1. Emma Bunton 'All I Need To Know'
Written by E. Bunton
(Easy Listening)


2. Katrina Leskanich 'I wanna Man'
Written by T.Jarvis
(Country pop)


3. Steven Scott-Lee 'Stand Together'
Written by S. Scott-Lee & A. Scott-Lee
(Power Ballad)


4. Ace Of Base 'Angel Calling'
Written by T. G:son
(Schlager)


5. Charlotte Church 'Mynydd' (Mountain)
Written by S. Buras & D. Lewis
(Ethno Ballad, in Welsh)


6. Son Of Dork 'Next'
Written By 'J Bourne & D. Hall'
(Pop Punk)


7. Chico 'Douze Points'
Written by Chico
(Cheesy Pop)


8. Tina Cousins 'Back To Reality'
Written by E. Carter
(Dance)


9. Morrissey 'European Love Game'
Written by Morrissey
(Typical Morrissey)


10. 4Tune 'Million Miles'
Written by M. Hannides
(R'n'"

I'm assured by one of those included that this list is, to quote, "bollocks".

To be fair it's better than 90% of what passes for humour on this board. There also HOWEVER appears to be a recent trend for declaring how up to the minute and how our ears are soooo close to the ground. Guilty myself of this recently , so lets stop telling eachother how clever and informed we are. At my paper, we do use stuff here but check it first.

Jumping off topic a bit this one

4. Ace Of Base 'Angel Calling'

Written by T. Gon

Includes which I can't seem to replicate directly.

So, another thing to consider with naming a group is these emoticon things and some possible bizarre unintended strangeness.

Well spotted Zooloo - also another Emoticon for the B of R&B at the end - neither came from my end.

Very strange!

Yes it was a spoof - definitely no Morrissey (no surprise there) but rumour has it Michelle McManus is involved (surely another joke) but we have to wait until Feb 28th to find out the truth.

Michelle McManus is third favourite with William Hill, behind Liz McClarnon and Brian Harvey. You can get 100/1 on Robbie Williams. I wouldn't bother.

I bet it's the song we raved about on here years ago!!

It's B with a close bracket isn't it?

Let's try:

I'll try too...



The Brian Harvey track we raved about (and both Popbitch and then Record of the Day picked up on - and we all ran it as Surprise Artiste) was I Can.

If that's the song and it is entered it will be the best UK entry since the JK era.

Is it the list that's bollocks or the songs?

I wondered what happened to that BH song, it was pretty good as I recall. In fact, it's still in my head after hearing it all that time ago.

No; the list was a spoof Kev

"Tina Cousins", there's a name that crops up a lot but, as far as I can recall, she hasn't had much of a career.

Or am I wrong?

If that Brian Harvey track has been available to listen to on the net from that far back, then I wouldn't have thought it was eligible to enter. Though, Eurovision anorak as I am, I'm not entirely sure about the rules.

It was only last year it was heard through ROTD and was never released so it would be eligible.

Actually, like Orson, started here, then went on ROTD, never got a deal and the rule was "not commercially released" but every country is allowed to make their own rules - not a good idea in my opinion.

I think the EBU should tighten up and have a simple list of rules for all. Still, since I changed so many in my era (bringing in phone voting; allowing backing tracks - too late for Love City Groove...) I can't complain.

Page 503 on Ceefax says Morrissey "definately will not" be involved in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Kev wrote:
"Tina Cousins", there's a name that crops up a lot but, as far as I can recall, she hasn't had much of a career.

Or am I wrong?

Isn't she now based in Australia?

It seems the Brian Harvey track "I can" is indeed the one expected to be announced as one of the finalists. No official confirmation until tomorrow of course