March 7, 201411 yr I'm really hoping they rig it for the UK to WIN so this kind of comments gets turned on its head. :rolleyes: Saying all of that I hope we are in with a good chance of winning the whole thing. I'd be happy to be proven wrong with my previous comment. I was just saying that a top3/5 placing would be ideal otherwise and nothing to feel bad about. Surely we can't do worse than the previous entrants (Bonnie & Englebert).
March 9, 201411 yr Looking back through my old personal charts, Stunt (Molly) went to No.18 for me in the first week of 2006 with the original version of Raindrops. So she's been in and around the industry for about a decade now, I'm pleased she's got this break. After that went top 75 and the Sash! version went top 10, Children Of The Universe will be her third hit, assuming it charts which it bloody better! I downloaded some of her other stuff the other day. Strange Alien, Suffocate and It's You are all brilliant and well worth checking out.
March 15, 201411 yr The comments on youtube are extremely positive for the uk's entry this year and from people in countries who never give points to the UK haha
March 17, 201411 yr I also wonder when the studio version will be out and if we are getting a music video and when ? The bbc really do infuriate me - the lack of updates and inside info they give out really annoys me. They never use twitter! Like why can't they keep tweeting about confirmations of countries she'll promote in or sneak peaks of a music video storyboard etc I wish I knew someone who was on the bbc eurovision team so I could give them some advice and slag them off a bit!
March 17, 201411 yr I'd be happy with anywhere between 18-22 for Molly to come on as that's where we could potentially stand a better chance rather than 2 like Andy and Englebert or 15/16 like Gemini, Josh & Bonnie. I just hope more countries give us points that can see us placed well within the top 10 for the first time in goodness knows how long. Edited March 17, 201411 yr by Rob!
March 17, 201411 yr I also wonder when the studio version will be out and if we are getting a music video and when ? The bbc really do infuriate me - the lack of updates and inside info they give out really annoys me. They never use twitter! Like why can't they keep tweeting about confirmations of countries she'll promote in or sneak peaks of a music video storyboard etc I wish I knew someone who was on the bbc eurovision team so I could give them some advice and slag them off a bit! Well, it's not like either really matter - or that many other countries have active Twitter feeds doing the same! -x- Going slightly off on a tangent here from one of the things you mentioned, I think the big coverage that Jade was doing a promotional tour has birthed this myth that promoting in countries on their daytime TV shows really makes much of a difference when it gets to the business end of voting. For a start, half the vote (and arguably more than 50% of the power, given juries now vote by ranking 1-26 and can therefore punish a track by all putting it at the bottom of their rankings, whereas voters don't have any more power than to vote positively once for one country) almost certainly aren't watching (would the kinds of figures who end up on these juries really have much time for daytime TV?), and whether the audience for the Russian equivalent of Loose Women are likely to be watching Eurovision is hit-and-miss - and that's assuming that an interview and a tinny studio performance is really going to change minds when compared with a 26 song long show where other tracks can easily end up standing out and where a sizeable majority of the TV audience are probably three sheets to the wind come voting time. By that point, I can't really think many people are going to be thinking back to that song they kind of liked on Loose Babushkas a month ago. When it comes down to it, I think promotional tours are a pretty massive waste of money (short of things like Eurovision In Concert, where maybe they might get you a fan following - but even that's making little more than a difference at the margins, as the Valentinas and Kati Wolfs of the world have more than demonstrated).
March 17, 201411 yr This is backed up by the fact that 90% of the contestants that have promoted their ass of round Europe end up DNQ'ing anyway and always tend to be the acts right at the bottom of the odds. The big guns always stay at home (save for Emmelie last year who turned up to the London Preview Party) and do as well as they'd have done without the promo trips.
March 18, 201411 yr Russian equivalent of Loose Women FTR, executives at mainstream russian TV stations would rather have someone fart for 40 minutes live than let a bunch of funny women run a show (without men's supervision)~ I, too, have always found the idea of doing promo tours a complete waste. They neverrrrr work. Oh, Anggun performed at the Ukranian NF? How many points did she get from them in the end? Oh, it's zero? It can't be!!1
March 18, 201411 yr I just hope more countries give us points that can see us placed well within the top 10 for the first time in goodness knows how long. 5 years ago.
March 18, 201411 yr 5 years ago. Haven't you heard? 5th place is the equivalent of finishing 3rd to last with 12 points these days. So it can't count. Only a victory with at least a 450 point lead would officially mean a hit for the UK.
March 18, 201411 yr Haven't you heard? 5th place is the equivalent of finishing 3rd to last with 12 points these days. So it can't count. Only a victory with at least a 450 point lead would officially mean a hit for the UK. This is sad but true. The BBC either seem to send a great song (rare) and put everything into it in the hopes that it will win, or (more often) offer up a 'will this do' album track from an old fart and watch in faux surprise when it finishes bottom five. Win or bust is the UK's way, I think 2nd place might JUST be acceptable too but anything beneath that is a flop.
March 18, 201411 yr I think its a cert top 10 place for the UK this year, how high after that i am not sure.
March 18, 201411 yr United Kingdom would win in this year. There is only 1 another strong contender (Sweden).
March 18, 201411 yr Armenia seems to be pulling big interest too and Norway are also knocking on the door. I do believe United Kingdom can make top 5 the draw goes well. Sweden look like they could win again this year, and if they do fair play as they put massive work into getting a Eurovision entry.
March 18, 201411 yr I can't imagine life's eternal bridesmaid Sanna Nielsen winning Eurovision any time soon but then again, none of the favourites scream 'winner' to me. I doubt any major international hits will come from this year's contest.
March 18, 201411 yr Armenia seems to be pulling big interest too and Norway are also knocking on the door. I do believe United Kingdom can make top 5 the draw goes well. Sweden look like they could win again this year, and if they do fair play as they put massive work into getting a Eurovision entry. They ALWAYS do massive work though. By that logic they should win every single year. :D
March 18, 201411 yr They ALWAYS do massive work though. By that logic they should win every single year. :D MF is SO huge though that it almost feels like going to Eurovision is a mere bonus to winning! The career boost/revival, opportunity to be seen by half the country, the hit single and spin-off tour and album almost seems as big as actually winning the prize to represent Sweden at ESC! I've always loved and rooted for Sanna so I'd be elated if she won Eurovision (moreso for her than for Sweden!), but I don't see it happening.
March 19, 201411 yr I likes the Swedes approach to MF, the show they do and the career spin off if excellent, if other countries followed that route it will add so much interest to Eurovision and add some credibility. In the UK particularly they need to do something to remove the "enter Eurovision and your career is over" thinking.
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