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In a way, it should have all ended in 1974. Abba’s “Waterloo” was Eurovision perfection in my opinion and it has never been equalled since. Agnetha proving she could wear anything and look great it it!
But the UK has had the odd moment of success along the way!
If we go back to 1967, Sandie Shaw won with “Puppet on a String” – an eccentric but catchy pop song. Two years later, Lulu won with “Boom bang a bang”! That was another decent tune! We then had to wait until 1976 for our next win which was the Brotherhood of Man’s kitsch but catchy “Save your kisses for me”! Three wins in less than ten years!
Five years passed and along came 1981 and Bucks Fizz with “Making your mind up” and THAT skirt pulling off dance routine!
The wheels started to come off. It would be 16 years before the next winner which was Katrina and the Waves “Love Shine a Light” which wasn’t too bad and they were an established band!
That was it. 29 years have passed and no more winners.
In fact it has gotten worse as Eurovision opened up to more entrants and the politicisation grown more intense.
On two occasions since 2000, the UK entry got zero points! Last night, it got 1 point. The UK has finished last on six occasions these past 26 years. If you look at ALL UK performances this century, we finish around 18th out of 25.
Why do we even bother. Yes, some of the songs have been rubbish but I have seen rubbish songs win it when from other countries.
We are only IN the Final each year because we are a core financial backer of it. I seriously doubt we would ever actually qualify if we had to!
Anyway, here is the winner of last night’s content! Enjoy!
One very enjoyable aspect of last night was that Israel finished 2nd – thus annoying all the vile anti-Semites!
