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Re:Eurovision Ruling Vaguery...... - 2008/07/28 19:36
The problem is Mart... when I took over and, I'm sure, one of the reasons we won was that I had a foot in both camps (ooh matron) knowing both the music and the TV worlds.
I also insisted on full control, ably assisted in all matters BBC by Kevin Bishop (who remains a good friend) and Mike Leggo (my ex researcher from Ent USA).
So everyone knew who to contact, who to go through, who to ask about rules and so on.
It was my idea (in fact, I paid) to put out free sampler CDs of clips of the finalists via all good retailers (are there any left?), so fans could listen more than once before voting.
I was then an expert on all the rules; As I said, I even changed a couple (thanks to Kevin's power at the EBU).
And I took full blame for our failures with Love City Groove and Gina G - and was in due course given full credit for our win with Katrina.
I made sure singles were available for purchase, deals were done with labels, chart positions acquired, airplay given, press covered it and so on.
It was great fun and I loved doing it but I do think the secret is ONE PERSON in charge. Sadly the BBC are aware of the flak they would get from the tabloids if I took over again (otherwise I'm sure they'd hand it back to me).
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