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Will the United Kingdom ever win the Eurovision Song Contest again?
AllADream
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I've completely lost hope..
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AllADream
Posts: 38 AllADream
Posts: 38 AllADream
Posts: 38 AllADream
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48 years!
We just need to send an incredible song. Easier said than done, especially with the general attitude towards Eurovision in the UK and the BBC's treatment of it, but certainly not impossible.
We will win again - although some of us may never live to see it.
Look at Austria - last year they won this year they were last. It's all about the song and performance.
Next year Norway or Denmark will be actively pushed by STV and could likely win.
You're right. Who can forget such classics as Daz Sampson, Jemini, josh, Andy Abraham, Molly and Scootch?
Damn politics!
Look at Lordi.
Acts in the UK just don't take Eurovision seriously and are told or believe it would damage there career.
If the next Ed Sheeran or Royal Blood or Adele entered with the right song.
If the right rock band or Signer songwriter enters.
If you look how many music acts we have that are massive across Europe.
They should be fun, uptempo and a bit cheesy rather than earnest balladeers or C grade Robbie or Olly Murs cast-offs.
They'd have a better chance then. Personally I couldn't care less about winning. It's just a bit of fluff telly that I watch (very occasionally) for the spectacle, eccentricity and chance to guess how the voting goes. It's the fact it's over the top and all a bit naff that makes it halfway watchable.
Not sure you could call Austria unbiased by putting Russia and Italy in pimp slots and pushing Sweden into an unfavourable 10th. They probably would have put Sweden on 2nd if they weren't concerned of the wrath of Christer Björkman. They did what they could to prevent Sweden from being a runaway winner.
Silly Billy I am talking about real music not Eurovision. Have I entered the Twilight zone?.
Most countries will only ever win once in a blue moon. When there's so many countries competing every year and only one can win, it's normal. Is it Malta who has NEVER ever won? We won about 5 times. That's more than most countries have ever won it. I think France won about 5 times too (correst me if I'm wrong) but, like us not for a long time. It's just the way it goes. It's all about entering the right song at the right time (re what's in fashion, not sending something that's already dated) and, as I said, making sure we have decent singers who can actually perform well on the night! Also, many countries send some of their top stars who are big names, not only in their own country but in their neighbouring countries too. That's why certain regions vote for each other, I think. It's not just politics, like some people bang on about. It's about musical culture of certain regions all having and liking a similar style of music and a familiarity with their big name artists who are well known in all those countries. Yet even with all the ex-Yugoslav countries voting for each other and the ex-Soviet countries voting for each other a country like Sweden (and Austria last year) still ends up winning because they just seem to have a sound a style that appeals right across the continent or a song that everyone just connects to. Plus, I go back to it again - damn good singing!
Can you imagine if Azerbaijan had tried to push a Turkish win in 2012? There'd have been uproar.
Looking back, performing last seems to go one of two ways. Either the song does well or ends up towards the bottom of the pile. It all depends what you put there really. Putting Italy on last was a good move because it's a big climactic song just before voting.
I doubt ORF are completely unaware of the favourites. Prior to putting together the running order, Sweden and Russia were clear favourites with Sweden being favourites to win from the start. The creative producer cheekily tweeted that they might consider trying to break the curse of the 2nd position. I have no doubt that they expected Sweden to win and tried to give other favourites the chance to contend. Boring voting is the last thing they want.
To cut a long story short, we just have to give a crap.
We could send the modern day equivalent of The Beatles when they ruled the world, and we'd still not win.
And I get the feeling that whoever IS the modern day Beatles in that position, wouldn't want to see if that's true or not and risk being embarrassed by losing to some pub singer from some country that every country around them votes for!
So who picks it?