May 31, 201015 yr Actually, only England's would be guaranteed votes for Greece + Turkey...but yeah, nu Balkan bloc much? :lol:
May 31, 201015 yr My complaint :P I haven't complained before but I'm sick to death of the UK being made to look like fools in the Eurovision Song Contest by the BBC. Since 2000, almost every year but apart from maybe one or two, we have sent outdated, poor quality, unlikeable songs to the contest and it's embarrassing knowing that the rest of Europe are watching the show thinking that these songs reflect our music scene. Josh Dubovie's 'That Sounds Good To Me' wouldn't have sounded fresh in 1995, let alone 2010! He seems like a very charming and likeable person and I wish he'd been given a better song rather than something that seems like it would be better for red coats to sing at Butlins. We have a rich, long standing music industry, second only to that of the United States, yet we constantly come in last place in the contest. Not because of politics, but because there is simply no effort put into finding us a decent entry for the Eurovision. The one time effort was put in in recent times was in 2009, when we managed to come 5th! So why the sudden step back in time again this year, why was the momentum not kept up. Germany are as far as I know, no better off politically than the UK and have done as badly as us in the contest over the last ten years, yet they stepped up their game and were rewarded with a win, because the song was contemporary, not outdated like the songs that are forced onto us every year, so blaming politics is foolish in this case. Our entries are completely irrelevant to the British music scene and therefore a very poor representation of the UK - surely the BBC should be aiming to promote the country in the best possible light on such an international stage. I think it speaks volumes that 'That Sounds Good To Me' couldn't even chart inside the UK top 75, it bears no relevance to modern life whatsoever, although I'm sure it would have been perfect for Eurovision 1989. It's sad to tune in every year and see that once again, the department for handling the Eurovision Song Contest at the BBC have failed miserably in their mission to find a current sounding song to represent us at the contest, and as a British citizen, I feel ashamed every year when watching these woeful songs parading under the great name of the United Kingdom, who before the noughties arguably had the best record and most respect in the contest. I don't know what happened in the noughties but it really must not continue for another year, let alone another ten. Last year's winner, Alexander Rybak, and this year's Lena, have topped or are in the process of topping the charts internationally after their win, and many of the other entries have been hits too. This proves that Eurovision has once again become relevant, a stepping stone for artists to launch a further career and targeted more and more towards a younger audience. Yet I constantly fail to see that our entries have any target audience whatsoever, they don't seem to appeal to anybody, and it's not hard to see why. I feel quite strongly about this because I feel that it's shameful that over 100 million people tune into this show for what they think is a musical representation of the UK, and what they usually get is a substandard dated mess which most certainly bears no relevance to the songs currently topping the UK charts. In contrast Germany's winning entry had broken sales records and topped the charts for five weeks there before the contest. The German broadcaster seems to be able to connect with their audience, and the European audience as a whole, and it's little wonder that Eurovision is percevied as a joke in the UK, when the songs that represent us are almost without fail hilariously bad. Thank you for your time, I hope this matter can be sorted for 2011 and that we will have an entry to be proud of! Fantastic message Rich. Hopefully they will get their act together and do us justice with something next year.
May 31, 201015 yr Yeah that's a good email Rich, I might send them one myself later. What address did you send it to?
May 31, 201015 yr This article from the Daily Record is pretty accurate, though I am 100% against having separate entries in the United Kingdom. The televoting would be well easy to rig as well, and I wouldn't want four different sets of votes having a guaranteed top six of Greece, Turkey, Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland either! http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music...86908-22298721/ Why the hell would anyone want to send Sandi Thom :puke2:
May 31, 201015 yr Yeah that's a good email Rich, I might send them one myself later. What address did you send it to? Did the following process; https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/ and then; I would like to...make a complaint What does your complaint relate to? Television Location - England Channel - BBC One Programme/transmission date - Eurovision Song Contest - 29/05/2010 Complaint category - Poor quality :kink: and then onwards from there :D
May 31, 201015 yr At least Ken Bruce seems to be on our wavelength... This idiot from the Mirror has some points right, stating we had a $h!t song but then ends with just saying everybody "hates us". :manson: http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/shelleyvision/20...-wrong-con.html What a moron. 'Serbian raggae'? :blink: Has he ever heard of turbo folk? If you don't know anything then don't write about it like you are a f***ing professional in it :manson: Also, 'everybody hates us'? :manson: Truly idiotic.
May 31, 201015 yr I know Peter's asked about somebody having the show recorded to send to him or whatever... well, i have found the saturday's show with BBC coverage (i hope so, the guy has a distinctive British accent plus when Josh performs there's a "Don't call for the UK". It was Graham Norton though, he was interviewed LMAO at his comment about it :rofl: ; if it wasn't UK then the last would've explained itself :kink: ) on a torrent site, there're no viruses etc, i checked, so if you want the link PM me :o
May 31, 201015 yr In fact, I'm sending the BBC a complaint now... :lol: I might later. It won't be such a great complaint as your's was, but if we all gang up on the BBC, maybe they'll do something. The Sun says that Xenomania agreed to write the song this year, but pulled out due to Radio airplay issues. Presumably, the BBC didn't want to play Eurovision on the radio. Damn it, BBC! Just tell Xenomania that you will play the song on Radio 1 (and actually follow through with it), and get them to write it.
May 31, 201015 yr Joy :S No seriously, I expect them to buck their ideas up next year, seeing that a big 4, western country can win the contest - so if we get an experienced performer, and a good song, why can't we do it too? We did. Her name was Jade and we came fifth. It's just Germany won this year. Now imagine if Jade had represented the UK this year and everything was exactly the same as 2009. Ie; the big promotional tour and getting Sir Lloyd Webber himself to play piano and have the enthusiastic violinist to accidentally hit Jade's microphone. We might've won this year - we only needed to beat 246 points.
May 31, 201015 yr :lol: I might later. It won't be such a great complaint as your's was, but if we all gang up on the BBC, maybe they'll do something. The Sun says that Xenomania agreed to write the song this year, but pulled out due to Radio airplay issues. Presumably, the BBC didn't want to play Eurovision on the radio. Damn it, BBC! Just tell Xenomania that you will play the song on Radio 1 (and actually follow through with it), and get them to write it. I just thought that we all complain in here about them, but I realised that I'd never actually sent the BBC a complaint themselves, and I'm sure they don't go round wasting time on internet forums :lol: So if a load of us all send in complaints about what a joke they've turned the UK into, maybe they *might* notice, or at the very least they say that they read every complaint and send it on to the relevant people, and that's good enough for me.
May 31, 201015 yr Not Sandi Thom <_< Send someone like Pixie Lott or Lily Allen or Adele :kink: Or Leona Lewis? Most of those artists representing other countries have won their own version of The X Factor/Pop Idol. As Leona is by far our most successful "reality TV" winner of recent years, with 'Bleeding Love' going to no. 1 in something like 37 countries, it makes Leona perfect to represent the UK. Would Simon Cowell allow it? Of course not!!! :lol: Then again, like it's already been reported if well established artists like Katie Melua are being rejected in favour of a musical cowpat then the BBC clearly have no intentions of winning Eurovision. It's them who have to fork out hundreds of thousands of taxpayers money to host the contest. Remember, some of their most high profile employees have had to take cuts in their salary. For all I know the BBC are in debt and really can't afford to host Eurovision. -_-
June 1, 201015 yr I've just thought.... We should've sent Mini Viva's One Touch to Eurovision this year...
June 1, 201015 yr There was people on the radio today saying how Ireland should pull out and how the United Kingdom had a good song and shouldn't have come last. :drama:
June 1, 201015 yr Mini Viva? Hmmm yeah, 0 points would've been guaranteed! :magic: NO WAY. At least it's contemporary. :mellow:
June 1, 201015 yr I just looked this word up and the translation surprised me :o I thought it's something along the lines of 'catchy', 'memorable', 'friendly', etc. I guess i went a little bit too far :heehee:
June 1, 201015 yr Contemporary means modern. It's all the BBC need to remember to give the UK a hit. We haven't sent anything modern (at the time) since Precious in 1999 :/
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