Its that time again... Eurovision!

[LeperousDust]

TBH i'm not quite sure how he managed to get that far on the Xfactor....

[Lopez]

Originally Posted by vix

If we did really want to win, we'd need to put in a a hot chick with big boobs, as they seemed to fare a lot better when you took the politics out of it.

Gets my vote. Can Keeley Hazell sing?

[divine]

We should get Peter Andre and Jordan on there.

In. The. Bag.

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by Lopez

Gets my vote. Can Keeley Hazell sing?

Singing won't matter its not really a major factor

[divine]

Originally Posted by Kitten

Jordan did try and enter a few years ago, got knocked out in the semis.

She wouldn't have been in the Semi's, the UK don't do them, we go straight to the finals.

[Feek]

Gee****, I managed 20 seconds of that caterwauling before I had to close the window.

[Davey_Pitch]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

TBH i'm not quite sure how he managed to get that far on the Xfactor....

He's got a good voice and had much better songs to sing than the one he had last night.

Greece and Armenia were hot though. They'd have got my vote.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Kitten

well, is your opinion and you're entitled to it. However I'm not a fan of Pop Idol/X Factor whatever type things in general, certainly not Andy Abraham, and IMO the UK entry was far better than at least half of those that finished above it. Everyone who enters that show as a contestant absolutely knows they are unlikely to finish out of the bottom two. We've had 'novelty' acts the last couple of years and finished bottom. Presumably they decided to put forward a 'real' singer and see if he could fare any better. He didn't. If we really wanted to win, the X-Factor WINNER would have to enter as part of their contract.

That still wouldn't be enough to beat the political voting. Lana and I watched a film on Saturday night, and switched to the voting at the end of it, having missed all of the singing. After I predicted the first couple of countries votes, Lana was soon joining in and getting them right more often than not. This is someone who'd never even heard of the Eurovision Song Contest before I mentioned it a few days ago.

Musically we would have been better off with Beverly Knight's entry. I think she got the cheesy EuroPop blend perfectly with her song. It might have gained us a few other votes along the line, at least enough to stay off the bottom. I have to agree with other critique of Andy.. he's just too good, and not distinctive enough. He can sing well, and that's not what the competition needs. Britain forever picks safer options, or options that suit our pop tastes, rather than Europe's. It's only occasionally that you get entries like Katrina and the Wales back in '97, something that was upbeat, uptempo and 'spiritually' uplifting that we get any decent placing.. and I doubt even that would place well these days.

I wasn't expecting a win last night, wasn't even expecting to get off the bottom. Very little we do will ever change that. I think Terry Wogan was right in his critique towards the end and his assessment that all the Western European countries need to do some serious thinking about their continued entry to the contest. In its current structure it just doesn't work.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Kitten

She was in the semis for the UK choice

I knew what you meant, I was just being pedantic

[Tak]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766310.stm

I have to admit to being sad and disappointed but we all knew it was coming