THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018

FAILURE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

I have been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since ABBA won with their song Waterloo in the early 1970s.
I was delighted when Ireland won the Contest a few times with very melodic songs with words you could could hear and understand.
What has happened since then ?

Most of the recent songs have had singers who almost shout the words. The higher the pitch the more the audience would scream their applause. The more stupid The choreography was the better the audience liked it.
So, how has the UK performed after the last 10 years ?
As far as the performance of the artists are concerned, very well. The 2018 UK choice of singer, SuRie did her very best.
She came 24th out of 26 countries who reached the Final of the Contest.
Over the years, the UK had failed miserably to reach the top 10. Why is this so ?
Here is my evaluation......

Most of the songs selected by the UK jury have been poor.
The 2018 song choice was terrible. A loud, high pitched song about Storm. Noisy, non melodic, certainly not romantic. Just an assortment of Mumbo Jumbo !
Of course, the UK Press adopted a Wishful Thinking prediction. Many thought that this year we had a very good chance of winning. How wrong they were.
So, what is going wrong in the selection of the UK song for Eurovision ?

Firstly, I blame the so called experts, the UK Selection Panel Judges who do not seem to know how to select a potential winner.
The entry Rules for the UK play off seems to be clouded in mystery. I am a composer and I believe that two of my songs could actually win the Eurovision Song Contest. I contacted the BBC and they did not know how one applied for entry in the 2018 Contest. No one seems to know, how the singer is chosen to sing the winning song. The Public and Composers only seem to know what is going on when the Final 6 UK contestants sing in the Play off on television. At this stage, it becomes clear that all the songs chosen by the Judges were losers. So, I blame the Judges and the methodology of selecting winning songs. The net has to be cast wider.

I believe the time has come for the 2019 Contest in Tel Aviv to have a romantic Ballad. Invite a distinguished singer like RIA JONES to sing it. I can envisage her dressed in a long pale blue Gown, Centre stage with some backing singers dressed in pale yellow gowns. No dance routines. No stupid male dancers jumping around in the background, just Ria singing one of my ballads “ CRY OVER YOU “ or
“ EVERYTIME “ - a complete contrast to the crazy songs that have been performed in latter years for Eurovision.

I believe that the 200 Millions viewers onEurovision will like hearing a star like Ria, in her own wonderful manner of delivery and will vote for a song with melody in complete contrast to the rest of the entrants.
Certainly, the current trend on UK songs are all losers and unless the Selection Judges change direction in their choice of song for the UK entrant, I fear more failure in the future.
Is all this just a pitch for my songs ! Yes it is because I believe that they are far better than any of the UK entrants over the last 10 years.
The recipe for success at Eurovision Song Contest in my view is

 - Great singer like Ria Jones. If unavailable, someone of her standard from the Musical Theatre. Female.
 - Great new Ballad.
 - Simple colourful delivery on stage.
 - Romantic ambience in lighting and stage management.
 - No shouting the words.
 - Backing singers

I want this trend of failure for the UK to end.

Is anyone listening ?

EUREKYS