Eurovision

I suspect it is down to my age - I cannot stand the cacophony and the  visuals are merely there to detract from the diabolical noise. I confess that the last time I watched that programme was when Abba rendered 'Waterloo'. It was simple, melodic and did not hurt the eyeballs. 

By the way - thank you Cliff and Sandie for your efforts

It looks as if Bill Bailey is still intent on 'throwing his hat into the ring' for next year...  

David

I last watched a Eurovision When Sandie Shaw won 

Voting is largely political. 

I have seen our entry on Youtube but I would not have voted for any song where I could not pick up all the words when sung in English

I have only seen a glimpse of the UK entry so perhaps not really fair to pass comment although the bit I saw didn't really do anything for me. 

As to being political I am sure that is possible and Terry Wogan had a few funny quips about how some countries voted.  However I have seen some research that suggests countries tend to vote for the countries they have a land border with which suggests it could be a more cultural thing than politics. So unless an outlier country has an exceptional song its likely countries will vote for those they have a cultural closeness to. If you think about the history of Europe bits of Germany and France have changed hands over the years as have Italy and Austria so that suggestion makes more sense to me. I do sometimes think the UK puts too much emphasis on the song rather than the performance? Bill Bailey has the look of a Eurovision winner!!!!

David

I didn't watch it this year but it is no wonder we didn't stand a chance.

Whether you believe it should only be about the song or not, in reality it isn't. Like a music video it should be a visual spectacular as well as a song, where good looking contestants in glamorous costumes and some unique props combine together to present a performance designed to attract votes.

If you cast your mind back to 2017 the Swedish entry was a song entitled "I can't go on" with some good looking men in suits on travellators, it didn't actually win but it was great theatre.

Our effort this year was totally forgettable and reminded of a bloke down the pub getting up for karaoke. We may never win again due to politics but we should not be pointless.