In the modern time of the Eurovision (21st century), the United Kingdom has lacked success. And to not feel bad about it, we (the UK'ers) make up excuses. Well, I don't, in-fact, I think the excuses are pathetic.
Excuse 1: Since the 'sing in your native language' rule has been abolished, our countries native language has been taken over.
Explanation: Well, not really. Yes, out of the near-15 years that singing in English has been allowed, only one non-English song has won (Serbia in 2007) but singing in English opens a wider voting range - more people will understand you. The United Kingdom's native language hasn't been stolen, because in years before that, Ireland and Malta sung in English. And look, Malta has never won, so the language sung in has nothing to do with it. If the song is good, it's going to get votes, regardless of the language its sung in.
Excuse 2: We've accumulated too many enemies in Europe, hence why we're not gaining votes.
Explanation: The Eurovision was created to bring Europe closer. So this excuse is probably the most pathetic of them all. If we look at Jade Ewen, Jessica Garlick and even Blue. It shows that when we send a good song, we get the votes. When we send a bad song, we don't get votes. It's got nothing to do with enemies. If we had enemies, we wouldn't have such good trade, we wouldn't get all the foods we have available to us. Europe doesn't hate us, they love us. We send bad songs, that's all there is to it.
Excuse 3: Voting is too political now a days, people vote for their neighbours.
Explanation: I'll be honest here. I've said this a few times, I admit. But voting for neighbours is what you're going to do if you've got a good relationship with that country. Take Cyprus and Greece for example; every year they're both in the final, they exchange 12 points. Who to blame for this? Definitely not the National Jury, I blame tele-voters. Tele-voting is difficult. I could watch the Danish version of Eurovision and vote via the Danish number for my own country, it's all very possible. It's not really about politics, as the winners have been good songs. If it were political, Azerbaijan (a lot of neighbours) would win every year and fact is, they're always a huge amount behind the winner. So it's not political, it's called helping a friend.
Excuse 4: The BBC don't take it seriously.
Explanation: Well, what do you expect when Britain doesn't take it seriously? We let bloody Scooch go to the Eurovision for us, dressed as if they work at an airport. It's pathetic. You cannot criticize the BBC until you realise the acts we've voted in over the years when we could choose. At least the Internal Selection has sent sensible artists and not bloody Scooch. You need to look at the facts.
Excuse 5: We never send any famous acts, that's why we don't win.
Explanation: In 2010, no one knew Lena, but she still won. In 2010, well known band maNga represented Turkey and didn't win. As said, it's not about who we send, it's about what we send. If the song isn't good, we won't get the votes that we're expecting. The United Kingdom got Andrew Lloyd Webber and still, he couldn't win. We need to review the past 5 winners and produce something unique, highlighting all the past winners. Something unique, like Lordi.
Now you see that excuses have explanations? Don't use excuses, they're pathetic. We lose because we have pathetic, weak songs. Not because we don't send a well known artist, not because we don't have neighbours, not because "everyone hates us" and not because it's political. We lose because we lack the ability to send a good song.
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