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Why the UK will never again win Eurovision?
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I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?"
It doesn't matter who we send, it's a popularity contest and we are not popular.
It's also very much rigged |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"I think other countries enter better songs."
While that's certainly not the only reason, the political playground of the whole thing is what really dictates things.
But jeez the UK are certainly not trying to win it and more just phoning in with their participation.
What OP describes is literally the plot of Eurovision: The story of Fire Saga |
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"I think other countries enter better songs.
While that's certainly not the only reason, the political playground of the whole thing is what really dictates things.
But jeez the UK are certainly not trying to win it and more just phoning in with their participation.
What OP describes is literally the plot of Eurovision: The story of Fire Saga"
And the brilliant Father Ted episode
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It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year. |
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"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year."
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money. |
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"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year.
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money. "
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As a side question if the UK had to go through the semi finals battles would they get through to the final?
Ireland have won it more than anyone but we rarely make the finals now, which maybe not a bad thing |
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"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year.
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money. "
I think it's fun. I don't care who wins. Watching the ridiculous acts and hearing Graham Norton's comments is a highlight of my year. Just because the UK doesn't win very often doesn't make it a waste of money. This country doesn't win football tournaments or other sporting competitions very often - are we meant to pull out of those too? |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?"
Because it's political and they all hate the English..... Not sure the quality of the song has anything to do with it.
Can anyone humm a eurovjsion winning song from the last 20 years? |
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"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year.
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money.
I think it's fun. I don't care who wins. Watching the ridiculous acts and hearing Graham Norton's comments is a highlight of my year. Just because the UK doesn't win very often doesn't make it a waste of money. This country doesn't win football tournaments or other sporting competitions very often - are we meant to pull out of those too?"
The difference between sports events and eurovision is that we do well in sports and make the effort whereas in eurovision, we do not. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year.
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money.
I think it's fun. I don't care who wins. Watching the ridiculous acts and hearing Graham Norton's comments is a highlight of my year. Just because the UK doesn't win very often doesn't make it a waste of money. This country doesn't win football tournaments or other sporting competitions very often - are we meant to pull out of those too?"
I certainly agree with you, it's certainly not about winning it.
However, they could still show it, regardless of whether the UK has an entry or not. |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
Because it's political and they all hate the English..... Not sure the quality of the song has anything to do with it.
Can anyone humm a eurovjsion winning song from the last 20 years? "
Still Making My Mind Up about which one to hum |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
Because it's political and they all hate the English..... Not sure the quality of the song has anything to do with it.
Can anyone humm a eurovjsion winning song from the last 20 years? "
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
Because it's political and they all hate the English..... Not sure the quality of the song has anything to do with it.
Can anyone humm a eurovjsion winning song from the last 20 years? "
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"I think other countries enter better songs.
This I'm sure the BBC already know which is why they deliberately pick terrible songs."
The thing costs a huge fortune to run… the contest nearly bankrupted RTE when Ireland won 3 times in a row… that is why they send shit songs now as well!!!
You can split the countries who compete into 4
1) those who desperately want to win and see it as a tourism advert for their country (mainly Eastern European)
2) those that have taken it seriously (Sweden, Denmark ect)
3) those who haven’t hosted in a while .. but feel the need to take it seriously for a few years for their rep just so they can host every so often (The big 5, most of Western and Southern Europe and Israel)
4) those that are past caring.. or those that have just hosted and can’t afford to host again! |
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"It's not surprising if many of us want the UK to back out of this contest.
I know this will probably make us look like sore losers but to be honest, it's probably better than be made a laughing stock almost every year.
I agree. It's time. I've loved this contest ever since I was a little kid. But it's no fun anymore & a waste of licence payers money.
I think it's fun. I don't care who wins. Watching the ridiculous acts and hearing Graham Norton's comments is a highlight of my year. Just because the UK doesn't win very often doesn't make it a waste of money. This country doesn't win football tournaments or other sporting competitions very often - are we meant to pull out of those too?"
I love it. I get together with a few of my family and some of my mates and we always have an absolute blast. Subtitles on so we can understand the true bizarreness of some of the songs, class!
A few years ago we all went to a bar in Liverpool where Sonia was performing, watched it on a huge screen there and got absolutely slaughtered playing daft drinking games. It was great, but I think I prefer a house party where different people join the group video chat to join in on the fun.
Yes, we're going to come last. Yes, the whole thing is ridiculous. In 2012 it cost us £310k to participate. Gary Lineker is paid £1.3m by the BBC, Zoe Ball is paid £1.1m. Vanessa Feltz is paid just under £400k.
By contrast I think Eurovision is a bargain!
If we ever won it would cost somewhere in the region of €15m-€20m to host (the EBU only contributes around €6m, the host country picks up the rest of the costs). I'm not convinced it's such a bad thing to come last. |
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There may be some within the BBC who understand a win for the UK would revive interest in Eurovision and attract the attention of the wealthy streaming giants like Prime, who would likely steal it away at the first opportunity, but equally I believe there are a lot of honest, hard working folks at the BBC, who understand a win for the UK would / could be a moment of national pride when we could most do with some, and who want nothing more than to get massive ratings and gain recognition by the public, their bosses and their peers for the project they've been working on all year. |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
It doesn't matter who we send, it's a popularity contest and we are not popular.
It's also very much rigged"
It's not "rigged", it's just that most vote for their favourite country rather than their favourite song. |
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These claims that it’s a popularity contest and the same countries always get the points is nonsense! Italy won last year with a brilliant song and throughly deserved it. Switzerland and France ran it a close 2nd and they were really good songs too. Two years before that the Netherlands fully deserved it but historically these nations don’t fare particularly well.
Granted, Greece and Cyprus always vote for each other but political voting as a whole has diminished vastly and now it’s far more weighted towards the actual song and performance!
As far as the UK goes, name the last good song we entered? Tells you everything you need to know about why we haven’t come close and will continue to languish in last place until we actually make the effort  |
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Plus we never play the game every other nation plays by releasing our song throughout Europe in the lead up and getting our act out there to promote it. A lot of the really popular songs have done the ground work for months before and built up a following that takes them in to the competition proper |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Plus we never play the game every other nation plays by releasing our song throughout Europe in the lead up and getting our act out there to promote it. A lot of the really popular songs have done the ground work for months before and built up a following that takes them in to the competition proper "
Our songs would still be a pile of wank, prior exposure or not. |
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Bring back the days of mary hopkins.. Those were the days my friend I thought they would never end.. How times change and in this sense not for the better I was lucky enough to see her win that and in that time I've personally not heard a song as good since then in the eurovision Its a shame but true. |
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"These claims that it’s a popularity contest and the same countries always get the points is nonsense! Italy won last year with a brilliant song and throughly deserved it. Switzerland and France ran it a close 2nd and they were really good songs too. Two years before that the Netherlands fully deserved it but historically these nations don’t fare particularly well.
Granted, Greece and Cyprus always vote for each other but political voting as a whole has diminished vastly and now it’s far more weighted towards the actual song and performance!
As far as the UK goes, name the last good song we entered? Tells you everything you need to know about why we haven’t come close and will continue to languish in last place until we actually make the effort "
It's a pity the BBC is what's holding the UK back from making any proper effort with the amount of crap they put through. |
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Personally I love the fact we get nil points, the voting is the best bit of the show, always has been. Even when they added in the public vote to the judge’s vote, really hasn’t made much difference which country votes for which |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
Because it's political and they all hate the English..... Not sure the quality of the song has anything to do with it.
Can anyone humm a eurovjsion winning song from the last 20 years?
Still Making My Mind Up about which one to hum"
That was 40 years ago.! |
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Outwith the Eurovision song contest which is a politically point basis scoring contest and sometimes can actually be about the song.
We have some of,if not the best song writers and singers or bands in the world... End off! |
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There is something seriously amiss with the whole process while granted the songs the uk submit are not winning material they certainly aren’t bad enough to have zero points after an hours voting repeatedly over years but some countries enter the biggest load of tosh almost for comedy value and score in the top five. |
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"I know that the Eurovision is not for a few months yet but I thought I'd discuss why the UK will never again win this song contest.
I've heard many reason why but I think I know why. The reason why the UK will never win again is because the BBC will not allow it.
The BBC won't let the UK win as it means having to fork out loads of money to host the next event so to make sure we don't win, they pick a random unknown singer and have them sing a song completely half-assed.
What do you think?
It doesn't matter who we send, it's a popularity contest and we are not popular.
It's also very much rigged"
Much of the voting based around politics |
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I think you either love or loath eurovision. I find it highly entertaining for one night only. Admittedly low brow but so what. I even enjoy the hilarious voting. Tbf, there are a few decent entries this year. I usually like the ones that fit more around the eurovision style. My favourites at the moment are Albania,Cyprus, Finland,Spain, France, Greece, Israel and UK. Not necessarily in that order and my list changes a bit everytime I hear them. I would say France and Cyprus my top two at the moment followed by Greece and UK.
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"Time this third rate event died a natural death."
The millions who watch it will something to say about that. It's because of what it is that people like it and the secret pleasure of many. You either love or you don't. It's only once a year. It's not like it's on every night and can think of a lot of third rate entertainment programmes that are on our screens daily  |
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Last year had so many bangers! The Italian winners was awesome, their album is decent too. Iceland are heroes.
Some incredible Europop.
It isn't everyones cup of tea but for one nights entertain it is quality. |
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"Last year had so many bangers! The Italian winners was awesome, their album is decent too. Iceland are heroes.
Some incredible Europop.
It isn't everyones cup of tea but for one nights entertain it is quality. "
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"Be interesting to see what happened if they just voted on the songs without knowing the country’s tho
You mean... Like... On the songs / performers merit?
You might be onto something there. "
It would be like any other talent show then. No, leave it as it is |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Be interesting to see what happened if they just voted on the songs without knowing the country’s tho
You mean... Like... On the songs / performers merit?
You might be onto something there. "
That is why the contest is split into two bits… the industry and music professionals and one for the commoner’s… the music pros hear the preformance in the rehearsal |
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Look, has Britain won at anything? Ever?
Shit, if the English showed the Moldovians how to at marbles, they'd get their asses kicked at that.
Can't even win at having the stupidest most dumb assed politician, the Americans won that one. |
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"Look, has Britain won at anything? Ever?
Shit, if the English showed the Moldovians how to at marbles, they'd get their asses kicked at that.
Can't even win at having the stupidest most dumb assed politician, the Americans won that one. "
Well.. Yes of course we have. |
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