How rubbish is the eurovision song contest, do any of us enjoy it, should the UK stop bothering with it?

i mean its all complete trash, the songs anyway, it would be ok if they were decent. oh and then theres the voting , yeah whatever its so pathetic.

How rubbish is the eurovision song contest, do any of us enjoy it, should the UK stop bothering with it?
When we won with Sandie Shaw singing Puppet on a String, it was because it was a bright, catchy tune - one that you would go away humming to...At that time the Italians (and some others) would enter a good voiced baritone with a sombre ballad...nil pois!! Eurovision then was all about looking for a song which could be enjoyed by one and all (whichever country you came from). Waterloo by ABBA was well received because again it didn't matter what language it was sung in, everyone and anyone could hum along to the music.





Having said that, a ballad could and did cinch it when the tune was well written. Johnny Logan with What's Another Year. Vicky Leandros (Luxemburg) with Apres Toi, was completely different from Boom Bang a Bang, but the sound was just right.





Let's face it - how many of the last 5 years' winning entrant songs have ever been heard again? Was a time when you couldn't avoid hearing the winner on the radio, and more often than not it reached, if not No 1, then somewhere in the top ten.





Now it's like most have said - a political scratching each other's backs venue - with contestants trying to outdo each other with the most bizarre costumes and set designs! It is no longer the song...
Reply:i think we need to give up noone ever wins for the song anymore its all political and the same countries vote for each other every year no matter what.
Reply:I think we should stop entering crap like Scooch every year. It might have worked 26 years ago but it doesn't now.
Reply:I agree, it's complete rubbish, it's time it was scrapped.
Reply:the UK should definitly stop entering, look whats happened the last couple of years. No offense (im from the UK) but no-one actually likes us. The UK and Ireland should not enter next year unless they are actually going to find an act that might win. !!
Reply:It's total rubbish but the really annoying thing is that we put up most of the money for it.


If it weren't for our t.v licence money from the BBC going to fund it it wouldn't even be on and the other nations have the cheek to never vote for us.





The only good thing about that is that we'll always have a place. we don't have to go through the eliminating rounds!!





If it weren't for Terry Wogan I wouldn't watch it. He's great!!


I don't watch the whole programme, just the voting as it's hilarious as you know who most of the countries will vote for as it's all political, Norway always vote for Sweden and Finland, Cyprus always vote for Greece!!





Biggest laugh of the month.
Reply:i missed doctor how for that wtf
Reply:To tell you the honest truth , I only switched the Eurovision on at 10pm , just to see the voting , which is pure unadulterated politics and nothing to do with the talent shown. Terry Wogan was very funny with his 'caustic' humour - excellent!!. The contest is just a side-show. It's rapidly turning into the "Balcan Song Contest". These 'newly-freed' countries are only getting their own back after decades of percecution from the Big Bear of Russia. Of course the UK should keep going , if only for the laugh!!. The UK has always been in the sidelines in Europe , 'Island State' and all that.
Reply:It is a shame that the voting is spoiled by political and neighbouring votes. The UK did not have the second worst song (and I am not being biased) and neither was the Serbian entry the best, I wouldnt even have put it in the top 10. It should be based purely on the songs not some messed up bias voting.
Reply:That is the link of UK's song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h01rzk35...





I liked their performance, song was just in Eurovision style. Watch and listen it one more time, may be you would find some positive moments in it in comparison with the rest of the songs.


Though for me it is only N 4.
Reply:Lots of reaction on Yahoo Answers about this! I think what we are seeing here is the rising authority of eastern bloc countries and their need to express themselves while carrying their allies. Britain is a nuisance in that ( although they all think this is the land of milk and honey ) and we are demoted for our actions in the middle east and being seen in support of the US. We will never get a good reaction for these very reasons, regardless of our musical prowess. Scooch were good last night, polished in performance and quite a snappy tune .... certainly not the best but worth more votes than the mockery offered by the others. We have two choices ... offer defiance and carry on or accept that this is a farce and simply pull the plug.
Reply:Well at least the UK vote fair unlike them Balkan countries,but yeah it is crap but the comedy value is great!
Reply:best part of it is Wogan's comments on the acts and that stupid blonde woman...sorry to respectable blonde women the world over
Reply:We shall NEVER surrender.


Bucks Fizz would never forgive us that treachary.


We must soldier on for Cliffs sake(he was robbed).


We must follow Lulu and SHOUT.....


That title is every british persons birthright!.





I think i need a lie down.
Reply:NO NO NO NO NO! i love the eurovision- a chance to invite your friends round and take the piss out of the 'talented' acts! i cant even bring myself to call them singers!


The UK almost got NO points lol everyone just hates us-its more of a politics thing rather than the actual songs now.


but come on, great entertainment, and terry wogans commentary is legend.


the winner though, wtf?????
Reply:It's always been like that, the truth is the UK will probably never win again because most of Europe hates us because of war and politics.





I don't think we should pull out, because we are still part of Europe - we would look like sore losers, and we wouldn't be able to watch the cheesiness on TV! :(
Reply:i am so glad that sumone else agrees i mean we only got 19 points they might as well not enter because its just embarrising and pointless also if our songs were decent we mite stand a chance but not with cheesy rubbish songs.
Reply:I agree. although i think it's a good idea that countries from all over Europe join together and sing. but I just don't like their music and i think the artists just don't influence people and we all know that any voting programme is fixed. I won't bother watching next year's eurovision as not many other viewers will tune in to watch it.
Reply:The only thing I enjoy about it is laughing at all the ridiculous songs, singers, dancers and outfits its more like a circus than anything else, also Terry Wogans comments are quite funny too.
Reply:NO, Western Europe should go for the tactic that Eastern Europeans do, and play them at their own game. But you get silly nations like France never voting the UK, Ireland giving the UK minimal points and silly nations like Italy not bothering to enter.





The UK should still participate but with better entries....





Scooch is abysmal but I like that Russel one.
Reply:I actually thought there were a few good songs this year - Latvia, Germany and Hungary all tried something a bit different and had singers who could - well - sing.


I agree the voting system needs looking at, but whatever they do, you can't deny that Scooch's effort was poor. It was dated and weak, and relied too heavily on gaining votes through mentioning a few cities in Europe.
Reply:I totally agree with Roxy the girl in the pink dress was so f****n annoyin who the hell was she?.


I think the votin is purely political and really unfair i know our song wasn't brilliant but it was better than some of em, can't understand why everyone hates us so much!
Reply:It is totally rubbish i think,it has been for years every year it just seems to get worse plus the winner is usually crap.
Reply:Ask yourself why The Beatles never took part in it...





It always has been rubbish musically. It was only ever worthwhile when it was fun!
Reply:I'm starting to think that only countries using the euro should be allowed to enter.





Oh look, that excludes the UK. What a pity...





We have some great music in the UK - but because Eurovision kills the career of most entrants, we don't seem to get them going for it...
Reply:Tell me about it - every year I watch it with my mum, but even she fell as sleep last night. And who on earth was that girl in the pink dress?? Could have strangled her!!