Nil Points Again!

[thesshhh]

The U.K. have long fared badly at Eurovision due to politics and our rubbish songs. I think we are doomed to coming last again this year with this miserable dirge: https://mobile.twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1232962834423828482
What do you think?

[vulcan42]

Instantly forgettable.

[Spicerack]

Sounds OK. Similar to lots of other records that play all day (presume they're hits) on the radio nowadays.
Lol, I sound like an old fogey because I am.

[andy-hughes]

It does sound like generic UK chart music - nothing to set it apart at all.

I think politics has killed our chances in the Eurovision - we should expect never to win ever again.

[gingejbee]

and, let's face it, does it matter...and who cares?

[dannyk13]

//and who cares?//
These people care:-

https://eurovoix.com/2019/02/09/united-kingdom-1-17-million-viewers-for-eurovision-you-decide/

[ichkeria]

Nothing to do with politics.
Everything to do with failing to understand or more likely care about what is needed to come up with a likely winner.
Or at least one likely to get into the European places.

[andy-hughes]

ginge - // and, let's face it, does it matter...and who cares? //

The relevance of the Eurovision decreases year on year.

A couple of decades ago, it was compulsory viewing, with the snacks and drinks ready, and a paper and pencil to do your own scores and compare with the judges, and the UK entry being guaranteed a high place in the charts.

Now, viewers have masses more choice, and pop tastes have moved right away from the kind of song that makes the Eurovision entry for the UK.

Some might say it ended when Terry Wogan's particular brand of barbed wit ceased to enliven the broadcast.

[ichkeria]

I suspect that the people who make and watch these programs are not the same people who watch the actual contest.

[ichkeria]

I don’t know the figures but I think Eurovision is as popular as ever. As with a lot of things social media has given it a new dimension as well.

[Old_Geezer]

"I think Eurovision is as popular as ever."
Such a low target probably means that, that's not saying a lot.

[douglas9401]

He does, at least, have the good grace to use his full name to avoid upsetting learned gentlemen of this parish.

[DeeLicious]

Depressing curap. Whatever happened to good tunes?

[mushroom25]

//Whatever happened to good tunes? //

I believe the object is to field a song that cannot possibly win, thus ensuring you don't get stuck with the expense of hosting the next contest.....

[The Builder]

Formulaic, Corporate. To coin a phrase...

A triumph of style over content :o((((

[brainiac]

I have played at a couple of song contests in European countries, and I can assure you that they take these sort of things - and Eurovision - very seriously indeed, and there is no hint of irony in their enthusiasm, as there so often is in the UK.

[Buenchico]

I never really believed in Wogan's theory about the whole thing being 'political', with everyone voting for their natural allies. It seemed far more likely to me that it was simply that the citizens of two countries in the same part of Europe, and perhaps with a common language (e.g. Cyprus and Greece), might actually like the same type of music. Further, Wogan's theory totally failed to explain why his own country (Ireland) had won the competition more times than anyone else!

I enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest and I've already got the three dates for this year (for the two semis and the final) marked down on my diary sheet. However I don't see it from a nationalist viewpoint and I'm never the least bothered about how well (or how badly) the UK performs in the competition. I simply want the best song to win.

Having got that lot out of the way though, I do have to agree with Thesshhh that 'My Last Breath' is unlikely to get many votes. It's not a patch on the Spanish entry:

[ichkeria]

Indeed well said in all counts!
Wogan was great, but it all seemed to get too much for him in the end.
When Dima Bilan won for Russia it seemed to send him over the edge completely.
Graham Norton is a much better commentator now IMO.
There WAS political voting of course, but it occurred always with jury votes involving one or two countries: Greece and Cyprus most notably.

[tonyav]

Some of the UK'S competition on this thread.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51642350

[tonyav]

Link, not thread.

[douglas9401]

"......and I can assure you that they take these sort of things - and Eurovision - very seriously indeed....."

The mystery of the curly mulleted one whose jokes are lost in translation may be about to be solved. :-)