How come Ireland, who I heard has, historically, the best record of any country in the event, has to qualify for the Final and the UK, whose entries tend to be a source of National and international embarrassment every year, don’t?
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How come Ireland, who I heard has, historically, the best record of any country in the event, has to qualify for the Final and the UK, whose entries tend to be a source of National and international embarrassment every year, don’t?
I don’t know! Who cares??
The UK are part of the “Big 5”. They are countries that provide the most funding towards the European Broadcasting Union, of which Eurovision is a programme the EBU produces.
Therefore since qualification started, caused by the growth in countries joining the EBU and therefore Eurovision, the Big 5 are excused qualification and go straight through to the final.
Which is fair, seeing as they pay for it.
And what a day ahead. FA Cup Final AND Eurovision!!
Gonna be a belter. And there is not an ounce of cynical sarcasm in that statement, can’t wait. Best day of the year 🇪🇺🇬🇧🎶🎵
Thanks to you and Bloop for clarifying things. I think my hatred of all things Eurovision stems from being forced to watch our entry in 1966 as a ten year old as a punishment for some long forgotten misdemeanour- it had a traumatic effect on me and I don’t think I’ve ever fully recovered from it.
We used to love it as kids growing up.
Feck the music, was all about the scores.
Power to all our friends, Cliff-tastic!
We always seemed to be in with a shout of winning it, until in recent years being all political. Perhaps it was back then too.
Apparently we are one of the favourites to win it this year.
It's not a bad song but has anything really changed, especially politically, to warrant the optimism?
That uk entry looks like a failed pub singer
https://youtu.be/OuK18Q1zNIg
Talking absolute bollox again son..
Shall I put my house car and family on Ukraine winning?
Virtue signalling makes it favourite I think
Complete waste of time. Too political nowadays. It’s all worked out before the first song is sung. I wouldn’t waste any of your valuable leisure time on it.
The voting's actually been a lot less political in the last few years. You used to know that Serbia would give 12 to Croatia and vice versa, Greece and Cyprus, Norway and Sweden etc, but not so much now.