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Well it is finished in Great Britain without Sir Terry.;-/) |
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It has always been a joke, but now it is beyond that. I don't know how much the BBC pays for it but
it is too much.
We should do one of 2 things, pull out or put in an entry of pure quality, something that has never
been done. Try and convince someone like Roots Manuva or The Artic Monkeys to do the show just for
a giggle.
Wogan should also get out now whilst his dignity is still in tact. |
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It is just like American Idol. It was meant for entertainment, but people blew it all out of
proportion. It is all a popularity contest and really has nothing to do with real talent, skill or
ability. In my opinion, these types of shows are good for a couple of years, but then get boring.
This year was the 7th year for American Idol and it was the worst year ever. They need to take all
these shows off television after a few years or change them so that they are not the same and do not
end up being a big popularity contest. There are some really talented people on these shows, but
they do not win because they are not popular with a particular crowd. It is not fair and really, it
is a waste of television space. |
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Even though mackenzie said it all for me, I completely agree. It's beyond a joke now, but there is
fun in guessing which countries will give which points to whom. And being right. |
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Eurovision is a disgrace. This contest serves as a venue for untalented Eastern European singers
with kitsch songs who only win because they can convince their compatriots living in surrounding
countries to vote based on nationalism, and not on the given singer's actual ability to perform on
stage. Slavs enjoy a special advantage, as was seen last year when Serbia's Marija Serifovic won for
singing "Molitva" (Prayer) and when a Russian won this year in Belgrade for his lacklustre rendition
of "Believe."
As far as I know, most (if not all) participant countries use televoting. This means that Britain
might just have a good chance of winning, provided that it finds a way to convince the one million
Brits currently residing in Spain to vote for the UK's candidate. Of course, this presumes that
Britons actually care about the contest to begin with. Eastern Europeans, however, still do
unfortunately, and this is why Serbs, Russians, Slovaks, Czechs and sometimes Poles will band
together to vote for a Slav, while Hungary's candidate usually garners votes from Hungarian
minorities in Transylvania, Vojvodina, southern Slovakia and in western Ukraine.
Some Eastern Europeans have, however, come to realize that the joke is on them. I remember reading a
commentary in a Hungarian weekly journal last year after Serifovic's win and it pointed out that in
the West, few take the contest seriously, suggesting that perhaps in the future, Hungary could
nominate the absolute worst singer in the country to sing the cheesiest song, in order to join the
western club. |
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29 May 2008 06:26
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