February 23, 20205 yr One word, 5 letters ... It's ADELE. imagine! i can kinda see adele being like "we'll f***ing show 'em!" :lol:
February 23, 20205 yr AGREED. Even if you like them, five 40-somethings doing rigged aerobic moves to a poorly produced pop ditty is a sure fire for last place. Lmaooo this!!!! Reminds me of that time The Netherlands sent De Toppers
February 23, 20205 yr It’s mollie king The only reason she joined Radio 1 was to scam them into playing her Eurovision single. That's the evil genius you love to see.
February 23, 20205 yr it's SO gonna be Steps. I'm already seeing this mess on stage in Rotterdam *.* Especially as Claire will look less impressed than if you offered her Watermelon Steak.
February 23, 20205 yr I think it's important to consider that a lot of artists out there, regardless of their fame or levels of success, do watch Eurovision. They enjoy it and many of them probably grew up and dreamt of appearing on such a stage someday. But it's not necessarily their decision. They can't just wake up one day and decide they are doing it. Many people are involved from the record co. to the BBC. If someone doesn't think it's a good idea - it won't happen. It can hurt the careers of even the most bulletproof (woo woo) artist.
February 23, 20205 yr I can't think of anything worse...I can and I am pretty sure you in particular wouldn't like my answer.... :D --- STEPS would be a good fit in all honesty. They're really not going to be as big "a mess" as people think. Their performances are always consistently solid, even now (save for Lisa who is very miss & miss :kink: ). But I'd be pretty underwhelmed tbh! Hopeful that we'd get a banger, but underwhelmed as I feel they're too "Eurovision cliche" and we need to remove that from the UK's Eurovision thoughts :lol: But yeah, I can't see why Radio 1 would have as much interest if it is them? Mabel is definitely much more of the demographic and kinda the person we need right now. I agree with the poster who said that she's in a strong enough position to bounce back from an under performing song in Eurovision if it was to do the usual UK Eurovision performance in the results. Could Kylie be an option? 5 letters, one word. Signed to BMG (I think - well, going by the tweet that kye shared about STEPS signing their deal :lol:). Diva. etc..
February 23, 20205 yr Steps are a lot more likely. Their last lead single screamed Eurovision. And this is the UK's (both professionals and fans) biggest problem with Eurovision - thinking that an ideal entry has got to be a dance-around-your-handbag, high NRG nod to Eurovision past. I loved that single but it ISN'T what we should send. We tried once (13 years ago) with something similar - look how well that turned out. It needs to be a song that wasn't (shudders) 'written with Eurovision in mind'. That's why Sweden does so well at it - they just send a pop song regardless of what genre it is... or if it's Eurovisiony enough. Even they got rid of the camp schlager when it stopped working so well for them and they realised it was out of date. We have to start having the same attitude.
February 23, 20205 yr i'd be surprised if steps do it - claire has always said she wouldn't do it but they do also fit the clue - one word, five letters :kink: Claire seemed to have slightly warmed up to the idea of it, as of last summer, hmm! "I am always the one who goes, 'No, absolutely not!', but then I watch it and think well, we could do it. There is always a few texts going back and forwards. I honestly think that if you do that show you can't ever go into it expecting to win and we would have to have that attitude. We've always been so lucky in everything we've ever done and I think the experience would be amazing. It's just that feeling of, we wouldn't want to come last because that would be really bad. Nobody wants to come last, do they?" We could do a lot worse than sending Steps (and we have done, many times over), but personally I really hope that they don't do it. They did very well in their last era and they'd risk undoing that goodwill if they flopped at Eurovision. I don't think the potential benefit of exposure across Europe/Australia is worth it when it could damage their reputation in the UK. I'm not saying that I think Steps are above Eurovision. I do think they're above being the entry for a country that doesn't take the contest at all seriously though. As for Mabel, it would certainly be a turn up for the books to send an established & current artist. However, unless I've not seen her best performances, I've yet to be particularly impressed by her live vocals or stage presence... so in that respect I'm not wildly enthused by the prospect of her doing it.
February 24, 20205 yr Latest rumour/crude speculation I've seen - Duffy with a song written by 1997 winner Katrina (now without the waves) EDIT: AND Rylan commented on her instagram post that just said #2020
February 24, 20205 yr Y’all got three more days to brainstorm any other acts with five letter names until the announcement!
February 24, 20205 yr I love how we thought we could have Mabel and we'll probably get Duffy with a song that would have sounded dated on her 2008 album tho, classic BBC
February 24, 20205 yr omg please can we have legend Duffy!!! I will be stanning so hard if that's true *.*
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