MyMumDimensionJumps
Why do we base our song on a bad X-factor entry that only Louis Walsh would support? However, other countries enter equally dull songs and come top/mid table.
But they are not equally dull songs if they have come top/mid table.
The songs that have made it to the final have been voted for in the semis, unlike the UK entry.
Maybe you are not hearing what two rounds of voters have heard.
And unless someone can come up with a breakdown of votes showing clearly that EU voters have refused to vote for UK entries, it is time to stop the whinging about political voting.
Said it before here, but what do you honestly think the likes of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Israel have against the UK that might motivate a political withholding of votes? Or the average teenager with a phone anywhere in the EU for that matter?
The UK entry gets chosen by some committee that is apparently answerable to nobody, and proceeds straight to the final regardless of quality. Other entries that might be pretty good are squeezed out to make room for the Big Five and the audience at home has to listen to utter mediocrity. Only Italy of the Big Five sent a good entry this year imo, though France usually makes an effort - I didn't rate their entry. The rest - Spain, UK and Germany - would have come last in their semis if Ireland hadn't if they had had to compete.
Maybe the UK committee feels the UK is doing enough just by showing up and making a token effort, and being good sports about losing. Maybe being unable to get the act together for Eurovision reflects some national neurosis.
Maybe it's true that the BBC doesn't want to host the show. But ultimately money is being spent whether the UK bombs or does well.