Last night was the first airing of what will be the UK selection process - Your Country Needs You - and what an opening. We were very impressed with the new professional attitude being adopted in the UK with regards to Eurovision.
The BBC and Andrew Lloyd Webber have done their homework this time and have quite openly admitted that something needed to change to restore the UK to a respectable position on the Eurovision scoreboard.
They have realised that the UK needs to market their Eurovision song abroad before the contest, and start embracing the Eastern countries and their Eurovision credentials if they want to get votes for their song. This was illustrated by Lord Webber's visit to the Russian Prime Minister! Can't imagine Mr. Wogan ever doing that!
The acts themselves were of a good standard, and our initial favourites are Damien, Mark and Jade. Of course, the real star must be the song, and we won't hear that for a while yet.
Overall, well done BBC! We welcome the new positive and realistic attitude towards Eurovision - the UK doesn't have to take the contest seriously, just professionally, and this is a good start! Douze points!
2 comments:
My, my, you are easily pleased! It's the same old BBC rubbish wrapped in a circus poster ;)
Let's hope we finish last and then leave the children to their silly games!!
It WAS encouraging wasn't it? I'm hoping Damien wins and LW will write a big ballad. Compared to previous efforts over the years, at least we know the song won't be the usual rubbish! Go LW!
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