on there with such a high chance of losing even with a good song. Justin Hawkins and Brian Harvey are both pretty much ex-professionals and have nothing to lose due to their throwing the towel in in favour of their drug habits.
Our songs are voted for by stupid kids, who clearly dont realise that our generic pop crap which is far too camp/gay too for mass appeal wont do well in europe, especially when the eastern block now counts for like 50% of the countries to vote.
Eurovision is a sad cheesy joke, nice for the gays to have something to watch instead of the Champions League, but I am glad that we continually enter joke songs to subtly convey our contempt. Why would we want those organized-crime ridden, offal-eating skinhead countries to like us or our culture? I'm not being patriotic, I just think Europe has nothing to offer us at all apart from cheap pasta and German cars. Switzerland get all that but without all the stupid laws and stuff.
We should stop paying for Eurovision unless all the morons who text in actually mean we get a profit out of it.
Well, The Darkness entered for the competition and were voted off, and so the lead singer went off in a huff. As in my reply to the news post, i suppose it shows either our very bad taste, or contempt for the competition.
The whole thing is a joke and not worthy of any air time, hasnt been for a few years now.
Never watch it anymore, its gone from being cheezy to just plain dire & isnt representative of the British music industry at all, which is one industry we can pat ourselves on the backs & say yeh, we're bloody good!
People seem to be forgetting that other countries also have top selling artists, but they too enter random crap into eurovision for the same reason as us.
I wouldnt say the british music industry was that great either, we produce tons of manufactured pop bands to front cheesey lyrics written by some random old dude, so real artists struggle to compete. Then we have the generic flavour of the month alternative scene which appears to be some mix of whiney emo rock crap, but will probably go back to crap hop at some point
People seem to be forgetting that other countries also have top selling artists, but they too enter random crap into eurovision for the same reason as us.
I wouldnt say the british music industry was that great either, we produce tons of manufactured pop bands to front cheesey lyrics written by some random old dude, so real artists struggle to compete. Then we have the generic flavour of the month alternative scene which appears to be some mix of whiney emo rock crap, but will probably go back to crap hop at some point
Ye it was ****, only watched the points, which was kind of entertaining.
I do agree that ANY artist who wants to keep a shred of their reputation will not enter for the UK but problem is the UK pay so little for an artist to enter.
But that could change, all they need to do is to enter decent artists (with alot of convincing) and eventually artists will want to represent the uk, cause it will be more of a honour, though i dont think this is ever gonna happen!
I did hear that Ireland didn't want to win Eurovision again, as the cost of hosting the whole damn shooting match is astronomical, so maybe UK are specifically picking the dodgiest songs and singers in an effort not to win. Its all too cringe worthy for me to watch the whole thing but my fave bit is Terry Wogan, his ramblings make my sides ache!!!!
And yes the voting was interesting although I did listen to where everyone is I am still CRAP at geography.
I did hear that Ireland didn't want to win Eurovision again, as the cost of hosting the whole damn shooting match is astronomical, so maybe UK are specifically picking the dodgiest songs and singers in an effort not to win. Its all too cringe worthy for me to watch the whole thing but my fave bit is Terry Wogan, his ramblings make my sides ache!!!!
And yes the voting was interesting although I did listen to where everyone is I am still CRAP at geography.
we were in stitches with his drunken rambles, how he gets away with it i dont know hehe
oh dear lost again
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