Nobody can possibly take it seriously anymore and expect us to win can they?
I couldn't agree less. The fact that the UK doesn't take it seriously is the main factor in why we've done so badly in recent years. People may worship the ground Terry Wogan walks on but personally I think it's his fault this sort of thing has happened. His sarcastic comments may have been funny for a couple of years but they've gotten old now and it's thankls to his comments that the United Kingdom doesn't take it seriously anymore. Pretty much every other nation considers it an honour and those representing them equally so, the sooner we get out of out own arses the better.
Of course it helps if the songs any good which I personally don't think it was but that is just down to preference I guess, that's our own fault for picking something that obviously not many people liked.
And yes, political voting affects the UK in an adverse way as the only real "allies" we ever had since televoting was put into place are Ireland and Malta. Russia really were destined to win from the start considering who else was taking part and I guess I was a bit of an idiot for not seeing that myself. Though that was by a long long way my most hated song of the competition so maybe that's why I just tried to stay as far away from it as possible.
I hate saying that it is simply down to politics when talking about this, so I won't; I'll say it's mainly down to politics why Russia did so well and the UK did so badly. Personally I couldn't give a crap about where in the world or what language the winning entry is from as long as I like the song.
I porobably shouldn't be as annoyed as I am about this as it happens every year anyway but this was the first time in years I'd actually been looking forward to it and even took the time to check up on entries before hand only for it to end as it always has done.
Bah.
All valid points you raise there. It seems definately apparent that any country not taking it seriously or sending in a comedy song (e.g. Ireland) is going to get shafted in votes on the night by the ones taking it more seriously. All I'm saying is, a majority saw Eurovision as a farce even before this supposed Eastern European bloc political voting became more noted and maybe Wogan has played some part in that. But why is there a national uproar over it every year? Yes there's the same cases of political voting as there always has been (Andorra gives 12 to Spain, Norway 12 to Denmark etc) but surely the only way you'll be taken seriously and gain a little bit of respect back is by sending in proper artists, not an X-Factor reject. As I understand, the Russian singer already had several number ones before entering the contest. And the UK's not in dire shape in terms of pop music, let's be honest. Leona Lewis is the first one that springs to mind and who I could see doing well. Now if her entry only got 10 points on the night, then I would indeed cry foul over some kind of political shenanigans. But would you even see her entering? No chance, it's for the lesser, unheard artists it would seem and that's probably why they fail each year. Get a proper artist, a decent song, some hype surrounding it and then see what happens. I would be genuinely surprised if it produced the same kind of results.
I've always thought the UK shouldn't send in a pop act for once and send in a rock one. Think about it, Finland already plays to it's strengths by sending in a metal band, with metal surely as it's most popular music export, and what genre of music in the UK has produced the most iconic artists/bands? Rock music of course. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, the list goes on. May as well, it surely can't do much worse than any other act and it would be good to see a change. Though it will never happen if it depends on the public vote each year.
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