Eurovision 2015

Oh I love Eurovision. I'll check it out .

Oh my how awful.. I don't mind the song but NOT!! as our entry to Eurovision please!!!

What tanith said

Tegan your the only one I 'know' who does !

Not keen on the words but love the 20s swing/charleston beat and backing. At least it's a bit different from our usual boring entries and may possibly get a few more votes thsn usual.

But the voting is all political nowadays anyway.

The guys on one of my racing forums make a lot of money betting on Eurovision . As for the song, it doesn't matter how good it it, no one will vote for it .

True

I agree. Politics has managed to be very visible even at the Eurovision. Mind you, people often move to a neighbouring country and still like the music they grew up with.

I ebb and flow about Eurovision. Currently I am at the meh stage.

That entry sounds better than usual.

I haven't bothered torturing myself for years its all just such tosh nowadays.. even Terry Wogan gave up eventually.

It's a jolly song but totally wrong for Eurovision and they hate everything we do anyway so what's the point?

can anyone tell me who decides what the song is and who the singers will be ?

Catchy little number but I agree with merlot. What's the point?

Last year when I suggested to DH that we watch Eurovision he replied, 'What have we got to drink?'

Never watch it - used to when I was younger. It has just got out of hand and it is about spectacle and gimmick now.

Having said that I think this song is a cut above others we have fielded. Love the 20s Charleston beat and period band.

All I can say is that it's 'cute'! The staging will be important - some lively lindy-hopping, perhaps!

Sorry everyone who loves it, I found it cringeworthy years ago and haven't watched for at least 10 years.

I have no idea campodol. It seems to change yearly. There was a time when the nation decided between about 6 songs. All of which were rubbish anyway. So that was pointless too. A bit irritating when apparently they had 1000's of entries. So you had to wonder if there were good songs that had already bitten the dust.

It would be interesting to see if anyone challenges that song. It seemed like I'd heard it before.

I suspect that the song was chosen - maybe commissioned - by someone at the BBC and the singers - the girl failed to get past round 1 of the Voice last year and the man impersonates Mick Jagger in a tribute band - are probably the cheapest they could find.
Cynical? Me?

Did you know that Australia have been invited to enter a song? It is to celebrate 60 years of the Eurovision song contest.
As for the British entry, well, we'll see. I don't rate it very highly.

so i guess they are our best then, they could have asked us annodomini i think a group `The Gransnetters' could do just as well

It was always tosh, but from what I remember there wasn't the tactical voting that there is now. I haven't watched it for years, but wonder if a lot of the eastern bloc countries vote as they do because they know as far as musical success is concerned on a world stage they are "zilch". We have nothing to prove, Beatles, Rolling Stones etc. etc. etc etc., in addition we seem to be enjoying a renaissance at the moment musically with many homegrown acts enjoying success at the Grammys. Ireland is also another small country that punches above their weight in this respect. Why do we bother we are too good for this farce. I don't know why we hand it over to Eastern Europe, Russia and the countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union then they can just carry on voting for each other as they do every year and the winner will have 5 minutes of success and disappear without a trace. It's probably going to be as political as ever this year with that part of the world no doubt trying to show their support for Ukraine.

I know Europe has expanded of late, but I'd say including Australia is stretching boundaries a tad! Anyway Abba were really the only worthwhile thing Eurovision produced, they certainly put Norway on the map.

ooops Abba were Swedish, sorry Sweden!

Nul points!!!!!

Israel and Morocco have taken part and neither are in Europe so its not a new thing to include those outside of Europe.