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BrilloPad replied

20 May 2019, 12:27
Eurovision: Is Brexit to blame for the UK's latest flop? - BBC News
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darmstadt replied

19 May 2019, 16:15
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

There were plenty of crap songs in the running to win towards the end of the voting, but since the whole voting process is highly political, the level of crapness is slightly irrelevant. I agree that the German song descended into new levels of crapness though.

I think you'll find that the jury vote tends to be a bit political as that explains Greece and Cyprus giving each other 12 points and the same goes for Russia and Azerbaijan but the actual public vote isn't really, it's more on what the general public like. It's quite interesting that if it was only on the public vote, Norway would have won
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Mordac replied

19 May 2019, 14:33
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

No, it proves that the German song was tulip, even the German press said they would probably come last before the contest although apparently it wasn't as tulip as the UK...

There were plenty of crap songs in the running to win towards the end of the voting, but since the whole voting process is highly political, the level of crapness is slightly irrelevant. I agree that the German song descended into new levels of crapness though.
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darmstadt replied

19 May 2019, 10:51
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

All that proves is that ze Germans are even less popular than us Brits (or that there are enough patriotic ex-pats who were happy to throw us a bone, which we frankly didn't deserve).

No, it proves that the German song was tulip, even the German press said they would probably come last before the contest although apparently it wasn't as tulip as the UK...
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Mordac replied

19 May 2019, 10:29
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Really? That must explain why the public gave the UK 3 points but Germany 0 points....

All that proves is that ze Germans are even less popular than us Brits (or that there are enough patriotic ex-pats who were happy to throw us a bone, which we frankly didn't deserve).
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meridian replied

19 May 2019, 10:16
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

That's the rest of Europe voting for Brexit. We're the Millwall of Europe - we’re tulip, we don't care.

FTFY. Only applies to Millwall and Eurovision in this context. Any extrapolation to Brexit and the whole of the UK is up to you...
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darmstadt replied

19 May 2019, 09:49
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

That's the rest of Europe voting for Brexit. We're the Millwall of Europe - no-one likes us, we don't care.

Really? That must explain why the public gave the UK 3 points but Germany 0 points....
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Mordac replied

19 May 2019, 09:37
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Oh dear...

That's the rest of Europe voting for Brexit. We're the Millwall of Europe - no-one likes us, we don't care.
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18 May 2019, 22:54
Bigger Than Us

Oh dear...
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