To be annoyed at how bad our Eurovision song is?

[AngeloMysterioso]

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??

@ExtraOnions cha cha cha was Finland and it didn't win

Country music popular in Sweden! Their national finals had a fair few countryesque sons this year (Heart of a Swedish Cowboy 🤠 was memorable ) . So it might be more popular than we are predicting. I think the juries will like it . I love it but I have shocking taste in music.

Too similar to Last Friday Night by Katy Perry imo. Otherwise it’s….ok

I genuinely think that whoever organises for the UK hasn't wanted a win since we hosted on behalf of Ukraine, and that's why we have been putting in lacklustre entries.

I'm not in the UK and had never heard it before, just listened to the first minute of it (it was all I could take) and it's an absolute mess. There are about 12 songs in there that they try and wrangle into one. It has no direction.

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.

I saw them perform live on their tour last year before they were announced for Eurovision. They, and their support act, were both excellent. They came across really well, had a fab all female band, harmonised and sang amazingly and had some great songs. However, none of their own songs sounded anything like this Eurovision entry so I suspect that they have been told this is what they are going to sing and they’ve not had any choice in it. It is a really shame as when I saw them they came across as strong women who believed in themselves and the style of music they were creating … I sadly see none of what I saw in this song which just doesn’t seem to portray their image or their style. Such a shame as with the right song they could have done really well as they came across as a really likeable trio who can sing!

We had our win but the virtue signallers took it away from Sam. I'm not sure why you're surprised OP, when interfering do gooders emotionally blackmail everyone else to vote their way. Let's not forget the disgusting bullying and harassment the last Israeli entrant had.

We don't hate the UK! You just don't put any interesting songs or acts forward for the Eurovision, so we don't give you any points. But it has nothing to do with hatred for your nations.

But it's a different matter when it concerns football. You are not the most gracious and honourable players or football fans, so yeah, nobody roots for you in football cups 😛

Surely most of the weaker songs get weeded out in the semi-finals? But as the Big Five don't pass this (admittedly imperfect) stage of quality control, they can appear in the final with any old crap and often do. The UK and Germany often score badly. France makes more of an effort and tends to do much better.

With the exception of last year, Germany have had a worse run than us in the past few years. And frankly they deserved to come above Mae Muller.

Spanish fans are, essentially, insane and loud. They make a hell of a noise, but their songs don't usually perform that well either.

France and Italy usually perform well sending very samey-efforts year on year - but those samey styles go down very well, and are very competent.

Hard disagree.

It's not about fun or good voices.

It's a song contest.

The UK consistently sends crappy songs that don't connect with any of the millions of people who tune in and vote, hence the null points.

It sounds like a Christmas advert.

Crikey, it’s next week!

I don't know why the UK keeps sending truly awful AND boring songs, then cry when the score is abysmal that it's because Europe hates them. Sam Ryder did amazing because he was very charismatic and the song was absolutely BRILLIANT. Send another song like that one and do very well again, simples.

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This. I love Eurovision, I truly do, but it's vicariously embarrassing when the UK entry comes on stage. The UK submits terrible, unmemorable songs! To hammer the final nail into the coffin of UK hopes, we often send an inexperienced amateur up on stage to sing it, pitting him or her up against other countries' accomplished professional musicians who ooze stage presence. Then we complain no-one votes for us!

I just typed out a long reply and lost it and I cba to type it all again.

Love the song, perfect for Eurovision. Sounds hard to perform live so will keep my fingers crossed for that.

We could submit an absolute banger and still do badly. PP are yanking people’s chains by claiming we always lose because all our songs are terrible. There’s been some right old shit that’s won or done well in some years, boosted by clear political voting. When some countries announce their scores, you know exactly where the points are going. I mean, just look at the scoring history for Greece and Cyprus…..

I don’t really care. I love Eurovision and all its camp silliness. Can’t wait til next weekend!

Theyre good singers and I’ve heard worse Eurovision songs but I don’t think it’s a winner.

Our entry this year is awful and Radio 2 are over playing it.
I am surprised by Ireland entry this year, not my bag but think it will do well in Eurovision land

We saw the little Graham Norton programme with the singers last night and heard the song for the first time.

Man, it was awful! I really wanted to like it but it's so bad. I agree with pp who say it is a SONG contest and this is not a good song. There's not even a catchy chorus, just that one lime they keep blaring out. Nul points from here sadly.

Eh? You forgot Celine Dion! Global megastar if ever there was one!

I don’t hate it. Plus bits have a bit of a Chappell roan vibe.

I do love the Netherlands (C’est La vie) and Sweden (Bada bada bastu) though. Can’t stand Laika Party- it’s just making money/ profile raising out of a poor dead dog!

She's Canadian. So not disproving "saying there aren't any global pop stars from anywhere else in Europe is a strong statement."

She’s Canadian.