UK Eurovision Acts announced...

[majesticdragon]

Andy was really good last time I saw him
so I wouldn't underestimate him
saying that most of the country is stupid and will vote for the worst act like they do evry year
if big bruva got through last year we would have done much better :@

[FlyingJesus]

We used to use massive acts and we used to win all the time But now, we just use **** singers who never stand a chance.

As far as I know the only time we've won it was with Gina G - "Just a Little Bit"

[Krusty]

i dont understadn why we dont get Take That or some really popular group to sing ;S

[jackass]

i dont understadn why we dont get Take That or some really popular group to sing ;S

Because we are a stupid country that makes stupid decisions.

[United.Road]

the eurovision is awful. i dont know how people watch this crap every year :s

[Awfy]

Popular bands don't take part in Eurovision as it's basically a career death wish these days. Back in the 50s and so on it would make people's careers, now it kills them.

[John!]

Yeah him! And if they really wanted we could get Sugababes to entirely sweep it but the idea is that you get someone who's not already made it big - which is why Lordi kinda cheated it because they were already massively popular

They're the only decent act that has ever been on Eurovision. They actually deserved to win, even if they were already popular, there's nothing to stop other countries from doing that.

[--ss--]

Tbh where has all the talent gone in the UK?
Wasn't last years winner that flying the flag rubbish? God I hate that song.
Andy Abraham should do good but I aint into his music .

[Judge Judy]

You know as well as having the crap people, it's mainly to do with block voting and politics to why we lose.

[PriceTags]

*groan* as a Eurovision obsessive this thread is truly cringeworthy. *waits for sam to arrive*

Yeah him! And if they really wanted we could get Sugababes to entirely sweep it but the idea is that you get someone who's not already made it big - which is why Lordi kinda cheated it because they were already massively popular

tATu were also popular, as were Katrina and the Waves, our last winner in 1997. There's nothing in the rules that can say that established artists can't enter.

As far as I know the only time we've won it was with Gina G - "Just a Little Bit"

That one came eighth. We won 5 times: 1967, 1969 (in a four-way tie with Spain, Netherlands and France), 1976, 1981 and 1997. We're one of the second most successful countries after this year's last place Ireland, who have won 7 times. In 1993-1997 they won four times, meaning they had to host it three times in a row.

i dont understadn why we dont get Take That or some really popular group to sing ;S

It's a known career ruiner, in the UK. Unless if you win, in which it gets you famous.

I'd also like to explain the new system to you, if you've not already heard about it. There are five countries already qualified to the final: Serbia (host), plus the four biggest contributors to the Eurovision Song Contest, Spain, France, Germany and the UK. The "big 4" rule was introduced in 1997 after Germany failed to qualify for the 1996 contest in their obscure untelevised qualifying round.

The remaining 38 countries have been split into semi-finals. They were put into pots based on their voting history (there was a Scandinavian pot, and a former Yugoslavian pot as well as Greece and Cyprus as well as the other usuals such as Armenia and Georgia), and were drawn into semi-finals. The five finalist countries get to vote in one semi final (we will vote on the second one on the Thursday).

Out of the semi-finals, the top 9 will be chosen by televoting, plus the highest song from the back-up juries votes, making 25 countries in the grand final on the Saturday. This will give a bigger variety of countries in the final and I propose we all vote for Malta, since their song is about Vodka.

ALSO, we should vote for Simona since she's Romanian in a bid for their points, to nick them off Moldova. In 2006 Switzerland sent a band with six people from six different countries and the only countries they got points from were them six.