Eurovision Song Contest....time to leave?

Alegrias1

MawBe

Oh, my mind immediately sprang to Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Bach, Strauss (all of them) Berlioz, Delibes, Satie, Debussy, Wagner, etc etc tc etc et etc

Johnny Halliday, Bjork, Daft Punk, Jacques Brel, Ace of Base.

Shall we stop now

Oh and of course, beloved of all Scots - Baccara!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wDFCM7iSI

Now those artists would make Eurovision so much more enjoyable. I would watch it then . Unfortunately non of the present artistes have anywhere near their calibre, so I’ve read .

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To win the United Kingdom needs something with a fast tempo and a beat.

Something with action, like this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe_RtoYtJ_A

and this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-atc7hOwGo

though that would be impossible as a live on-stage performance!

Françoise Hardy, Dana, Andrea Bocelli

MawBe

Oh, my mind immediately sprang to Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Bach, Strauss (all of them) Berlioz, Delibes, Satie, Debussy, Wagner, etc etc tc etc et etc

Johnny Halliday, Bjork, Daft Punk, Jacques Brel, Ace of Base.

Shall we stop now

Oh and of course, beloved of all Scots - Baccara!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wDFCM7iSI

Spare us more Eurovision puhleaze

www.gransnet.com/forums/other_subjects/1297685-Nicoles-1982-Eurovision-song-various-videos-various-languages

Oh, my mind immediately sprang to Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Bach, Strauss (all of them) Berlioz, Delibes, Satie, Debussy, Wagner, etc etc tc etc et etc

I agree with Kate1949.
We have become an embarrassment too.
The other countrys hate us so why bother.

Europe takes this so very seriously mostly because of their lack of true talent and absence in the world of popular music in general

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Honestly, what world are people living in? Somebody phone U2, quick. Or a-ha. Or ABBA. Or Enrique Inglesias. Or.....

I love Eurovision. I love the funny songs, the completely barking mad songs, the sad songs and sometimes you actually get really wonderful songs that are worth repeat listening. Then to cap it all you get the sarcastic commentary which is a right old hoot. Long May it run.

Carenza123

I thought our song was nondescript and I didn’t even recognise the singer! If we are to continue in the contest someone needs to come up with a worthy song. I hope this is not political. I didn’t like the winning song either.

Agree . Europe takes this so very seriously mostly because of their lack of true talent and absence in the world of popular music in general. UK have always lead the world with popular music

WHY? do we keep stumping up our scarce cash and keep banging on about being 'one of the main contributors' ?!? Who actually gives a stuff? It's crass, old fashioned and has turned into a festival for the gay community in UK, which is fine, rock on! But. That is not what we signed up for In The 50s !! Back then there was only BBC run by Marmaduke Hussey and his ex SOE pals in the beeb thinking they were being benevolent to poor old war torn Europe after we won (yeah right) the war. We were part of an elite group of politicians etc who were trying to force us all to be mates so we wouldn't knock 7 bells out of each other again! ENOUGH! That was then-this is now. We don't need them or this heap of utter junk and they don't want us! In any way shape or form..... except for our funding to put this outdated amateurish karaoke bash on each year. We had BREXIT can we not have EUREXIT too? Pleeeeze?

The UK song was not good but I think if we had entered The Beatles and Rolling Stones combind we still would have got nil points.

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Alegrias1

I don't think we should all have prizes - it's not Alice in Wonderland. Although it looks that way sometimes ?

The fact that Australia are in it surely shows it's not to be taken too seriously. It's for fun!!

A medal for having been a performer at The Eurovision Song Contest for each performer would, in my opinion be a good thing.

Australia is a member of Eurovision.

I didn’t watch it, but found a clip afterwards. I can see why it wasn’t a hit, but saying that wouldn’t convince mein Bruder and he’d just remind me that we got fewer points.

Having seen and heard the German song, I suspect they had a pretty good idea they weren't going to win.

If we in the UK believed only the taking part mattered I suspect we’d be the only country. Certainly mein Bruder didn’t think so. He was quite vocal about the voting system which allowed Germany to come so low, but enjoyed reminding me that we had nul points.

I don't think we should all have prizes - it's not Alice in Wonderland. Although it looks that way sometimes ?

The fact that Australia are in it surely shows it's not to be taken too seriously. It's for fun!!

In it to win it, Alegrias!!

For goodness sake Australia?
What's that all about?
I love Australia but whoever asked them to join didn't pass Geography 'O' level, did they!

Alegrias1

At the risk of repeating myself....

We pay into the EBU, one of the benefits is entry to the Eurovision Song Contest Final. It's not the only benefit.

We don't enter to win. We enter to be there. Remember that old saying? ^It matters not to win or lose but how you play the game.^

If winning did not matter, each player in every team that enters the FA football cup competition would get a medal, with all the medals being the same.

And for the Olympics and so on!

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It matters not to win or lose but how you play the game.

Nah, only winning matters!! But we didn't even play the game very well did we.

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