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Old 19-03-2012, 10:04
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Here it is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovisio...ic-video.shtml

'Nul points'?
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:13
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Love it.

The juries will love it and with a good draw could do very well with the televote.

The reaction to the song has been brilliant so far
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:17
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17 minutes since the release and no-one's started a thread, here we go:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovisio...ic-video.shtml
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?i...united_kingdom
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:20
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It's a great song, like it a lot

Now, can someone tell the Hump that it's "will set you free", not "can", as he appears to be singing
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:20
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Wow not what I was expecting at all. Pretty impressed. If there is any justice we should get a top 3 placing because of the jury vote. It might even do well in the telephone vote too.
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:22
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It's a great song, like it a lot

Now, can someone tell the Hump that it's "will set you free", not "can", as he appears to be singing
It's "will" the last time during the epic finish.

Epic sums it up. I really really like it. And a key change as well
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:27
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You can never go wrong with a key change, let's face it

Gets a thumbs up from me, anyway, decent song.
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:29
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That's a top song, I'm thrilled we have chosen something so good. We just need to crack the voting system....
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:33
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I'm not really sure what I was expecting our song to be like this year, I was still in shock that Engelbert was representing us. I haven't heard of him since I was a kid.

The song is quite nice and he sings it well. I haven't heard any of the other songs, so I have no idea how well he will do with it though.
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:35
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Yawn.

The song is kinda simple but the performance is dull, flat and just underwhelming. It's just an old crooner singing.
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:43
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I wanted the lyrics to be "Oooh there's an Englebert standing in the room. Oooh there's there's an Englebert in the room".
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:47
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That's a top song, I'm thrilled we have chosen something so good. We just need to crack the voting system....
Well we came 5th in 2009, deserved last in 2010 and were top 5 in the televote in 2011.(juries let us down)

We do seem to have cracked it
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:47
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I wanted the lyrics to be "Oooh there's an Englebert standing in the room. Oooh there's there's an Englebert in the room".
That or "Mama Do The Humperdink"...
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:49
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I wanted the lyrics to be "Oooh there's an Englebert standing in the room. Oooh there's there's an Englebert in the room".
You've been listening to Elephant too much recently, haven't you?
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Old 19-03-2012, 10:52
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I wish we'd gone for Pixie Lott now.
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Old 19-03-2012, 11:11
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That or "Mama Do The Humperdink"...
Even better!
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Old 19-03-2012, 11:15
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I think it would have been better if they left out the key change and made it more of a melancholy song. That would have separated it from the pack a bit.
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Old 19-03-2012, 11:30
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01SQXjlhTuE

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Old 19-03-2012, 12:06
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That or "Mama Do The Humperdink"...
Keeled over from laughing!
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Old 19-03-2012, 12:27
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it's very Scott Walker.. could do well but i think it will be overshadowed.
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Old 19-03-2012, 12:32
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Its a notable improvement on 'i can' however i cant see him beating euphoria
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Old 19-03-2012, 13:14
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What the fu-? I kinda like it I dunno if it's just my ears, but does anyone else think it actually sounds like a song another European country would send in? I think it's the guitar that makes it sound very European. Also I quite like the key change really makes the song take off a bit more.
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Old 19-03-2012, 13:19
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I like it and I think it will do well. At least the UK has an entry it can be proud of, Ireland has Jedward
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Old 19-03-2012, 13:22
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What the fu-? I kinda like it I dunno if it's just my ears, but does anyone else think it actually sounds like a song another European country would send in? I think it's the guitar that makes it sound very European. Also I quite like the key change really makes the song take off a bit more.
Yep definately maybe that's why they chose it.
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Old 19-03-2012, 13:25
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Yep definately maybe that's why they chose it.
I think it'll hopefully give us a tiny bit of hope. Also, the fact it's a 'normal' song. Sometimes on the offchance, a normal song does do quite well if not overpowered by the competition
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