Eurovision Review: United Kingdom
Mar. 14th, 2011 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
passionpopThe United Kingdom last won with the help of Katrina and the Waves in 1997. More recently they managed to get their first nul points with Jemini, and quite deservedly so. As with England in the cricket, you never know what team the UK is going to send to Eurovision.
There was talk in the United Kingdom a few years ago of entering Eurovision as separate countries (Scotland, Wales etc), as this was seen as the only way they would be able to get a win, with the help of their neighbours voting. This year I dont think they will need the neighbours. If they doesn't win, they will come bloody close
I don't like boybands. I don't like pop. I don't mind this. I don't like it any more than Ireland or Israel or Russia (i like it alot more than Portugal though) but it is a more clever choice It comes at a time when people around the world are standing up. I think the idea will do well in Eastern and northern Europe and the boy band will do well in southern and eastern Europe. This could win.
My main criticism though is that when I first played this song today, it set next doors dog off. she was howling like you wouldn't believe. Maybe there is something truly awful in this song that I couldn't hear. I don't know how much of a music critic she is, but her bark may be the kiss of death on this song.
If The UK wins this year, they will still be one shy of Ireland's record. The Uks wins started in 1967, and puppet on a string is an apt choice of song after listening to a boyband.
There was talk in the United Kingdom a few years ago of entering Eurovision as separate countries (Scotland, Wales etc), as this was seen as the only way they would be able to get a win, with the help of their neighbours voting. This year I dont think they will need the neighbours. If they doesn't win, they will come bloody close
I don't like boybands. I don't like pop. I don't mind this. I don't like it any more than Ireland or Israel or Russia (i like it alot more than Portugal though) but it is a more clever choice It comes at a time when people around the world are standing up. I think the idea will do well in Eastern and northern Europe and the boy band will do well in southern and eastern Europe. This could win.
My main criticism though is that when I first played this song today, it set next doors dog off. she was howling like you wouldn't believe. Maybe there is something truly awful in this song that I couldn't hear. I don't know how much of a music critic she is, but her bark may be the kiss of death on this song.
If The UK wins this year, they will still be one shy of Ireland's record. The Uks wins started in 1967, and puppet on a string is an apt choice of song after listening to a boyband.