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Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Posted: 27 May 2021, 09:40
by michael_churchill
tubeguru wrote: ↑26 May 2021, 15:11
Going Underground wrote: ↑26 May 2021, 12:07
michael_churchill wrote: ↑26 May 2021, 09:03
What I don't understand is why this is taken as such a dent to our national pride. Europe hates us, so what!
nail on head Michael....
The reason it's become a talking point in the right-wing media especially is because they see it as another UK versus Europe war. The Sun, the Mail, and the Express will use anything to stoke up anti-EU/Europe sentiment among its readers.
And it works. I looked through some of the comments on articles on the Mail website about Eurovision. You'd think we were at full-scale war with every country in Europe, the things people were saying. It's literally a song contest. The best/most popular song wins.
Also, the UK has an absolutely terrible superiority complex. We always like to see ourselves as the best, and in charge. As soon as we don't win, we take our ball and cry all the way home to mummy. It's pathetic.
So, I don't understand it because I'm not the sort of person who would read those papers. Fair enough! I'm glad about that.
The comments of our spokesperson, Amanda Holden, don't help, saying she didn't know what language she was speaking. She might as well have just tried shouting loud enough that Johnny Foreigner could understand.
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Posted: 04 Jun 2021, 15:51
by hopeful traveller
Under the old (2013-15) voting system, we'd have had our best result since 2017. We'd still have got 0, but under the tie break rules we'd have finished 23rd...
1 Italy 298
2 France 286
3 Switzerland 258
4 Iceland 230
5 Ukraine 194
6 Finland 161
7 Malta 128
8 Russia 106
9 Lithuania 100
10 Greece 81
11 Bulgaria 72
12 Sweden 57
13 Portugal 51
14 Moldova 46
15 Cyprus 44
16 Serbia 36
17 Azerbaijan 28
18 Norway 24
19 Israel 21
20 Albania 17
21 Belgium 13
22 San Marino 11
23 United Kingdom 0
24 Spain 0
25 Germany 0
26 The Netherlands 0
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Posted: 05 Jun 2021, 10:42
by tubeguru
hopeful traveller wrote: ↑04 Jun 2021, 15:51
Under the old (2013-15) voting system, we'd have had our best result since 2017. We'd still have got 0, but under the tie break rules we'd have finished 23rd...
Next year's goal - 22nd!
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Posted: 14 Mar 2022, 23:12
by Soup Dragon
tubeguru wrote: ↑05 Jun 2021, 10:42
hopeful traveller wrote: ↑04 Jun 2021, 15:51
Under the old (2013-15) voting system, we'd have had our best result since 2017. We'd still have got 0, but under the tie break rules we'd have finished 23rd...
Next year's goal - 22nd!
Unless we totally screw up the staging I think top 10 could finally be on the cards this year, I'm actually excited about a UK entry for the first time in 11 years.
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Posted: 15 Mar 2022, 11:07
by tubeguru
Soup Dragon wrote: ↑14 Mar 2022, 23:12
tubeguru wrote: ↑05 Jun 2021, 10:42
hopeful traveller wrote: ↑04 Jun 2021, 15:51
Under the old (2013-15) voting system, we'd have had our best result since 2017. We'd still have got 0, but under the tie break rules we'd have finished 23rd...
Next year's goal - 22nd!
Unless we totally screw up the staging I think top 10 could finally be on the cards this year, I'm actually excited about a UK entry for the first time in 11 years.
Here we go again!
I haven't listened to any of the songs from this year yet. I'm waiting for the last two countries (Armenia and Azerbaijan) to announce their songs, and then I will sit down and listen to them all, and see who I think is sounding good for this year.
Norway's song title ("Give That Wolf a Banana") has be intrigued ...