Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
“Incredible achievement”
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible
Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
“Incredible achievement”
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible
Don't be so daft, now Ukraine have won Eurovision Putin will no doubt realise the futility of his actions and pull troops out of the Donbass and Crimea.
Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
“Incredible achievement”
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible
In the context of the previous narrative that no one likes us and that's why we've been getting "nul points" it is an "incredible achievement". This is due to him firstly embracing Eurovision, secondly having a very good song and thirdly being an extremely talented singer which is the reason he has over 12 million followers and has duetted with the likes of Alicia Keys.
I also think that any occasion that brings joy to people, even though it might not be everyone's "cup of tea" is something to be admired. It doesn't do any harm does it?
Champions of Europe. Ukraine just a sympathy vote. Their song was wank. We are the real winners and we don't have to host the fucking thing. Champions of Europe, champions of Europe...
Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.
I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.
I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.
I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
Plus in a way, it's not rocket science - if someone is popular on Instagram or tiktok it's normally because a lot of people like them. So stands to reason they'll get some votes because other people will like them too.
If we'd have stuck the sea shanty bloke up for Eurovision with a load of people dressed as pirates or whatever it would have done OK.
Whereas last time out they kept trying to plug how good a songwriter he was etc, he'd worked for Rudimental doncha know, if you know anything about music etc etc... it's patronising.
Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.
I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
Plus in a way, it's not rocket science - if someone is popular on Instagram or tiktok it's normally becuase a lot of people like them. So stands to reason they'll get some votes because other people will like them too.
If we'd have stuck the sea shanty bloke up for Eurovision with a load of people dressed as pirates or whatever it would have done OK.
Whereas last time out they kept trying to plug how good a songwriter he was etc, he'd worked for Rudimental doncha know, if you know anything about music etc etc... it's patronising.
Sam was the perfect person to reboot the UK at Eurovision, big social media following , great personality and a fantastic performer. A polar opposite to sending James who I'm sure is a great songwriter but had no kind of performance to him at all.
I'll be interested to see how they follow it up next year, whether they stick to a similar " find someone with a big social following" method or maybe Sam's success tempts some " bigger names" .
It's not that Europe doesn't like the UK, it's that the UK doesn't like Europe.
It's a shame that in the UK there is this undeserving mistrust and lack of faith in other European countries. Sometimes the UK does certain things better, sometimes other nations do. The idea is to unite and do things together.
The Eurovision song contest is a nonsense in itself, but it does attempt to bring harmony and understanding of others who at times may seem incomprehensible. This is why, in my opinion, it was wrong for the European Broadcasting Union to ban Russia.
It's not that Europe doesn't like the UK, it's that the UK doesn't like Europe.
It's a shame that in the UK there is this undeserving mistrust and lack of faith in other European countries. Sometimes the UK does certain things better, sometimes other nations do. The idea is to unite and do things together.
The Eurovision song contest is a nonsense in itself, but it does attempt to bring harmony and understanding of others who at times may seem incomprehensible. This is why, in my opinion, it was wrong for the European Broadcasting Union to ban Russia.
Maybe but considering the huge support towards Ukraine in the audience, amongst the other entries and the voting I highly doubt the Russian entry would’ve got a good reception.
What about combining one legendary Eurovision event, the Song Contest, with that other great Eurovision event, Jeux sans frontières? You could have the singers in big hats performing whilst going down a wet slide as musicians from other nations try to put them off by hitting them with brightly coloured foam hammers.
Can't help but feel that the Russian exclusion allowed a number of jury panels to vote more freely. A good song helps but the event is still political.
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It was my favourite song, anyway, so I'm happy, just as I was that the public vote boosted Moldova.
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible
I also think that any occasion that brings joy to people, even though it might not be everyone's "cup of tea" is something to be admired. It doesn't do any harm does it?
Hate Babylon Zoo as well.
That and we relegated them from the UEFA Nations League
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
If we'd have stuck the sea shanty bloke up for Eurovision with a load of people dressed as pirates or whatever it would have done OK.
Whereas last time out they kept trying to plug how good a songwriter he was etc, he'd worked for Rudimental doncha know, if you know anything about music etc etc... it's patronising.
Sam was the perfect person to reboot the UK at Eurovision, big social media following , great personality and a fantastic performer. A polar opposite to sending James who I'm sure is a great songwriter but had no kind of performance to him at all.
I'll be interested to see how they follow it up next year, whether they stick to a similar " find someone with a big social following" method or maybe Sam's success tempts some " bigger names" .
It's a shame that in the UK there is this undeserving mistrust and lack of faith in other European countries. Sometimes the UK does certain things better, sometimes other nations do. The idea is to unite and do things together.
The Eurovision song contest is a nonsense in itself, but it does attempt to bring harmony and understanding of others who at times may seem incomprehensible. This is why, in my opinion, it was wrong for the European Broadcasting Union to ban Russia.
You could have the singers in big hats performing whilst going down a wet slide as musicians from other nations try to put them off by hitting them with brightly coloured foam hammers.
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