Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 1:32 am
Just send a recording of an elephant’s fart. Such a waste of our time and money.
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Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:09 am
25th out of 26, wow, just a few points better than Germany, and they had better songs whilst marching through Poland.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:15 am
I blame it on Brexit
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:27 am
The answer is Cliff Richard
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:58 am
Didn't work last time.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:06 am
Would love to know how much UK pump into Eurovision every year, whatever the total, it’s a complete waste of money, especially after last nights event when we are hosting and funding on behalf of Ukraine (who gave us 1 point!!), how much additional money did that cost to host?
Europe hates UK, most points we got at any stage last night was 4 points and that was from Ireland, who you would expect/hope would give us 10-12 points!
Absolute farce and waste of money, do t get me wrong I would still watch every year, but would enjoy better knowing we weren’t throwing money away funding the annual event.
Im not saying UK should have won either, but we were not as bad as 25th out of 26 countries in the night with only 24 points.
Also Finland should have won.
If we are going to keep funding and want to win it, get a recognised artist in, Harry Styles would prob win it for us
Europe hates UK, most points we got at any stage last night was 4 points and that was from Ireland, who you would expect/hope would give us 10-12 points!
Absolute farce and waste of money, do t get me wrong I would still watch every year, but would enjoy better knowing we weren’t throwing money away funding the annual event.
Im not saying UK should have won either, but we were not as bad as 25th out of 26 countries in the night with only 24 points.
Also Finland should have won.
If we are going to keep funding and want to win it, get a recognised artist in, Harry Styles would prob win it for us
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:37 am
Spot on .Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:40 am
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:44 am
That"s Uk TV licence fee money going on that utter shi teStan1972 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:06 am Would love to know how much UK pump into Eurovision every year, whatever the total, it’s a complete waste of money, especially after last nights event when we are hosting and funding on behalf of Ukraine (who gave us 1 point!!), how much additional money did that cost to host?
Europe hates UK, most points we got at any stage last night was 4 points and that was from Ireland, who you would expect/hope would give us 10-12 points!
Absolute farce and waste of money, do t get me wrong I would still watch every year, but would enjoy better knowing we weren’t throwing money away funding the annual event.
Im not saying UK should have won either, but we were not as bad as 25th out of 26 countries in the night with only 24 points.
Also Finland should have won.
If we are going to keep funding and want to win it, get a recognised artist in, Harry Styles would prob win it for us
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:46 am
Yes, but I must say an elephants fart does seem like a good idea for next year's entry.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:49 am
It would probably win .Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:46 am Yes, but I must say an elephants fart does seem like a good idea for next year's entry.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 11:57 am
Second last was an injustice but overall it was a good show, probably done alright out of it economically.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 12:12 pm
Gave up watching it many years ago.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 12:16 pm
I just thought maybe it should be made "pay per view". That way we could see just how popular that show really is in this country .
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 12:28 pm
It's supposed to be non political, well you could have fooled me
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 12:34 pm
Exactly . That's why I hate that show so much . In the old days it used to be a bit of fun with an equal chance of winning . Nowadays it's too politicisedComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 12:28 pm It's supposed to be non political, well you could have fooled me
and with the UK having no chance of winning . I reckon we only came second last year due to our support for Ukraine . Of course it was no surprise when Ukraine won with somebody resembling a singing curtain
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 12:57 pm
What a good idea, in fact they should scrap the bbc licence and make them self funding as other tv channels manage to do. Might as well have adverts with all the breaks they have in between their programmes advertising forthcoming shows !RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 12:16 pm I just thought maybe it should be made "pay per view". That way we could see just how popular that show really is in this country .
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 1:19 pm
Maybe we should swap points for missiles with Ukraine?Stan1972 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:06 am Would love to know how much UK pump into Eurovision every year, whatever the total, it’s a complete waste of money, especially after last nights event when we are hosting and funding on behalf of Ukraine (who gave us 1 point!!), how much additional money did that cost to host?
Europe hates UK, most points we got at any stage last night was 4 points and that was from Ireland, who you would expect/hope would give us 10-12 points!
Absolute farce and waste of money, do t get me wrong I would still watch every year, but would enjoy better knowing we weren’t throwing money away funding the annual event.
Im not saying UK should have won either, but we were not as bad as 25th out of 26 countries in the night with only 24 points.
Also Finland should have won.
If we are going to keep funding and want to win it, get a recognised artist in, Harry Styles would prob win it for us
Don’t bite the hand and all that…..
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 2:43 pm
Well, I enjoyed it. And the BBC will have made a nice return too.
We do well when we enter a decent singer, a good song and put on a strong stage performance. The UK would have won last year were it not for the Ukraine solidarity vote.
This year we had a bland song and the performance on the night was flat. And with such strong competition at a technical level we were going to struggle.
Personally, I liked Finland, Australia, Israel and Czechia. I also liked the Spanish entry, which was a brave choice.
We do well when we enter a decent singer, a good song and put on a strong stage performance. The UK would have won last year were it not for the Ukraine solidarity vote.
This year we had a bland song and the performance on the night was flat. And with such strong competition at a technical level we were going to struggle.
Personally, I liked Finland, Australia, Israel and Czechia. I also liked the Spanish entry, which was a brave choice.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 2:58 pm
Dunners wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 2:43 pm Well, I enjoyed it. And the BBC will have made a nice return too.
We do well when we enter a decent singer, a good song and put on a strong stage performance. The UK would have won last year were it not for the Ukraine solidarity vote.
This year we had a bland song and the performance on the night was flat. And with such strong competition at a technical level we were going to struggle.
Personally, I liked Finland, Australia, Israel and Czechia. I also liked the Spanish entry, which was a brave choice.
Ermm, please forgive my ignorance but I've always believed that Israel and Australia wasn't in Europe . ?
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 3:36 pm
Interesting piece on the BBC's website about why their pick, the UK and Tory-hating Mae Muller, didn't do as well as they hoped she would.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65586989
There's a suggestion in other post mortems that, compared to other more successful countries, the BBC does not give its selections a decent chance to succeed, eg by given them live performance opportunities and coaching, or allowing the public to choose, rather than a committee. Sam Ryder last year was an exception, but he's way more talented that the other recent UK entrants.
I always enjoy watching the event, though I miss Wogan's commentary.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65586989
There's a suggestion in other post mortems that, compared to other more successful countries, the BBC does not give its selections a decent chance to succeed, eg by given them live performance opportunities and coaching, or allowing the public to choose, rather than a committee. Sam Ryder last year was an exception, but he's way more talented that the other recent UK entrants.
I always enjoy watching the event, though I miss Wogan's commentary.
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 3:41 pm
Maybe they identify as Europeans .......RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 2:58 pmDunners wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 2:43 pm Well, I enjoyed it. And the BBC will have made a nice return too.
We do well when we enter a decent singer, a good song and put on a strong stage performance. The UK would have won last year were it not for the Ukraine solidarity vote.
This year we had a bland song and the performance on the night was flat. And with such strong competition at a technical level we were going to struggle.
Personally, I liked Finland, Australia, Israel and Czechia. I also liked the Spanish entry, which was a brave choice.
Ermm, please forgive my ignorance but I've always believed that Israel and Australia wasn't in Europe . ?
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 4:56 pm
Why dont we make everything pay per view?RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 12:16 pm I just thought maybe it should be made "pay per view". That way we could see just how popular that show really is in this country .
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 4:57 pm
Why do you care who wins a competition that you hate?RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 12:34 pmExactly . That's why I hate that show so much . In the old days it used to be a bit of fun with an equal chance of winning . Nowadays it's too politicisedComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 12:28 pm It's supposed to be non political, well you could have fooled me
and with the UK having no chance of winning . I reckon we only came second last year due to our support for Ukraine . Of course it was no surprise when Ukraine won with somebody resembling a singing curtain
Re: Next years Eurovision UK entry
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 5:25 pm
If you look at the quality of vocals for the other female pop singers of similar age from Israel, Poland and Norway our entry was really weak in comparison. Compare to Sam Ryder's performance last year and the problem is pretty obvious.
Also our staging always seems so lame compared to other countries. Even with Space Man all Sam got was some unfolding bits of metal, must do better.
Also our staging always seems so lame compared to other countries. Even with Space Man all Sam got was some unfolding bits of metal, must do better.