February 24, 20232 yr I can’t help but think with it being in the UK and it being even more of an event this year the BBC would like a well known established act that general public would know. Obviously I can’t see them having acts like that queuing up unless they go down the nostalgia type acts like Blue or Engelbert so to me Ellie Goulding is probably the most likely giving she’s with TaP and still kind of relevant but could do with a bit of boost none the less. I know she’s got a festival booked but to be honest she could easily pull out once she is announced.
February 24, 20232 yr I can’t help but think with it being in the UK and it being even more of an event this year the BBC would like a well known established act that general public would know. Obviously I can’t see them having acts like that queuing up unless they go down the nostalgia type acts like Blue or Engelbert so to me Ellie Goulding is probably the most likely giving she’s with TaP and still kind of relevant but could do with a bit of boost none the less. I know she’s got a festival booked but to be honest she could easily pull out once she is announced. Ummmm only if it's ft Calvin Harris :cheer: Does she need a boost with that on the way? I'm not so sure and I'm not sure that is what they are aiming to use Eurovision for anyway now. Edited February 24, 20232 yr by Megan_
February 24, 20232 yr I said Ellie Goulding but thinking now there is a lot of evidence for Rina Sawayama and not really anything for Ellie. I mean it wouldn’t really surprise me if Rina was chosen last year and she was giving the big promo slots on the BBC to get her name out there more. If it’s going to be an album track that’s already released ‘Holy (Til You Let Me Go)’ sounds very Eurovision to me and is easily edited to 3 mins as the last 20 seconds is just noise. Edited February 24, 20232 yr by darrens94
February 24, 20232 yr I said Ellie Goulding but thinking now there is a lot of evidence for Rina Sawayama and not really anything for Ellie. I mean it wouldn’t really surprise me if Rina was chosen last year and she was giving the big promo slots on the BBC to get her name out there more. If it’s going to be an album track that’s already released ‘Holy (Til You Let Me Go)’ sounds very Eurovision to me and is easily edited to 3 mins as the last 20 seconds is just noise. The most evidence is for Rina Sawayama and Freya Ridings but it could be neither. There’s no reason to follow the same strategy as last year, the song might not be out yet who knows.
February 24, 20232 yr Ellie unveiling ha sang on One Show with Tap Management in attendance next week!
February 26, 20232 yr Another name is Birdy - She has a new song out on Friday and it’s very Kate Bush vibes.
February 27, 20232 yr I do think TaP wouldn’t have let the hype of Rina being our entry build up if it wasn’t her. So I’m quietly confident it’s her. I think she was picked before her album was even released. I think them having a shortlist is just in case she had to pull out for some reason.
February 27, 20232 yr The self-proclaimed Mr Eurovision who works for the BBC and wiwibloggs spamming Rina's social media comment section has not helped to lessen the hype. I feel so sorry for the artist if it isn't her. It's hard enough to follow Sam without thinking Eurovision fans don't want you in the first place and the annoucement will be full of "WE WANTED RINA" comments. They could do what every other country has done and reveal the artist without the song. Edited February 27, 20232 yr by Megan_
February 27, 20232 yr Why the UK don't have a national final? I feel they could have much more open and interesting process with that, especially now when the status of ESC has risen again.
February 27, 20232 yr Author Why the UK don't have a national final? I feel they could have much more open and interesting process with that, especially now when the status of ESC has risen again. Last time we tried we had a few years of six bland radio pop acts giving talent show sob stories, it was unwatchable and made our entries worse. If we sustain this level of interest after hosting, yeah, maybe give it another go. Doing it for hosting could have been potentially event TV but I still fear we wouldn't get the entrant quality doing it that way. Once we get established music professionals/established songwriters with new acts jostling for the position, perhaps.
February 27, 20232 yr Why the UK don't have a national final? I feel they could have much more open and interesting process with that, especially now when the status of ESC has risen again. Because the British public cannot be trusted with any decision ever. Doesn’t matter what it is the „great“ British public will pick the wrong option. Think ESC needs a few more years of profile building in the UK and sustained success to actually be able to attract enough talent to put on something like a UMK where you have a Sophie’s choice of 7 absolutely solid tracks so that even the British public can’t f*** it up
February 27, 20232 yr The BBC need credible songwriters to be interested in the contest who want their songs (not rejects) to be performed with recording artists they have worked with. They found Space Man because the producer worked with Sam on it and said he would be great. Amy Wadge was proud to say she had co-written it. At previous National Final it's 6 songs found in the bin with singers who lack experience. All they did was sing a bland song for 3 minutes and the public decided who was best based on that when normally only 1 was a good singer in the first place. I don't think much thought was put into it. Edited February 27, 20232 yr by Megan_
February 27, 20232 yr Well, every country gets it wrong sometimes, even Sweden. Hope the UK can re-establish the national final at some point.
February 27, 20232 yr This is true but no one has been quite so consistently shit at making literally any choice as the UK public has been this millennium
February 27, 20232 yr Well, every country gets it wrong sometimes, even Sweden. Hope the UK can re-establish the national final at some point.Lol "sometimes" I'm not sure what the perception is now that we finished 2nd last year (which even had a "it's fixed. Ukraine only won coz of the war/politics" etc..) but the public's general perception of Eurovision was still that we should be sending Scooch-type cheesy pop and if that fails, we just didn't have great National Finalists so something inoffensive and bland gets sent.
February 27, 20232 yr The rumour mill is too much. @1630207122100060160 Edited February 27, 20232 yr by Megan_
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