Grissom Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Some in years gone by have not been bad, didn't she win it that Katrina and the Waves last time for us. 1997, what a year ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light Eurovision success just 2 days after the election that brought in Labour / Tony Blair. Things could only get better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 What a pile of donkey's dos that turned out to be! Totally outdated, embarrassing, so wildy unfair it's funny, so lacking in musical talent it's remarkable... Time we kicked it into touch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 It was Soooo embarrassing! Even My wife - who will sit apparently entranced, listening to [wherever] hasn't got any Talent, ('The Idle American', the 'X' Factor or mmost of the other crap) started to cringe. You don't even have to be in Europe to take part - and you certainly don't need talent. I watched (or was in a room when the TV was on) bits of it. I didn't think British TV could ever sink so low. Whatever happened to 'Nul points'? Do you think you might get a rebate on your licence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Wonder why 9million + people watched it then. Almost the same as Britain's got talent so someone must have been interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 You don't even have to be in Europe to take part You do however need to be a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), an organisation set up in the 50s to enable better cooperation of broadcasters in and around Europe. The EBU created the Eurovision network - a way of connecting all the member broadcasters together in order to share programmes, news, sport and allow broadcasters to use facilities in other countries (pre-dating the ability to drive somewhere with a sat truck). The Eurovision Song Contest was created as a way of testing and demonstrating this interconnection ability, and rates as one of the most watched and popular programmes on the planet each year. That's not to say it's to everyone's taste, but nothing on TV ever is. I didn't think British TV could ever sink so low. It costs less to the BBC to broadcast an edition of the Eurovision Song Contest than it does for their normal Saturday night schedule, so even if it's sunk low, it's cheaper than the normal fare of song contest, lottery gameshow and casualty. Whatever happened to 'Nul points'? It happens regularly when some country sends something that nobody likes at all, although with the semi final stage it happens less at the finals than it used to. Remember there were 13 songs that didn't get performed on Saturday because they didn't get through their semi. Do you think you might get a rebate on your licence? What for the BBC saving money over their normal programmes by showing a programme part funded by 38 other countries? Why would that earn anyone a rebate, even if it was possible to get one because they broadcast something you didn't like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Flippin rubbish again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Thank you for taking the time to reply, Dosxuk. You don't even have to be in Europe to take part... You do however need to be a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), But you don't have to be in Europe to be a member of the EBU, do you? If the Americans joined the EBU (they're not in Europe either - but that doesn't matter) could they submit an entry from every State? If the Confederate States voted for one another (cf: the Slavic states) would anybody everybody laugh? Cheap entertainment, no doubt. I (didn't watch it, but I did cringe at some of the 'music'.) Everything has a 'proiduct life cycle'. IMO, The PLC for the Eurovision Song Contest expired many years ago. It was bad enough when it was on every 6 months or so (as it seemed to be in the past) but now that it's on 3 nights in a row, that' is (IMO) taking things a little too far! Bring back Sandy Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 But you don't have to be in Europe to be a member of the EBU, do you? If the Americans joined the EBU (they're not in Europe either - but that doesn't matter) could they submit an entry from every State? No. The EBU is open to countries in the European continent and surrounding it. It's primary existence is to foster co-operation between neighbouring countries for better interworking and sharing of research, technology and ideas so that broadcasting with so many different countries bordering each other is actually achievable. Similar geographical groups exist in other parts of the world with similar aims, and there's nothing stopping them running their own song competition. It was bad enough when it was on every 6 months or so (as it seemed to be in the past) but now that it's on 3 nights in a row, that' is (IMO) taking things a little too far! It's only on for three nights (tues, thurs and sat) because it's so popular. If every country that wanted to enter performed on the Saturday the show would go from being 3 1/2 hours to nearly 5. Apart from the addition of the semi finals, it's still only an annual competition. The semi finals are only broadcast on BBC Three, so it's quite easy to avoid them, they're hardly taking up prime time viewing by preventing another repeat of Two Pints of Lager, Snog Marry Avoid and Russell Crow's Good News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Russell Crow's Good News! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 It's about time we got rid of Eurovision! It's an expensive JOKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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