Top Cats Hat Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Who cares? This was never a serious song competition even in the days when the UK and Ireland were winning every year. It is a high camp entertainment extravaganza that is watched by millions every year. We are no more entitled to win it than any of the 40 other countries who entered. Get a grip folks! 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I haven’t watched the programme yet so I can’t say what I think of our entry. Some say it’s political because we are always at or near the bottom of the competition, I’m not sure what to think about that, but if it is all the more reason to enter. We might send an exceptionally outstanding good singer one year and the judges might forget their political views. We have won the competition a few times and come second on a number of occasions so have we just become complacent and took it for granted that we should automatically come in the top five even if our entry is rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah but Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 7 hours ago, ez8004 said: Nothing to do with the fact that our entry was mediocre at best and just down right rubbish to be brutally honest. There is far more support in other countries than ours, so it is not surprising. We could have warmed up John Lennon and George Harrison and put the Beatles up and we'd have still got nil pois. Its time Britain stopped being a major financial contributor to Eurovision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Yeah but said: We could have warmed up John Lennon and George Harrison and put the Beatles up and we'd have still got nil pois. Its time Britain stopped being a major financial contributor to Eurovision. Why? Its not set up as more cash = more votes. Win or Lose is fantastic entertainment which generates millions and millions of viewers. An estimate 7m + in the UK alone. Our 1:42 contribution share the Eurovision 2019 budget is pocket change compared to the average production cost of some dullard game show or hyped up 'talent' search. Edited May 19, 2019 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 It’s funny because even before the voting started , the eventual winner, sang with such enthusiasm and musical talent that I knew he would win. With our entry, it wasn’t the singer, but the song that let him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Yeah but said: We could have warmed up John Lennon and George Harrison and put the Beatles up and we'd have still got nil pois. Why would we have got no peas 😎 Edited May 19, 2019 by Longcol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ez8004 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 46 minutes ago, Yeah but said: We could have warmed up John Lennon and George Harrison and put the Beatles up and we'd have still got nil pois. Its time Britain stopped being a major financial contributor to Eurovision. And spend the money on what? More benefits or welfare? Still money down the drain, so what is different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Ontarian1981 said: Cliff Richard and Sandie Shaw won, many moons ago. Not saying either was a great song though. Lol. Cliff Richard never won the Eurovision song contest but he did come second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 48 minutes ago, Yeah but said: Its time Britain stopped being a major financial contributor to Eurovision. You do know that Eurovision isn't the EU, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 20 minutes ago, jaffa1 said: Cliff Richard never won the Eurovision song contest but he did come second. "Congratulations" mate, you got me there, I could have sworn he won it with all the hype about that song at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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