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Topic History of: Eurovision week
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JK2006	I don't agree Robbie. First - find a hit song. Second - find a great performer to sell it; be they famous, unknown or faded. Third - make sure it hooks the listener/viewer within seconds. Eurovision can be a terrific opportunity to turn a song into a smash and a singer into a star, as long as they both have populist mass appeal.
Artie Fufkin	robbiex wrote: we won the competition 4 times up to and including 1981, and only once since. Up until 1978 (Coco) we always put forward established artists such as Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard, the New Seekers and Olivia Newton-John. We clocked up an amazing 13 second places,therefore I would put forward established artists for the competition, someone that is currently successful around Europe, such as Take That, S-Club 7, Pixie Lott, or Jessie J, it is a pop contest after all. Britain's entries in recent years have been abysmal (Englebert, Bonnie Taylor, Molly, and Blue). Old has-beens or unknowns. Most of the recent winners have been established in much of Europe, and thus have a fan base. Do you actually think any of them would accept? Most if not all recent Eurovision songs are instantly forgettable. Like the show itself. The UK is like the US - above such superficial, gimmicky, uninspired, unoriginal, unappealing tosh. No one outside of those pathetic little cliques could care less. It's a wretched event that has zero appeal beyond the naffest campest communities. It's not a failure of the UK to take it seriously. It's a badge of honour.
Neil Saunders	Sadly, no big UK act would want to take part. Even the winning selection seems to receive little or no airplay. If the BBC offered at least 100 guaranteed plays on Radio 1 and Radio 2 between selection and the contest, more might be enticed. Mans Zelmerlow had failed to be selected as he contestant twice before, yet he has a successful career as both musician and TV host. In the UK it is shameful to lose. And can actually harm your career. Why is this so? There are 40 countries, not all can win. And if you go abroad with this 'we're the best' attitude you'll only put people's backs up. You need to go into the contest with the intention of using it to promote your latest single Europe-wide. Abba didn't expect to win, they just wanted a hit. We need the Cliff attitude: so what I lost twice, I had two multi-million selling hits. If we want to win, we need to stop ridiculing it so much. I suggest a return to a song selection programme with one idea the Swedes have, that is they have 11 international juries voting in their finals. What a good idea! Test your songs in some of the countries whose votes you want to harvest.
robbiex	we won the competition 4 times up to and including 1981, and only once since. Up until 1978 (Coco) we always put forward established artists such as Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard, the New Seekers and Olivia Newton-John. We clocked up an amazing 13 second places,therefore I would put forward established artists for the competition, someone that is currently successful around Europe, such as Take That, S-Club 7, Pixie Lott, or Jessie J, it is a pop contest after all. Britain's entries in recent years have been abysmal (Englebert, Bonnie Taylor, Molly, and Blue). Old has-beens or unknowns. Most of the recent winners have been established in much of Europe, and thus have a fan base.
Artie Fufkin	Angel wrote: Get ITV to organise a X factor style competition of heats. Why should the BBC have the monopoly. They take the Eurovision with a heap of cynicism. Oh yes, ITV. That's the way to improve the quality of anything. I'm sure it won't be long before that ludicrous fraud Cowell will get another one of his Eureka moments and dream up a format that involves lots of European countries competing to have the best song of the year.