Talk:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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I'm confused by all the individual year pages being spawned off this. If a given year's entry into the contest is sufficiently interesting to warrant a separate page, why not make a page for the song itself, rather than individual years that may never be filled in?
--JohnRDaily 14:47, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Paul Davies
The linked Paul Davies is into Physics - not a singer!
[edit] Addition
I added some trivia to the top of the page concering records held by the United Kingdom in the contest. GerardT 02:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
"As well as the poor standard of entries, this poor performance has also been attributed by some to unpopularity of the UK due to its relationship with America and most importantly the Iraq War, although many countries opposed to the Iraq War such as France and Germany have always had a hostile relationship with the UK in terms of political voting at Eurovision."
More of a rant than a sentence: "poor standard of entries" - fact or opinion?; "attributed by some?" - who exactly? what evidence do these unattributed sources have? As for the "hostile relationship with the UK in terms of political voting" - what does that mean? Does it mean that France and Germany have voted for countries for political reasons? Does it mean that UK and France and/or Germany have voted or not voted for each other for political reasons. Perhaps this can be clarified and evidence cited.
"It should be noted that while the Eurovision Song Contest is taken quite seriously in some European countries, and seen as a source of national pride if they score highly, it is seen as more of a joke in the United Kingdom, mainly due to the alleged "political/regional voting patterns" and the country's own long history of successful popular music"
What does taking the Eurovision Song Contest "seriously" mean? Which countries take it "seriously"? (Evidence please!) Is it not a source of national pride if the UK scores highly? (yes or no - evidence please!) Where is the evidence that it is seen as more of a joke in the UK than in other countries? Where is the evidence that the reasons given for this is as stated?
