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Time for the BBC to pull-out of Eurovision

Time for the BBC to pull-out of Eurovision

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 7 months ago
We, the undersigned, think that it is time for the BBC and the UK to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest which has become a nonsense in recent years. The voting is so obviously biased between neighbouring countries or those with political agendas or preducices and the original ideals around it being a contest for songs are becoming lost to the viewer. As one of the "Big Four", the UK is funding the spectacle and becoming a laughing stock. The contest should be made fairer by demanding contributions from all participants, or else be scrapped all-together unless a fairer voting structure can be introduced. With so many new European countries, and so many migrant workers who can effectively vote for their own country, the current basis for the competition is no longer fair or credible.

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May 27, 2012

I really thought this might just be me shouting into the void about the biased blocs and the ridiculous politics of it all but then I started reading what you all are writing in the comments. It honestly feels like every year the music matters less and the spectacle just gets more grating and expensive for us to fund while we sit there as the bottom of the scoreboard joke. I am still looking into how we can get these concerns directly in front of the people at the network who keep signing the checks because the silence from them is just as loud as the noise on stage.

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Miss Dawn TIlbrook
1 year ago Featured

If BBC insists on UK being in Eurovision let us try to qualify instead of wasting so much of our money on it, and that way at least seeing the qualifiers would have a point, its a dreadful programme and should not be on TV, are the BBC so stupid as to continue to waste our money this way, then they also deserve to be unfunded in near future.

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jackie heinink
11 years ago Featured

The Eurovision is a total farce and a complete waste of BRITISH tax payers money, how many more years are we going to put up with the humiliation, it's about time we pulled out with our heads held up high and let Europe get on with it

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Dave Guerrero
17 years ago Featured

Absolute joke that we keep paying for this rubbish when no one even likes our entrys. Sick of watching us come last every single year while we pay for the privilege of being mocked by the rest of europe.