January 16, 200718 yr Author it seems strange that while other countries use the cream of their talent, and their biggest pop stars... why do we almost always use unknowns?
January 17, 200718 yr Is this a wise career move for Morrissey? And what do you think he will do for Making Your Mind Up? Will he be writing, singing or both? :o Speculate here. ^_^
January 17, 200718 yr I don't see him being successful. So I hope he's just writing for someone else.
January 17, 200718 yr He's always been a fan of Eurovision and I say he should go for it ^_^ It'd make a lot of non-Eurovision fans watch it and it'd open up a whole new audience for him as well :D
January 17, 200718 yr i hust cannot see him doing eurovision though,eurovision is career damaging these days so its well to stay clear of
January 18, 200718 yr Jarvis Cocker: 'Maybe I'll do Eurovision next year' The former Pulp moves onto Morrissey's turf Jarvis Cocker has spoken about his interest in writing Britain's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. The news comes after recent reports that Morrissey was asked if he was interested in writing an entry. Cocker said: "I'm not going to compete with Mozzer if he's going to do it. I'm sure he'll write something good. He told BBC Five Live: "The door is always open if they want to ask me. I've always wanted to write one for them. Maybe I'll do it next year." As previously reported, Morrissey was apparently asked about penning a song for this year's competition after he expressed an interest while playing a gig last year. Meanwhile, Cocker has been nominated for British Male Solo Artist at this year's BRIT Awards. You can see the full nominations list on NME.COM now. http://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/25881 --- Morrissey the trend-setter :D
January 19, 200718 yr NEWS that Morrissey was in talks with the BBC to write this year's Eurovision entry for the UK made world-wide headlines last week, but it now appears that the nation may have to look elsewhere for a winning song. According to a source close to the singer the idea was 'amusing but never going to happen'. And a spokesperson for Mozzer's record company Sanctuary Records has said: "He has certainly had an invitation, but we think it is unlikely he will be taking this forward." It seems that Morrissey's much publicised interest in the contest does not stretch to actually taking part. Comments made by the ex-Smiths icon following the UK's dismal performance at last year's contest prompted the BBC to write to his record company to ask if he would consider submitting a song. However as any entrant would still have to win a qualifying round and public vote to get through to the Eurovision finals, the chances of Morrissey taking part were slim. SOURCE HERE
January 21, 200718 yr Morrissey may be disqualified from Eurovision Song Contest 2007. BBC in breach of the Eurovision Song Contest Rules. The Eurovision Song Contest Rules give each national broadcaster discretion to decide its national selection procedure, but Section 5 requires: "provided that all due transparency is ensured." There is no "transparency" and no "national selection process" for the BBC Eurovision Song Selection 2007 and there are no rules anywhere on the BBC website. Section 6 of the Eurovision Song Contest Rules requires: 6) To ensure transparency, each Participating Broadcaster will publish the rules of their respective national selection process on their respective national Eurovision Song Contest website or web page and if possible, on tele text pages (text-tv). In fact the BBC website gives no contact information on submitting songs and has gone out of its way to avoid any disclosure of who is running the 2007 Eurovision Song Selection Process. The only information on the BBC website relates to last year. The BBC has confirmed in an email dated Jan 10, 2007 that they are "not accepting entries this year." Instead the BBC has publicly announced that it is in secret negotiations with major Record Company acts and celebrities, such as Morrissey, Robbie Williams, Take That etc., and will pay them hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to write as yet unwritten drivel, while denying the British Public the right to hear and vote on real genuine original songs which the BBC can have performed for free. This is in breach of the spirit as well as the letter of the Rules. The Eurovision Song Contest was established as a European cultural exchange through music and song for young new talent to emerge. The Eurovision Song Contest was not meant to be used by major commercial record companies as an exclusive platform to promote their artists. All the other European countries, such as Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Spain etc have had strict and fair selection procedures and published them on their websites as the rules require. The BBC in its zealous attempt to win the Eurovision Song Contest is trying to gain an unfair advantage by conducting closed and secret deals with major record company acts and celebrities, while excluding new British Song-writing Talent. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Eurovision Song Contest Organizers in Helsinki, Finland could demand that Britain's entry be disqualified unless the BBC conducts an open and transparent national selection process as required by Sections 5 and 6 of the Eurovision Song Contest Rules. The BBC should rectify this immediately and conduct an open, fair and "transparent" National Song Selection Process, including making all this information available on their website, as required by the Rules. There is still time. There are artists and songwriters out there with ready made suitable songs for Eurovision 2007 that the BBC can have performed for free.
January 22, 200718 yr United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The United Kingdom has yet to select their entry for Eurovision.The United Kingdom is expected to participate in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The BBC is already accepting potential entries. Swedish act Ace Of Base have expressed an interest in representing the UK in Helsinki, however this has been denied on their official website, along with a denial that they were even asked by SVT (Sweden) or the BBC (UK). Also the Norwegian drag act Queentastic and the 2006 UK Represenative Daz Sampson (who will be dueting with Carol Decker) have also expressed an interest in participation. None of these artists are confirmed by the broadcaster. Following its worst ever run of results, the BBC is believed to be looking at several new options for selecting the UK entry, with an announcement expected in January. Several high-profile acts have reportedly been approached by the BBC, which is seeking to avoid recent poor performances. Among those artists said to be in discussions is Morrissey, who has been an outspoken critic of recent selections for the Contest, Scissor Sisters and Jarvis Cocker.
January 27, 200718 yr The BBC are not in any way breaking the rules. There is nothing to say the national selection has to be a public one, and just because they haven't officially announced it yet does not take away "transparency" Indeed, if the BBC could get Morissey to do it I have no idea why they'd feel the need to go ahead with a national selection anyway! It's not served us well in the past, so why not just send Morissey, or another "high profile act" straight to the contest?
February 20, 200718 yr The rumours about Morrissey doing Eurovision 2007 for the UK have been quashed by the BBC, which is a shame as he would've been a pretty good representative. :( The BBC will reveal the finalists that will compete in the fourth annual Making Your Mind Up national final on February 28th. esctoday.com can reveal that Morrissey will not be featured either as a singer or a songwriter. The full list of participants will be revealed on Wednesday 28th February, and of course esctoday.com will as usual be at the annual launch event to bring you the best online coverage of the United Kingdom. Morrissey, who's name spread around the world as a potential songwriter for the United Kingdom's Eurovision Song Contest entry this year, will not be playing a part in Making Your Mind Up. News spread from The Sun to CNN and was a regular spot on the BBC News 24 channel when it was announced that he had been contacted but esctoday.com has been officially told by the BBC that "Morrissey will not be involved this year". The BBC confirmed it has spoken to Morrissey as it had done a number of other artists as is always the case when looking for artists to take part The BBC confirmed it has spoken to Morrissey as it had done a number of other artists as is always the case when looking for artists to take part. ESC Today.
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