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Originally Posted by Hugh
12 of the 26 finalists aren’t in the EU.
Of the 38 voting countries, 15 are not in the EU
Spain only got 6 points, Germany 3 points, and the Netherlands 11 points - were the EU voters "politicising" their votes as well?
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It's the Eurovision Song Contest, not the European Union song contest.
It's for countries in Europe, how Israel a country in the Middle East qualifies I'll never know.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
We absolutely do have a good reputation for music in this country. So much so that I think many artists over here think it is a bit naff to appear on Eurovision.
We could do much better than this if we really wanted to win.
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We could have a song that spends 30 weeks in every country with a pop chart, and we still wouldn't win.
TBH I surprised we got as many as ZERO points.