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Oh, what's the use? Why?

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zebakrheum · 08/02/2019 19:44

Watching 'Eurovision: You Decide' on the telly. And feeling rather sorry for the acts.

Why are we even bothering to enter this year? Every other European country will go out of their way to vote for everybody else but us, and we'll come last.

OP posts:
jimmyhill · 09/02/2019 00:13

Get a grip. The UK has finished last only three times out of 61.

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 09/02/2019 00:21

Eurovision is political anyway. Or pointlessly regional.

We've won it 5 times, as has France and Luxembourg, the only countries with more wins are Ireland (7) and Sweden (6)

Asta19 · 09/02/2019 00:25

We lose because we put in second rate acts who have very little talent! A lot of countries put in people who are big stars in their own countries and already have a big following. Here it’s seen as a joke and our entires reflect that, and we then complain the voting is “political”. No it isn’t. We just don’t take it seriously which is why we don’t win.

Ifonlybatshadhats · 09/02/2019 00:33

I love Eurovision but we always have rubbish songs; it's so sad that the majority of the UK see the Eurovision as a joke. Another nail in the coffin of our embarrassing situation. Again.

SapphireSeptember · 09/02/2019 00:50

Maybe if we actually sent someone good, we'd win more often. Why don't we send Muse? Or Alestorm? Or Season's End? Or Pythia?
2006/2007 were pretty good years for someone with my musical tastes. I also wonder if Germany could claim Evanescence one year as their guitarist is German...

Nothininmenoggin · 09/02/2019 01:07

I think we could send Adele with the best song ever and they would still mark us low. It's all political but on the other hand it's a bloody good laughGrin

MitziK · 09/02/2019 01:47

Adele sings whining dirges with shit vocal technique. She could have been rich, famous and not fucked up her vocal chords if she'd avoided the Brit school machine and built a career slowly. They'd be welcome to her.

As per the current contestants, two on breakfast TV sounded identical. Not the songs (which are all much of a muchness) but the voice itself. Mainly because it was more the product of a computer than anything to do with the women credited as 'singing'.

It's not even second rate or the equivalent of Z list talent. It's so beyond that, you need to use Chinese characters in order to have them far enough down the list.

It's not political. We just send them shit.

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 09/02/2019 02:14

It is a shame that the votes tend to be political.
This year's singer is from my home town and has given up his business to do Eurovision. I just hope that the votes are fair this time, cos he is a lovely person and makes amazing waffles and milkshakes Grin

Nothininmenoggin · 09/02/2019 19:28

Mitzik I think you will find that Adele is rich and famous. She has a powerhouse of a voice that millions of people appreciate and love listening to, though obviously you aren't a fan. Each to their own.

Amanduh · 09/02/2019 19:29

Lol, it’s a 110% political. We all know it. Fun though

HeckinHell · 09/02/2019 19:36

Sapphire - imagine if we sent Alestorm with ‘Fucked with an Anchor’? Guaranteed win!

VanillaSauce · 09/02/2019 19:40

Maybe we'll vote ourselves out this time.

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raviolidreaming · 09/02/2019 19:44

Alas, I can't imagine Muse, Adele etc seeing Eurovision as a great career move. We can't just send them like some sort of musical national conscription Grin

MitziK · 09/02/2019 19:46

She wouldn't have had to worry about permanently losing her voice if she'd learned some decent technique over time. The songs were inappropriate for a young singer, as they caused her significant damage within just a few years. But who cares about a teenager's future singing career potentially extending into her 50s and beyond when they can make oodles of money out of her by the time she's 19?

cardibach · 09/02/2019 19:49

PomBear we haven’t chosen this year’ singer yet have we? That’s what Eurovision:You Decide is doing. Unless the choice has happened during this thread without me realising...I’m not actually watching.

doodlejump1980 · 09/02/2019 19:52

Do you think the other countries will purposely vote for our entry so we have to host it next year? A kind of final brexit “fuck you” from Europe?

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 09/02/2019 19:55

cardi Voting was last night - a few of us on here were on a live thread on chat and it was fun as always.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 09/02/2019 19:59

Pom Good luck to your friend Shamrock

FourPillars · 09/02/2019 20:20

Seeing the embarrassment you Brexiteers lot are you’ll vote yourselves out of Eurovision and then whinge you didn’t know what you were voting for.

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 09/02/2019 20:23

He won! Grin

Nothininmenoggin · 09/02/2019 20:24

Please no Brexit shit on this threadGrin

Heronymous · 09/02/2019 20:27

We always do terribly anyway, there’s only so much worse it can go.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 09/02/2019 20:29

I know pom I meant in May!!