Anything specific? They were 2nd in 2022, so it has to be something since then and not Brexit, I doubt it’s something related to Israel as they scored suspiciously high the last few years.
Eurovision voting isn’t exactly cutting edge politics. All of the Scandinavian countries voting for each other, or Cyprus and Greece always giving each other points. I can see the UK getting minimal points forever, whatever the song.
As I said they were 2nd in 2022, then dropped to 25th (second to last) in 2023, and then up to 18th and 19th and now last place. They didn’t get any televotes since 2024. To be honest they didn’t do great in the past in general. Last time they won was 1997 since then they were four times in the top ten and six times they came last. The rest of the time since then they were mostly in the lower half or lower third, sometimes second to last. Honestly coming last this year is pretty on brand for the UK in Eurovision.
It really isn’t as political as people think, Israel situation not withstanding) As someone who is forced to watch the thing every year and listen to all the songs for months beforehand (when the other half is in charge of the music) we just keep sending shit acts.
It comes down to: good song, performed well by someone who actually puts effort into promoting it across Europe.
Sam Ryder simply had a brilliant song and he’s an incredible performer and he spent months and months appearing on TV and radio in places like Moldova and Poland and Belgium.
All our other acts either have a song that would never do well (look mum no computer), they perform it badly and they don’t put the work in.
Mostly the issue we have is any legitimate artist in the UK views it (somewhat rightly) as a terrible thing for their credibility so they don’t want to do it. You’re then left with unknowns, has beens and niche artists and the only hope is you somehow strike lightning in a bottle which is incredibly rare.
It’s almost like Britain voted to do something that pissed Europe off….
Anything specific? They were 2nd in 2022, so it has to be something since then and not Brexit, I doubt it’s something related to Israel as they scored suspiciously high the last few years.
Eurovision voting isn’t exactly cutting edge politics. All of the Scandinavian countries voting for each other, or Cyprus and Greece always giving each other points. I can see the UK getting minimal points forever, whatever the song.
As I said they were 2nd in 2022, then dropped to 25th (second to last) in 2023, and then up to 18th and 19th and now last place. They didn’t get any televotes since 2024. To be honest they didn’t do great in the past in general. Last time they won was 1997 since then they were four times in the top ten and six times they came last. The rest of the time since then they were mostly in the lower half or lower third, sometimes second to last. Honestly coming last this year is pretty on brand for the UK in Eurovision.
It really isn’t as political as people think, Israel situation not withstanding) As someone who is forced to watch the thing every year and listen to all the songs for months beforehand (when the other half is in charge of the music) we just keep sending shit acts.
It comes down to: good song, performed well by someone who actually puts effort into promoting it across Europe.
Sam Ryder simply had a brilliant song and he’s an incredible performer and he spent months and months appearing on TV and radio in places like Moldova and Poland and Belgium.
All our other acts either have a song that would never do well (look mum no computer), they perform it badly and they don’t put the work in.
Mostly the issue we have is any legitimate artist in the UK views it (somewhat rightly) as a terrible thing for their credibility so they don’t want to do it. You’re then left with unknowns, has beens and niche artists and the only hope is you somehow strike lightning in a bottle which is incredibly rare.