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Eurovision hopes rest on Andy Abraham

May 22nd, 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest used to be an important day for the UK. One of my earliest memories of the competition was in 1981 when Bucks Fizz won with ‘Making your mind up’. Believe it or not the UK are based second in the all-time Eurovision Song Contest winners league according to The Times. But we haven’t won it since Katrina and the Waves in 1997.

So where are we going wrong? As a nation we produce some fantastic music and have artists that are popular across Europe and the World but for some reason when it comes to the Eurovision song contest we can’t seem to get it right. How can a rock group called Lordi that dress up as monsters win for Finland but the UK can’t?

Back in 2003 our entry was a boy and girl group called Jemini who performed a song called ‘Cry Baby’ and they will go down in history as one of our worst entrants ever, getting absolutely no points. Almost matching that was our 2007 entry Scooch who finished in position 23 out of 24. The last time we finished in a decent position was back in 2002 when Jessica Garlick finished 3rd.

Our 2008 entry is dustbin man Andy Abraham who shot to fame when he participated and finished 2nd in the 2005 X-Factor. He came across as a likeable man winning the hearts of many people and has since had a successful singing career releasing two albums. But will the curse of the Eurovision Song Contest put an end to a flurishing career? I really hope not.

The one problem I think that exists with this competition is that all the votes are political and very few take in to account the actual song or the performer. So even if we had the most fantastic song ever, I doubt that we would finish anywhere near the top.

I look forward to being proved wrong on the 24th May!

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