Good for him
I wish the UK knew how to stage their entries
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custard, Mon 18 May 2026, 12:43,
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The problem wasn't in the staging.
The artist was charmless, uncharismatic, unlovable. Given that we automatically qualify for the final it is super important that our artists connect with international audiences via campaigning. LMNC is not capable of making that connection, he's not even loved by his own country.
To call him marmite would be extremely charitable. He's an unpopular artist who should have had nothing to do with Eurovision. I'd like to know how he got selected.
The staging was terrible, granted, but the main problems were the lack of talent and the terrible song. 'Eins (sic) Zwei Drei' lacked poetry, substance, humour and musicality. Shouted in mockney, it's not a song worthy of comparison to Volare. Nobody is ever going to cover it unironically. Daz Sampson did a better job.
Other countries take the contest more seriously - even when they submit comedy and 'light' entertainment (e.g. this year's winner). They look like they're trying to win, and people respect that. We consistently look like we're taking the piss or deliberately throwing. It's our reputation at this point.
We have great musicians and great performers in this country. Even if we were to only recruit from the C, D or E tiers of professional musicians, I'm talking talent school graduates, touring musical understudies, magician's assistants, etc., we'd expect to do better than last place. Even if we were to recruit exclusively from youtube we could do much better than that prick.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 18 May 2026, 16:13,
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Good point well made
but I enjoy ranting about how shit we are at eurovision. It's almost an annual tradition.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 18 May 2026, 17:49,
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I can assure you he is.
Watch him on youtube for endless hours of evidence. He's an intolerable prick.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 18 May 2026, 18:04,
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I've already done that and he isn't
Anyway, bring serious for a moment, whoever gets picked for Eurovision needs more, if not total, control over songwriting and staging
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custard, Mon 18 May 2026, 18:10,
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I don’t think Olly Alexander should have creative control over his own wardrobe, much less entire acts.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 18 May 2026, 18:48,
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He is the type of prick I find insufferable.
We have mutual friends and even they agree that he's 'a bit much for some people' which is a polite way of agreeing that he's a prick.
Being serious as ever, I think the public should choose who gets picked and what song they perform. We used to do it like that most of the time. I can't see any good reason not to do it like that again.
Continuing to be serious, I think we not only have some great songwriters and performers but also world class producers, choreographers and stage technicians. We should put on the best show we are capable of, using the best available talents.
In other words, not under-medicated, insufferable, untalented pricks.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 18 May 2026, 19:35,
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They can send the winner of BGT for all I care.
I’m just glad there wasn’t as much publicity for Eurovision this year because I really could not give a single shit about the entire affair.
Actually that’s not quite right; most of the time I find it actively repellent.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 18 May 2026, 19:41,
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At time of writing you evidently care 1/2 as much as I do.
I have made 6 posts on the subject so far (including this one), while you have made 3. The billions who genuinely don't care have each made 0 posts.
The main publicity I saw was all about the principled nations boycotting the contest over Israel.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Mon 18 May 2026, 21:20,
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I'd like them to bring back A Song For Europe
in a way that's actually fun and varied.
Each BBC region gets to nominate a song and we have a UK song contest. Midlands Today viewers could pick if Kevin Rowland or Lawrence will sing their entry.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 18 May 2026, 21:39,
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saw him when he first started out, I cannot take that mockney accent on anybody. him, danny dyer, russell brand. i hear that and just click away.
and the thing is I'm convinced he's a post twat called tarquin who went to a private school for a bit then went to a shithole comprehensive and had to remain in disguise to stop getting a kicking every day.
Although i must say i heard a little bit of an interview he seems to have toned it down a bit.
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