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To be annoyed at how bad our Eurovision song is?

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AngeloMysterioso · 06/05/2025 15:11

We have any number of really talented songwriters, singers and musicians in the UK. And yet the best we could come up with is a few minutes of what I could only describe as sonic chaos with three girls yelling
what
the
hell
just
HAPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENED
over and over again.

It’s not even that it’s boring, or not fun or quirky enough. It’s actually annoying, and I find myself getting more and more irritated every time I hear it which thanks to Radio 2 playing it every hour or so is distressingly often.

How have we gone from the fab Sam Ryder to Olly Alexander cavorting in a dirty toilet and now this crap??

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ObelixtheGaul · 13/05/2025 12:41

BestOfTimesBlurstOfTimes · 13/05/2025 11:59

Albania is amazing this year! Traditional instruments at the start, the female singer has been wearing a twist on traditional clothes, they’re singing in Albanian, but it’s a modern fresh song. Love it!

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Good, I will look forward to that one. I only watch the final.

BestOfTimesBlurstOfTimes · 13/05/2025 11:59

ObelixtheGaul · 07/05/2025 07:41

I miss the really local acts you used to get in Eurovision. You know, the ones where performers were in national dress doing a song in the style of a traditional regional folk number.

A lot of that got lost when the competition moved to nations having to qualify in 1992 and I think it's a shame. Of course these songs were more often found down the bottom of the right hand side of the board, whilst the generic pop/ballad tunes battled it out for the top spot.

If you see that sort of song now, it's done as a gimmick.

Albania is amazing this year! Traditional instruments at the start, the female singer has been wearing a twist on traditional clothes, they’re singing in Albanian, but it’s a modern fresh song. Love it!

the80sweregreat · 13/05/2025 10:58

No, I’d rather listen to milkshake man than our one (and I loath our entry. )
It reminded me of the novelty records you used to get in the 80s!

RaraRachael · 13/05/2025 10:49

I heard Milkshake Man this morning - awful but not on a par of awfulness with our effort - that's in a league of its own.

the80sweregreat · 13/05/2025 10:38

I liked Mae Muller’s song too.

the80sweregreat · 13/05/2025 10:17

Gina G was robbed of a win !

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 13/05/2025 10:09

I actually really liked the studio recording of Mae Muller's song - still have it on our car mixtape - but the live performance was really, really poor.

James Newman's song was OK, but that too sank in the performance on the night.

By stark contrast, as well as having a good, catchy song, Sam Ryder truly owned the stage and had so much energy, passion and charisma.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 13/05/2025 10:08

Can't we just recycle Gina G? Ooh Ahh Just a Little is made for Eurovision. IIRC it all took itself a bit too seriously in the mid 90s, so she was a bit too ahead of her time!

Oganesson118 · 13/05/2025 09:53

Mae Muller and Olly Alexander were bad enough but this badly written screech-fest is probably our worst entry of all time. Even Jemini and Dan Sampson weren't as embarrassing as this.

the80sweregreat · 13/05/2025 09:50

So many songs just repeat the same old lines.
Or maybe I’m just getting old ! 😂

NewGoldFox · 13/05/2025 09:45

I’m expecting the on stage performance to make it a fuller experience. I think it’s quite catchy and with good staging could do ok.

the80sweregreat · 13/05/2025 09:36

I know that it might do well, but the ‘Milkshake man ‘ song is mega annoying ( Australia)
I heard it on radio 2 today , complete ear worm and probably be played at every hotel ‘ mini disco ‘ session from now on! Lol

EleanorReally · 12/05/2025 20:28

it is a mish mash, i heard it for the 3rd time today, i like it less, it is also quite short and repetitive
but it doesnt matter, the rest of europe need to like it, and us

TheAutumnCrow · 12/05/2025 12:47

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 12/05/2025 12:40

It contains all of the right notes, tempos and melodies... just not necessarily in the right order Grin

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Can you imagine Eric and Les Dawson playing a duet at the piano?

I'd vote for the AI of that.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 12/05/2025 12:40

RaraRachael · 12/05/2025 11:59

I think playing this year's UK effort will probably turn people off from watching on Saturday 😅.

I'm not surprised it was a collaborative effort as that's exactly what it sounds like - a mish mash of styles stuck together with no direction or substance.

It contains all of the right notes, tempos and melodies... just not necessarily in the right order Grin

RaraRachael · 12/05/2025 11:59

I think playing this year's UK effort will probably turn people off from watching on Saturday 😅.

I'm not surprised it was a collaborative effort as that's exactly what it sounds like - a mish mash of styles stuck together with no direction or substance.

Zonder · 12/05/2025 11:47

Troubledwords · 12/05/2025 07:38

Yes, I've heard them on YouTube, but why are the overplaying the one song we don't need to listen to as we can't vote for it!

Our own song always gets lots of play. It's to rally everyone to watch the ESC.

Flossingisforteeth · 12/05/2025 07:51

It's just awful. And now we have huge numbers of school children singing/saying/writing the lyrics and trying to justify it ...

"So basically I like just got told I can't put skibbidy or toilet, or goat, bruh and now you're telling me I can't put "wtf" in my book when it's like the sigma of all songs, bruh. What the ....bruh" etc

Strangely enough, no you can't write any of that, it's your RE book, we're looking at the concept of Grace, and both SIAMS and OFSTED are due 😂

AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 12/05/2025 07:48

If UK stations played songs from the Eurovision playlist, the general public might have to admit that we don't always send songs that measure up to the competition. Maybe they're trying to avoid prompting that realisation?

Troubledwords · 12/05/2025 07:38

Yes, I've heard them on YouTube, but why are the overplaying the one song we don't need to listen to as we can't vote for it!

Puppypeewee · 12/05/2025 07:37

It’s a bit late this year? Isn’t it on earlier. Not heard out entry yet.

EleanorReally · 12/05/2025 07:35

i like it

AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 12/05/2025 07:35

Troubledwords · 12/05/2025 07:05

I've heard the UK song on the radio several times, but yet to hear, in full, a single song that we will be able to vote for. I've heard snippets when they've done a eurovision segment but where's the songs. Do other countries also not allow the songs to be played beforehand?

You're allowed to hear them. UK stations just don't tend to play the entries from other countries ahead of the contest.

The best thing to do, is go to the official Eurovision YouTube account, and watch/listen to the 2025 playlist of entries there. m.youtube.com/EurovisionSongContest

Troubledwords · 12/05/2025 07:05

I've heard the UK song on the radio several times, but yet to hear, in full, a single song that we will be able to vote for. I've heard snippets when they've done a eurovision segment but where's the songs. Do other countries also not allow the songs to be played beforehand?

the80sweregreat · 12/05/2025 06:26

Remember Monday’s song was written by a bunch of people on glue.

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