Eurovision - What do the UK need?
 

They send their best song since 2009 but still Europe wont vote for us so whats next?

I honestly think the UK needs a break.

We couldn't win with Beyoncé tbh

Neighbouring countries that like it

It wasn't even that good of a song idk what y'all were expecting

They need to take it seriously again, get a top composer to write the song, do a search for the best singer/performer and promote it throughout Europe non stop like they did with Jade. It's not complicated to see we're sending trash every year :shrug:

Jack & Joe weren't all that, they were ok but nothing special, we need something different and unique (by that not something like Electra Velvet)

I hope we don't drop out though, I don't think it would run without us?

I agree they weren't special but they were definately more deserving than the televote awarded them.

Spice Girls

Definitely,I agree.

Agree with Hayden. It's simple really - we need to put the effort in. This country has a strange relationship with Eurovision where we treat it is a joke, send a very average act and then act surprised when we don't do very well. Tbh I thought Jack and Joe were poor and would have put them in my bottom 5, sounded flat and it was low key and didn't stand out at all. Yeah there's always gonna be an element of political/neighbourly voting but we could still challenge if we really wanted to.

I can never win Eurovision again imo. We were lucky to do well with Jade but I feel that there's no formula to winning Eurovision unless for overt geographical/political reasons/statements or occasionally good songs or luck. You can't make a winning formula and song from Eurovision it just all how the votes line up and it's usually nothing to do with the song

Adele.

Judging by tonight's winner, a political song

I don't think we can just blame Geography either, look at Australia...They just sent a great singer and song and they did brilliantly.

Yeah, I feel sorry for them because there was a slight hype that probably made them feel like they were going to do well. The juries giving us a fair amount of points also caused a bit of a kick in teeth when it was found that we did really badly on the televoting...eek.

I did find the performance really average imo. I think it was wishful thinking because the two guys were really nice people, but it's like others have said; we need to take the competition seriously to do well. This year and Molly's year were marginal improvements, but we're still entering really average songs/singers. It's not going to cut it when other countries take the contest so seriously.

Not a song about the battle of hastings? :worry:

We need to send a great song (Joe & Jake weren't bad but they weren't amazing either) and actually put effort into the staging. I don't think it's a geographical thing because Australia did well this year and they have no neighbours to vote for them

Can't wait for next year when every country sends a song about what the other countries have done to them, it's like indirect tweet vision.

I think we should ask a American artist to do it since they won it for us last time

tbh if I wasn't from the UK I wouldn't of remembered our song

Russia was only favourite to win because of their staging and the effects.. we need something like that.

Someone with at least a semblance of a fanbase, really. Blue did well because the fans knew of them and they finished 5th in the public vote in 2011. They just messed up the jury rehearsal and slipped to 11th.

Jade Ewen wasn't known in 2009 but she had the name Andrew Lloyd Webber attached to her so that was something.

I wouldn't say that's exactly true; the song was favourite to win before the staging or effects had been planned. But you're definitely right about us doing something a bit more special.

We need to send Adele

It's something we lack off tbh. And like Shaun said we someone with some fan base.. The Spice Girls (unrealistic) would be perfect imo.