Big Fat Sue

I don't know if it's my computer, but a line in that post has a white, flashing line underneath it... might not be good for anyone with epilepsy. Dunno how to edit it. It's stopped flashing now that it was accepted hmm.

This. Why is he obsessed with this kid who he has NOT been the father to? On what planet would this academic boy, doing his GCSEs, abandon said GCSEs to run up to Scotland with a man he BARELY KNOWS tto live with ANOTHER FAMILY?! And why is Zack now telling this secret, which he thinks imperils his life, to HALF HIS NEIGHBOURS? I think he needs killing off. I'd have killed him off in the Vic, not Martin.

19: Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us (2019) Pros: One of the best UK vocals yet Good staging and lighting Not a bad song at all Came across well Cons: Not very charismatic Some flubbed notes, which stands out in a ballad Sounds like an X Factor winner's track Yet another, milquetoast, safe, self-help positivity, conservative BBC track Beat out a much better song to represent the country This one was one of the hardest songs for me to place! On my first listenthrough, I had him 9th!!! On the second and third listenthroughs, he fell to 10th, then 11th, then finally, after listening to the track individually a few times, it fell to 19th, down 10 places in total. I actually really like this song! It's a strong ballad! But, as a EUROVISION ENTRY, which is what this list is about, it's lacking. It is actually very similar to SuRie's song from both the year previous AND the ranking before in this list. It is another big, saccharine ballad, one that lacks the energy a huge chorus needs on stage and, coincidentally, both SuRie AND Michael beat out a FAR superior song. Legends should have represented the UK in 2018 and Sweet Lies in 2019. Like I said, the song itself, for me, is good; I have listened to it out of a choice quite a few times since starting this ranking, and his vocals are excellent. He is a great live singer, but there is a distinct lack of charisma (something that Kerrie-Ann had in spades, too). However, with the lack of energy in the chorus (until the end, when the choir kicks in), and with the BBC trotting out yet another balald, with the same feel-good theme as SuRie from literally jsut the year before, this entry was never going to light up the competition. Another thing, this song sounds like something Westlife would have released, or a winner's song out from X Factor. It didn't feel very current at the time; in fact, I'd argue it sounds more modern and would do better in Eurovision TODAY than it would have ever done in the late 10s. It wasn't representative of the UK charts at the time, and Europe didn't take to it. Michael Rice was clearly living his best life performing on Eurovision, and he did so with great vocals, so he was a good ambassador. I just feel that it was the wrong year to send the song - definitely not just one year after SuRie - and that it suffers from all the lyrical clichés of the typical, safe BBC song. I am still surprised that both this and SuRie actually won public votes! Then again, X Factor was still quite a big thing at that time, so maybe people were basing it solely on vocal performance and on how it would do on X Factor ... and usually only the top three would be singing a song like this. The staging matches the song, and the choir standing around in a circle works for this ballad. They really nailed the lighting, too. The problem is ... it puts all the focus on Michael Rice, and he isn't the most charismatic of performers, which then makes the entire performance feel flat.

Omg, speaking of...

Separation of powers. The president has always had limited scope. That is the whole point. It's meant to stop fsscists like Stephen Miller from taking over x

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It really was. Perforated bowels, deadly injuries, unrealistic action without a pause, like a rollercoaster slways speeding down, stupid decisions... just a total mess.

The writing in both games was poor, but even worse in 2. People just shrug off major, life-changing injuries, or desdly injuries. Ellie has been written as s total idiot. And now Abby can magically teleport.

I heard a throry that he panicked when fans were surrounding cars. But it's veey very strange

The video is just too weird

I didn't know that full story! I did hear that the crowd basically took over singing the song during the invasion,a dn really went wild cheering?

Ellie Goulding - Lights Saturdays - Issues Avril - Skaterboj Fifth Harmony -Sledgehammer Churches - The Mother Christina Aguilera - Hurt Addison Rae Rina S James Blake Charlie Puth Elton John Bob Dylan Disclosure Walk the Moon Tom Aspaul Enrique Iglesias Damiano David Enhyphen Sasami Aha pet Shop Boys Done!

I'm gonna rank everything but those male songs I think and some of the group ones

And we're back! After an Eastenders marathon oops. I have made some last minute changes to the ranking, as I realised that I had placed this next song higher on the list due to what happened on stage, rather than for the entry itself. So, I pushed it down to be fair on all the others. This one won't be controversial. 20: SuRie - Storm (2018) Pros: Gracious in defeat Put the meaning of her song into practice when a stage invader disrupted the performance Inoffensive song Average vocals Staging is ok Cons: Boring, milquetoast song Yet another affirmation, self-help book, positivity, major key, unadventurous, conservative pop BBC song Average vocals Performance itself is very boring She looks like Katy Perry during the Witness era This is one of my least favourite entries we've ever sent, and definitely one I would never, ever want to see repeated. What makes it even worse is, we actually had a VERY strong entry ready to go that year in, Legends! The only problem with Legends was the immature vocals. She should have waited a couple more years for her voice to mature before trying out. I think she lost the UK vote because of a lack of experience and less developed vocals. So, instead, the UK decided to send our local aunt from down the karaoke club. She brought more experience, and a competent, if bang average, vocal. Unfortunately, she was styled like Katy Perry in the Witness era, and had the same dance moves as Katy Perry on stage with Migos on SNL... Even more unfortunately, the song is not a patch on Bon Appetit. It's plodding and boring, and full of the sae old, self-help sentiments that the BBC likes its conservative, run of the mill, Eurovision pop songs to be full of. There is absolutely nothing inventive or unique here; it could be any BBC song of the previous two decades. Nothing stands out. SuRie's lack of charisma further drags the song down from what was already a pretty low base. There are some good points here, however, in that the vocal is stronger than a lot of other acts the BBC has sent, and the staging actually works well with this type of ballad. I think most of us would have liked bigger and better staging, to distract from how milquetoast and boring the song is, but we didn't get that. The entry just wasn't a great choice; everything about it, from SuRie's strange stage name, to the lyrics, to the inoffensive, but ultimately forgettable, backing music, was just poor. This entry puts me in mind of the Silence from Doctor Who; you can remember the entry when watching, but as soon as the performance is over, you forget about it. In a year with Netta went against Eleni's Fuego, this soong basically had no chance. Saying that, there is one event that changed all of that and turned the forgettable into the memorable. The only reason why this entry is still remembered is because of a stage invasion, by an anti-BBC activist. SuRie then showed great determination and resolve. She clapped along to the music, after the microphone had been seized, and once she got the microphone back, she sang as well as could, though clearly a bit shaken, and finished the song. She refused to perform it again, and the audience responded well to her reaction, giving her one of the most decent televoting scores the UK has had in literal decades. The song is about going through storms and continuing, and that's precisely what SuRie did. Like I said, I'm no fan of the entry at all, but I initially ranked it higher due to her classy, and brave actually, reaction to the invasion, practising what the song preached. However, that's really not a reason to say that the ENTRY ITSELF is better than others. SuRie in that way was a great ambassador, but the entry was not it. Also, does anyone know how to activate spellcheck on here again?? It's turned off and now it's not telling me when I've made typos.

Do we HAVE to rank every song? I couldn't give two sehsta bout those men songs.

I have a question... Maans lives in the UK, and tries desperately to have a UK accent. So, inateas of trying to represent Sweden, in the very competitive Melodifestivalen... whh didn't he just go to the BBC directly? He would have been selected in a second to represent the UK instead.

Completely agreed! DPTSA is performed so much better, but DI is the better song. Embers bas an argument for going below even Gemini, but the song itself just sounds like an inoffensive, run of the mill radio filler track. And ! Imagine how he would have been if he hadn't been working on his fitness!! That leather coat monstrosity he's wearinflg won't have helped AT ALL though.

They are destroying this contest. They let Israel stay, with its dodgy voting campaigns, and then nute the crowds, to avoid us hearing boos or people singing the woeds singing in Maltese... It saps the energy our of entries, which then suffer even more in the televote, and they already have their votes squeezed by Israel.

Chico Latino.

Well, she's not likeable NOW, but she was before Witness. Chris Brown and Morgan Wallace aren't likeable, and Katy WAS a good performer... before she lsot her confidence. Her vocals are fine. They're better than a lot of other stars.

Calvin having another hit just two years after the last one, afetr we all thought he was totally over!! Unbelievable second wind.

She sold like 4x as much!! Omg it's a totally different band!!!!!!!

Yeah, it's so soppy and boring and dour!! It's like the pop version of the Coronation Street dirge. Had she released two weeks later, she would have eben no.1 (one week later too). But she decided not to release against AHa because it was such a famous song!!

The next two will be coming together and they might be controversial!

21: James Newman - Embers Pros: He was popular with the other delegations Was gracious in nil points defeat Not really the fault of the BBC or James Newman, as the first contest, with his better song, was cancelled Cons: All the charisma of a wet sponge YET ANOTHER happy, self-help, BBC-pruned song, with saccharine lyrics, in an upbeat major key. Joan Collins would have a FIELD DAY with that sartorial choice Bad vocals Bad, horn-heavy staging No surprises yet, I don't think. The song just isn't very good; its theme was well and truly worn all the way through by 2021. The BBC had a history of sending upbeat, uptempo, major key songs, all about positivity, by this point of the competition. It came across as same old, same old. Unlike his song from the year before, there was nothing new sonically or lyrically for the BBC. It just feels phoned-in and rushed, like something they slapped together for the next contest ... until BBC oversight. His song from the (cancelled) year before was much better, so this one isn't really something that the BBC could have foreseen; it was a unique disaster. The vocals were all over the shop, the staging was as boring as it was bizarre, and his dancing gave off VERY strong, drunken uncle at a family party, vibes. Given that he was splashing beer about at the end, and given the absolute STATE of the whole performance, it really wouldn't surprise me if he HAD been drunk during it! I WOULD have been surprised if they had rehearsed it more than once, however. Also, poor James Newman lacks the charisma of his brother John. Also, what was he wearing? He was sweating like mad by the end of the performance, so whatever it was was way too hot and heavy for the Eurovision stage.