How rubbish is the eurovision song contest, do any of us enjoy it, should the UK stop bothering with it?

Question

i mean its all complete trash, the songs anyway, it would be ok if they were decent. oh and then theres the voting , yeah whatever its so pathetic.

Answer 1

When we won with Sandie Shaw singing Puppet on a String, it was because it was a bright, catchy tune - one that you would go away humming to...At that time the Italians (and some others) would enter a good voiced baritone with a sombre ballad...nil pois!! Eurovision then was all about looking for a song which could be enjoyed by one and all (whichever country you came from). Waterloo by ABBA was well received because again it didn't matter what language it was sung in, everyone and anyone could hum along to the music.

Having said that, a ballad could and did cinch it when the tune was well written. Johnny Logan with What's Another Year. Vicky Leandros (Luxemburg) with Apres Toi, was completely different from Boom Bang a Bang, but the sound was just right.

Let's face it - how many of the last 5 years' winning entrant songs have ever been heard again? Was a time when you couldn't avoid hearing the winner on the radio, and more often than not it reached, if not No 1, then somewhere in the top ten.

Now it's like most have said - a political scratching each other's backs venue - with contestants trying to outdo each other with the most bizarre costumes and set designs! It is no longer the song...

Answer 2

To tell you the honest truth , I only switched the Eurovision on at 10pm , just to see the voting , which is pure unadulterated politics and nothing to do with the talent shown. Terry Wogan was very funny with his 'caustic' humour - excellent!!. The contest is just a side-show. It's rapidly turning into the "Balcan Song Contest". These 'newly-freed' countries are only getting their own back after decades of percecution from the Big Bear of Russia. Of course the UK should keep going , if only for the laugh!!. The UK has always been in the sidelines in Europe , 'Island State' and all that.

Answer 3

It is a shame that the voting is spoiled by political and neighbouring votes. The UK did not have the second worst song (and I am not being biased) and neither was the Serbian entry the best, I wouldnt even have put it in the top 10. It should be based purely on the songs not some messed up bias voting.

Answer 4

Lots of reaction on Yahoo Answers about this! I think what we are seeing here is the rising authority of eastern bloc countries and their need to express themselves while carrying their allies. Britain is a nuisance in that ( although they all think this is the land of milk and honey ) and we are demoted for our actions in the middle east and being seen in support of the US. We will never get a good reaction for these very reasons, regardless of our musical prowess. Scooch were good last night, polished in performance and quite a snappy tune .... certainly not the best but worth more votes than the mockery offered by the others. We have two choices ... offer defiance and carry on or accept that this is a farce and simply pull the plug.

Answer 5

I actually thought there were a few good songs this year - Latvia, Germany and Hungary all tried something a bit different and had singers who could - well - sing.
I agree the voting system needs looking at, but whatever they do, you can't deny that Scooch's effort was poor. It was dated and weak, and relied too heavily on gaining votes through mentioning a few cities in Europe.

Answer 6

I'm starting to think that only countries using the euro should be allowed to enter.

Oh look, that excludes the UK. What a pity...

We have some great music in the UK - but because Eurovision kills the career of most entrants, we don't seem to get them going for it...

Answer 7

What its to do with is: Is us mugs in the united kingdom foot the bill for each u . s . in the international whilst they have a disaster. We combat in wars to save international locations that dont choose us there. we are the 1st u . s . to furnish help and help-workers in any disaster. We abode all the immigrants from throughout Europe. yet in the Eurovision all our continentel neighbours ignore approximately this and cant even supply us a think approximately a music contest. I wager there may be greater human beings come forward to grant us stable factors if it meant they have been given to stay in this u . s ..

Answer 8

I agree. although i think it's a good idea that countries from all over Europe join together and sing. but I just don't like their music and i think the artists just don't influence people and we all know that any voting programme is fixed. I won't bother watching next year's eurovision as not many other viewers will tune in to watch it.

Answer 9

It's total rubbish but the really annoying thing is that we put up most of the money for it.
If it weren't for our t.v licence money from the BBC going to fund it it wouldn't even be on and the other nations have the cheek to never vote for us.

The only good thing about that is that we'll always have a place. we don't have to go through the eliminating rounds!!

If it weren't for Terry Wogan I wouldn't watch it. He's great!!
I don't watch the whole programme, just the voting as it's hilarious as you know who most of the countries will vote for as it's all political, Norway always vote for Sweden and Finland, Cyprus always vote for Greece!!

Biggest laugh of the month.

Answer 10

That is the link of UK's song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h01rzk35Ig

I liked their performance, song was just in Eurovision style. Watch and listen it one more time, may be you would find some positive moments in it in comparison with the rest of the songs.
Though for me it is only N 4.