Eurovision 2019

ICBM

olafgarten said:

There are basically no rules to entry for the Euro vision artists, I don't see why we can't convince ab already popular musician to represent us, we could actually have a chance. 

If we were serious about it we’d get Calvin Harris to write a song and Dua Lipa to sing it, or someone like that. But they probably wouldn’t want to.

BeardyAndy said:

Blue entered a few years back, I know they are not exactly the Beatles but they were big in the pop world at the time. Didn’t make top 10, and that was before half the English population gave the rest of Europe the middle finger!

Blue were a typical declining-career ‘nothing to lose by having a go’ entry and weren’t very good. The last time it worked was with Katrina & The Waves... that’s only just over 20 years ago, which is a lot more recently than most of the other countries have won it.

FarleyUK

Justin Hawkins has been dying to do Eurovision for ages. He lost the competition to be the representative a while ago, but I think we should just send him, and have him do a typical over the top Darkness show.

That'll show 'em.

p90fool

BeardyAndy said:

p90fool said:

olafgarten said:

There are basically no rules to entry for the Euro vision artists, I don't see why we can't convince ab already popular musician to represent us, we could actually have a chance. 

That would be even more of a poisoned chalice than being Prime Minister at the moment.

Why would any established musical artist want to be known forever more as "Nil Point", because our government had pissed off the EU or bombed the shit out of somewhere in the Middle East?

Blue entered a few years back, I know they are not exactly the Beatles but they were big in the pop world at the time. Didn’t make top 10, and that was before half the English population gave the rest of Europe the middle finger!

But after the bombing of Libya and the Iraq War. It's actually quite an eye-opener seeing how loathed the UK often is around the world, contrary to what we assume from the comfort of home. 

We like to imagine we're perceived as a kind of benign uncle to the rest of the world, but often we're regarded as a former abuser who occasionally shows we've never really changed. 
Eurovision is a healthy reminder of that. 

57Deluxe

the Pogo-ing Kate Bush got my vote... oh, then there was the younger Madona-be from Cyprus - I quite liked watching her, can't remember the song though...

HAL9000

EricTheWeary said:

I normally watch it but couldn’t last night. Had a look at a couple of scratchy versions of Madonna’s performance on YouTube today ( doesn’t seem to be on the official Eurovision channel). It’s quite odd, lots of political symbolism that I don’t quite understand I think. Or just odd, verging on the unpleasant. 

Ah yes. The fallen Madonna with the big boobies...

boogieman

BeardyAndy said:

p90fool said:

olafgarten said:

There are basically no rules to entry for the Euro vision artists, I don't see why we can't convince ab already popular musician to represent us, we could actually have a chance. 

That would be even more of a poisoned chalice than being Prime Minister at the moment.

Why would any established musical artist want to be known forever more as "Nil Point", because our government had pissed off the EU or bombed the shit out of somewhere in the Middle East?

Blue entered a few years back, I know they are not exactly the Beatles but they were big in the pop world at the time. Didn’t make top 10, and that was before half the English population gave the rest of Europe the middle finger!

Imaani was our entry a few years ago. I know she’s not exactly a household name but she’s a stunning singer (check her out performing with City Funk Orchestra if you’re a soul/funk fan, they’re brilliant). I doubt our piss poor performance is much to do with the singer really.  It’s a combination of dire songs with no hook and the fact Nobody Likes Us. 

EricTheWeary

boogieman said:

BeardyAndy said:

p90fool said:

olafgarten said:

There are basically no rules to entry for the Euro vision artists, I don't see why we can't convince ab already popular musician to represent us, we could actually have a chance. 

That would be even more of a poisoned chalice than being Prime Minister at the moment.

Why would any established musical artist want to be known forever more as "Nil Point", because our government had pissed off the EU or bombed the shit out of somewhere in the Middle East?

Blue entered a few years back, I know they are not exactly the Beatles but they were big in the pop world at the time. Didn’t make top 10, and that was before half the English population gave the rest of Europe the middle finger!

Imaani was our entry a few years ago. I know she’s not exactly a household name but she’s a stunning singer (check her out performing with City Funk Orchestra if you’re a soul/funk fan, they’re brilliant). I doubt our piss poor performance is much to do with the singer really.  It’s a combination of dire songs with no hook and the fact Nobody Likes Us. 

I watched the winner and as a song I thought it'll be nice when it's finished. The quality of music is very marginal in what wins.  

We contributed a naff song by an okay singer, nobody likes us and the UK is no longer the centre of pop music in Europe. If you go back to when the UK where the only country singing in English that was a big advantage and there was some deference toward us as the centre of pop music/ culture, the other entries usually sounded very regional with little cross border appeal. All of that has long gone, especially with the widening of the countries involved ( and Brexit has now alienated the Irish who were the only dependable voters). Any circumstances that would see the UK finishing in the top 10 are a very long way off.         
And although it isn't an important thing in itself it is, as @p90fool was saying a reminder of how many people now see us. I'm moving to Kirkcudbright and burning my passport at Hadrian's Wall... 

57Deluxe

/\ our Naff song was written by the same SWEDISH team that wrote the Swedish entry but was given away as was deemed not good enough!