We have before but end up withI’d love to see us do a national selection
Give it as a prize for some vocal contest or something - at least then we know they can actually sing live well and consistently
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God remember it was between them and the Darkness
We have a sort of a selection in Ireland (well it's shoehorned into The Late Late Show, but when you see and hear the shortlisted six songs, you'd have to wonder about the other 200 or so entries. Bambie was my favourite this year but she was only third or fourth favourite to win. (Behind a Louis Walsh boy band and the most boring pop song I think I've ever heard)I’d love to see us do a national selection
Give it as a prize for some vocal contest or something - at least then we know they can actually sing live well and consistently
I feel like a lot of posters here have only been watching Eurovision for the last 3 years or so 
I say that as a veteran watcher since Gina G was our act - THAT was a stand out entry!
I say that as a veteran watcher since Gina G was our act - THAT was a stand out entry!
I know some people don’t like the political discussion here but this is definitely going to turn into a propaganda thing for the state of Israel
Their former spokesperson has already been melting down on Twitter over the juries being cowards or antisemites
It’s exactly why this shouldn’t have been allowed
And before someone comes with the “Ukraine got the public vote too!” - I know. Side-eyeing that too but it’s not like their state is committing war crimes
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I remember the one year recently where the format was having like 3 people doing a song in two different genres and the public voting for which person and genre to choose
Don’t remember what came of it but the songs were terrible
Also whoever said the U.K. focus too much on what has been successful in the past; my unpopular opinion (on first listen) was that Croatia tried to emulate cha cha cha too much. And ended up with the same result 
although tbf their final performance had amazing energy that I hadn’t seen in the selection performance
although tbf their final performance had amazing energy that I hadn’t seen in the selection performanceMy 1st memory was Irsael winning in 1979! I was too young to realise it was a contest but I remember 'Hallelujah' clearly!I feel like a lot of posters here have only been watching Eurovision for the last 3 years or so
Well that was a laugh anyway I enjoyed the evening. The right 2 songs were at the top, although I preferred Croatia to Switzerland I can see why he won.
Also loved the entertainment provided by Finland (I couldn't stop laughing at the guy with no pants) plus Estonia's unusual entry and the Spanish dancers who were outrageous
I didn't like the French song because he gave me vibes of the guy who chats you up, you politely try to brush him off but he keeps pursuing you anyway and won't go away. He was a good singer though.
Most of the other songs were very forgettable this year. Ireland was like a college drama performance trying too hard to be scary but the song was awful. Italy got good points but I have no idea why as it was totally unmemorable.
Olly was lucky to get any points - which were probably awarded for the staging more than the song.
Also loved the entertainment provided by Finland (I couldn't stop laughing at the guy with no pants) plus Estonia's unusual entry and the Spanish dancers who were outrageous
I didn't like the French song because he gave me vibes of the guy who chats you up, you politely try to brush him off but he keeps pursuing you anyway and won't go away. He was a good singer though.
Most of the other songs were very forgettable this year. Ireland was like a college drama performance trying too hard to be scary but the song was awful. Italy got good points but I have no idea why as it was totally unmemorable.
Olly was lucky to get any points - which were probably awarded for the staging more than the song.
We’ve done that before in the past. Either where there were different artists performing a song each or there was one artist performing different songs and the viewers in both scenarios voted who or what song would represent us at EurovisionI’d love to see us do a national selection
Give it as a prize for some vocal contest or something - at least then we know they can actually sing live well and consistently
The noisy minority are not reflective of the general public and the result across Europe reflects that.
Either way we never did very well out of it
I haven't dared go near Twitter this morning, they make the thing into a hate fest and it's only supposed to be a bit of fun.
Don't get me wrong, I love a bit of drama but there are a lot of 'super fans' out there who take it life and death levels of seriously.
well what a show! my favourite was Croatia but also thought Switzerland was a worthy winner. There were so many countries i thought would have done far better but it seemed like high public votes were going to a few countries only. I loved years & years when they were about but Olly has never been the strongest live singer so i'm not surprised with the 0
last thoughts - not political my hole!!!!!!!
last thoughts - not political my hole!!!!!!!
I remember when they would pick an artist and then they'd sing 6 songs and the public would vote. That was back in the days when we used to do quite well.
I think the British public should have some say in who or what represents them. I don't like the BBC arbitrarily deciding on our behalf. OK someone has to prepare a shortlist of singers/songs but if we had a TV show like the Swedish do and invested more in finding new talent I believe we'd do better. There's loads of talented singer songwriters in the UK who are not given a chance.
If I recall Sonia was pre-selected as our representative in 1993 and there was a programme where viewers voted which song she was going to perform at the contest. She ended up coming 2nd at Eurovision missing out on the top spot by 1 pointEither way we never did very well out of it
It was a better song than Niamh Kavanagh's to be fair.
Yeah, they need to go back to letting the UK public decide who and the song from a small selection.
This is my all time favourite UK entryI loved this one … even though at the time I didn’t understand the lyrics
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Michael Ball the same in 92
I'm generalising a lot here but many of the Eurovision performers come from their country's equivalent of The Voice, X Factor etc. But I feel like the UK is bored of those shows and for good reason.
I liked Olly's performance but I don't really know where the UK goes next. Sam Ryder felt like an anomaly at this point there is so much talent in the UK but we can never get it quite right.
I liked Olly's performance but I don't really know where the UK goes next. Sam Ryder felt like an anomaly at this point
there is so much talent in the UK but we can never get it quite right.