American Reacts Top 10 Best And Worst British Eurovision Entries
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An issue I have with a lot of Watch Mojo videos is that they seem to do the barest amount of research. They said the UK ‘only’ won 5 times. That maximum number of times any country has won is 7 (Ireland), and only one other country has won 6 times (Sweden). The UK has the record for most runner up places (16)
I seem to recall that Daz Sampson won a 'song for Europe' competition to be the UK's entry so why they describe it as 'baffling' is odd. It was the public's choice. These days of course the UK public doesn't get a say in the act and song that represents the country. It hasn't led to to the UK getting better results than when they did. From the snippet I heard when they announced it on the news, this year's entry is appalling. They'd be better just getting Sam Ryder to do it every year. He comes across as a nice guy who was well-liked by everyone at Eurovision, he's got a decent voice and some genuine talent, and clearly enjoyed the whole experience.
Engelbert Humperdinck was a bit lacking in sparkle in this performance from 2012 but he was, after all, 158 years old at the time! (He was born in Germany in 1854).
Not Gerry Dorsey surely?!?
Going first was a big mistske
It's really not taken as seriously as you think, at least not in the UK. Graham Norton presents it and prior to him it was presented by another famous UK chat show host called Terry Wogan. Both spend/spent the entire show ridiculing it. Eurovision does have its hardcore following of course but it is also widely mocked.
You should realise that over the decades although some people in the UK LOVED the Eurovision Song Contest, many more thought it cheesy and, frankly, ridiculous. Top groups in the UK who sold millions and were popular throughout Europe would never have dreamed of singing in the contest as it was considered the height of UNcool. Though many in Europe appear to have taken it very seriously as a song contest.
As to "political voting", Greece & Cyprus always give each other's songs maximum points. And countries in the former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzogovina etc) always vote for each other. Cynics in the UK used to say it was the best reason for the UK to break up - imagine if Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England, The Chanel Islands, Isle of Man (last two might not be considered in UK but Europeans may think they are) were all in the contest and voted for each other every time...
More recently the Contest has had more followers in the UK. Last time it was won by Ukraine with the UK second. For obvious reasons the contest cannot be held at present in Ukraine so that country agreed it should be held in the UK but, fear not, Ukraine will be feted during the contest, and Russia & Belorus are not allowed to compete. Israel does and Australia has completed in a few recent competitions though my geography teacher would have pulled his hair out over that!
Eurovision? Political? Nah! Surely not. 😂😂
I mean political voting is inherently a part of eurovision, there's no doubt about that...
But that Embers song was just bad, you cannot blame political voting for getting 0 points 😂 UK makes it to the final automatically cause they're one of the big 5 countries that provide major funding for the event. If that song was sent by another country, it wouldn't have made it to the final and we would've been deprived of the 0 points moment 😅
Katrina was born on a UK army base. Ironically she wrote a song called Going Down To Liverpool - The Bangles had a hit with it.
The 1970's were fantastic!
Strangely, back in the 70’s there was a guy in my class with your name!
@@bordersw1239 LOL was it me?
@@steveedington934 no idea, give me the first 2 initials of your secondary school and I’ll know!
@@bordersw1239 Well there was AL and then SWHS and the WGS.
@@steveedington934 . Not you then! Shame!
I was there in the 70's. It started with hippys and ended with the new romantics and punk. What a ride.
Apart from the songfestival, the late 60s and early 70s where the best imo in general, especially with music. There was so much experimentation and just greatness. For example in the genre Progressive Rock alone. You find absolute stunner bands like Genesis, Yes, King Crimson and so on. Amazing music back in those days
The main function of Eurovision is to daily exchange TV news material with other countries. It is a network of stations at a time when it was just not possible to exchange moving images and sound as easily as it is today. The song contest was just an idea to extend the use of the network for entertainment and international understanding.
The song you were referring to is "Where Are you now" by Imaani in 1998 who can second.
No he was referring to Rosa Linn 'Snap'.
love Shine a Light is a BANGER
I adore the Eurovision and we’ve had few stinkers recently- totally stinking. Thank heavens for Sam Ryder, he essentially won and we’ll be hosting this year, because poor Ukraine is being attacked.
the 70s were the best decade, for me !
I grew up in the 70s and the way Disco Fever swept the entire world could only be described as a euphoric phenomenon the likes of we will never see again.
The revolving mirrors behind Sandie Shaw were so annoying that they were turned off at some point in the proceedings. As for Gemini's effort, the song started with bass and nothing else but they could hardly hear the bass so they could not get the pitch right. UK's entry for 2022, 'Spaceman', was pretty good, I think it should bump Buck's Fizz off the list, but it was not as good as Poland's entry last year, 'River', which makes me tingle.
Sometimes the UK has tried to send a song that stands out from all the other entries which can be a good tactic, but it can also go very badly
01:57 "one of only 5 total victories" only? Only? It is the 2nd highest number of victories.
3rd to be exact.
Sweden has 6 victories!
Brilliant, thank you. Your endless curiosity and honest humour is one of the best things on CZcams.
The 70s - Those were the days , mysteriously missing from this it was a decade of oil prices causing inflation , strikes and power cuts - great football and music - sound increasingly familiar ?
The UK could have entered a dozen artists with worldwide followings but agreed not to . The contest is more of a mad party than serious and the voting is often the best bit .
Two of my favourite non-winners - Scott Fitzgerald's "Go" and Frances Ruffelle's "Lonely Symphony".
Best British entry, for me, was "Katrina and the Waves" with "Shine a light". I adore that song and it makes me happy every time I listen to it.
In the US I always picture the 70s as the era of disco. In the UK it was the decade of strikes, flared jeans and a lot of brown.
Also people in the UK complain that we'll never do well in Eurovision because 'it's all political', but in my opinion it's just because we don't actually make that much of an effort. In 2021 my family were complaining about getting 0 points the next day, but then none of them could hum a bar of our entry because the song was very forgettable. We did well the year that we had Andrew Lloyd Weber composed a decent song and put loads of effort in with a big TV contest - we came 5th. And then there was last year. We came 2nd to Ukraine, because 1) Sam Ryder toured Europe and built loads of hype online, but most importantly because Space Man is an absolute banger! It was actually played on radio stations!
You can't blame the rest of Europe not wanting to vote for us if we put in a half arsed effort.
So much brown.....
For me the 70s seems like a socially modern decade, in a time when what we now call the "establishment" was still living in the 1950s.
Yea its not a biggie lol, i dont know many people who cares about Eurovision really, the acts are always so bad anyway lol. Apart from Abba.
Eurovision was first broadcast in 1956 and involved just seven countries. That the UK has always had a place in the final ('though it didn't participate in the very first Contest) is down to the fact that the country was a founder member of the European Broadcasting Union so, no matter how c**p our entry, we must broadcast it each year and either squirm in embarrassment or simply revel in the awfulness of it all! Politics has consistently played a role with, for example, Greece always giving a high score to Cyprus and vice versa, while Malta and Ireland used to favor the UK and us them. Since Russia joined in the jamboree, things have become even more complicated and geopolitically determined.
It's not true actually - the Big 4 was founded in 1999 because of Germany. In 96 - they had a few systems to try and cope with the increasing amount of new countries that wanted to compete after the fall of the Berlin wall. So that year they decided to pre screen songs and one of the songs they rejected was Germany's (the Germans would have excluded anyway by previous criteria was to exclude the worst performing countries the previous year and Germany were last) but this not only felt unfair since Germany had always show up without fail but since they were one of the contest's biggest financial backers the contest struggled in that way that year despite the songs being good. The big four (now the big five since Italy's return with ironically the Italians never really needing the help of having that status) are the biggest financial contributers to the contest usually at least sends something a bit pants that will come last in the final although last year France was more a very creative experiment that didn't quite work live.
Do take a look at songs from ireland, they're wizard!
Eurovision - where you're guaranteed to find the dross of UK music !! 70's saw the birth of great metal music! Btw it's VERY political, Terry Wogan used to present it in the UK for many years and could accurately predict which country would vote for which....
Pls do more The Thick Of It reactions . I wanna see you react to Malcolm Tucker’s insults.
9:47 Do you mean Imaani Where Are You ? A classic.
I have been to Watch Eurovision in Athens, Malmo, Düsseldorf and Riga ( Gemini! we were horrified )and Now Liverpool ! always had a great time
Bucks Fizz is my favorite, followed by Katrina and the waves. When I heard Katrina, I thought: that's it, she's gonna win. And she did. I'm from The Netherlands, we won a few years ago , but this year we have an entry so bad, you can compare it with the worst Brittish song from Geminy. They sing so out of tune, it's painful to the ears! 😢 So Brits, your not the only one with terrible entries. And yes, Eurovision is a big thing!
I told my wife after Katrina's first verse that she'd get it!
Your favorite bands you mean. If they sung like Madonna you would never forgive them.
Some people miss the fun of Eurovision taking it seriously. The best entries are from countries not caring if they win. It is at best feast of European cultures comedy kitche and the voting of blocks of countries each year such as Crete & Cyprus always giving each other top votes
She seemed to say that the public voted for Sandie Shaw, but there was no public voting at that time.
Bucks Fizz still taking some besting. And they had a lot of good songs other than Making Your Mind Up.
I always liked Katrina and the Waves and that Euro song. Walking on Sunshine is still a great song too.
I love Eurovision whatever happens. Good, bad, ugly, political, camp bit of fun.
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I'll be singing Puppet on a string all evening now 😂😂😂.
Connor talking over watchmojo, talking over the song about how watchmojo talks over songs.
AKA : 'WatchCrap' with SO MANY mistakes - ONLY bloggers from abroad use WM Crap videos - but it always 'Bites them on the bum' in the long run... 🤣🤣🤣
Connor, it's perhaps important to understand how divisive Eurovision Song is in the UK. It's indicative that the peak TV audience in the UK for 2022's Eurovision contest was 8.9 Million people - or about 12% of the UK population - so clearly, it's hardly the national obsession that the (very efficient) publicists for the event might have us believe. I know a few people who live for it and plan parties around it and glory in every detail and learn all the songs and talk about the costumes and analyze the voting in painful detail. But, I know a lot more people who view it as an anachronistic and lame survival from the days when international TV was still a novelty - but never watch it and some who even actively take steps to ensure they avoid everything to do with it.
Key message here There don't seem to be a lot of people in the UK who can take it or leave Eurvision - strong feelings both ways. It's Marmite TV.
The famous "You love it or you hate it". Same here.
There are two languages everybody speaks: music and sport. Someone said.
The big difference between those 2 things are: If I know my country will probably most certainly not win or reach the grand final, I can easily support another country. Most of the times I do support another country because I like their song most.
But it is unthinkable for me to be able to do the same in sport. I still can't watch the soccer/football final from 2010.
The only country I could support after we were out was Croatia. Because I really loved that team.
And I am not the only one. On all the papers you could read: France won the Championship but Croatia won the hearts.
But for context that did make it the third most watched tv programme in the UK last year (number 1 was the Queen’s funeral) so despite the negativity thrown at it, it’s incredibly popular. Even more so amongst younger people.
@@moononastick8628 Yes my sisters daughters and friends love it. Age: 19-28. But they love it for several years now.
@@moononastick8628 Absolutely right - but it is a feature of the modern media age that - despite appearances brought about by publicists - almost nothing deserves the label "national obsession" now. The days when over half the population were watching one TV show are long gone - though of course there are very exceptional events which buck that trend.
Even major football events (such as world cup finals) which you might think to judge by news media coverage were on in almost every home very very rarely get anything more than 20% of us watching.
Eurovision 2022 had nine million viewers - the Brit Awards this year had three million. Perhaps it's the Brits that is an irrelevant and lame anachronism that nobody is interested in?
I Liked the Scooch Song!
Sure you not thinking of you - Scooby Doo Where are you?
eurovision 2023 is being hosted about 4km from me in Liverpool
Someones probably already said this so forgive,the song save all your kisses for me reached 27 in the usa and no1 on the US easy listening charts
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why does he say maam at 6:23
Disagree with the James Newman judgement. He is a very good singer (as is his brother John), I actually purchased that song, I know, it's all a matter of taste. 😊
James Newman got done so dirty on Eurovision. His 2020 song was excellent. Not saying Sam Ryder wasn't great, but I thoroughly enjoyed James's 2020 and 2021 songs too. Tis not fair....
United Kingdom in 2021: They hate us because of Brexit! 😡
United Kingdom in 2022: Finish in 2nd position
What happened in the 70s? Disco and Vietnam
It used to be cheesey good old fashioned fun. Now its so highly political its ridiculous. Reviewing our 2021 entry it was actually a pretty fair song that deserved to have done much better and can we honestly say worldwide events didnt have any effect on us coming runner up to Ukraine last year ?
I think that a problem with Britain is that since the 90s we ceased to take it seriously which fed into the public voting and crap songs/acts being picked. Eastern countries did well at the same time
This is obviously out of date, as no mention of the great winner from last Sam with Space Man (yes he won but for Putin).
My favorite almost never wins. But this year, we The Netherlands decided to go for the last place. I hope they can fake a disease so we can send Davina Michelle, Floor Jansen with Nightwish, Danny Vera etc. But neeuuuw they had to send a duo that only sang on weddingparties and never together. Very small ones. Probably everyone went home when they started to sing. I would.
We are going back to where we were in 2012. No grand final.
Do you mean Imaani with Where are you now Connor? Now that song should have won in my opinion.
All you need to look at is who give each 12 points, the balkans always give each other, same with former USSR countries, same Greece and Cyprus and Scandinavian countries.
On behalf of the UK I'd like to apologize for Teenage Life - I can't stand that song and would like to erase it from existence.
I think one of the problems is that when a UK songwriter creates a great song there are better things to do with it than put it into Eurovision
Yes but sometimes you will be famous forever. I really love a lot of bands from the UK and I couldn't understand why the songs they sent over at least the last 20 years were so disapointing. Sending Blue because they had a great "coversong" together with Elton John doesn't work. Ofcourse Spaceman was more like it. But it can be so much better. However thanks to us the Jemini trauma will be over. It can be much much much more worse.
Greetz from The Netherlands
We just simply don't need to win the song contest, we only really do because we are part of the Eurovision Network and it seems rude not to.
@@B-A-L Excellent point. I think I will use it, with your permission of course, after our entry has spoiled everybodies ears.
@@larairina3922 What, like last year?
We do send some very bland boring songs, at least some of the bad songs on here were different and so had a small chance of doing well by finding an audience. Despite evidence that some people can achieve success via Eurovision, it just does not seem to be viewed as a credible route to success in the UK.
The UK has created a multitude of imaginative and inventive music, but sadly not at Eurovision.! 😒 🤣
Eurovision is where music goes to die so why send good music there lol
Long, Long Live Loveeee ❤❤❤
Talking over the song could be good as it stop copyright better
Beatles are a group. you can send a band with a lead-singer but not a group. thats the point^^
What about Blue? I thought they all sang. Is it because they don’t play instruments?
@@mral8145 Rules changed, don't know when. First only singers, then singers & duos, now all as long as there aren't more than six persons on stage.
Its not a very big deal in the UK ............
1970s interesting 🤔
React to Britains got talent please
Ok idiots in chat if it's so political why is the most successful song in the last decade from Portugal - a place with one neighbour and no dispora - I e. There aren't large numbers of Portuguese people in other countries. If it's about Brexit why did Sam Ryder do so well last year when we actually made an effort. Sure there's some politics and huge cultural blocks but a country like Serbia doesn't rest on its laurels and has sent varied and some really could songs over the years. Austria which doesn't have any advantages is sending something experimental this year. Norway has never been part of the EU and yet consistently does well at the contest. You are not going to tell me that some rando voting in Georgia or Israel or Australia or Iceland gives a monkey's about Brexit or as Matt from ESC United says some housewife in the Netherlands.
Its always going to be political in some way because of the fact that it has televoting. But I find the British take the whole thing way too seriously/competitively and always go on about “we lost because its political hur dur” and cant seem to enjoy the fun aspect of listening to new songs.
The UK has suffered through tlhe last decade or so in Eurovision, not only because of bad choice of songs & artists, but in my opinion at least, because we have, rightly or wrongly, treated the contest as a bit of a joke, whereas the rest of Europe are very, almost obsessively serious about it. As a result of that & with neighbouring countries voting for each other, the Uk was always going to struggle!
Well Belgium stopped giving points to The Netherlands. How dare they! 😉
It was the Irishman Terry Wogan who set us down the path of treating the contest as a joke and funnily enough his successor is another Irishman who treats it exactly the same way!
@@B-A-L Agreed!
I have to admit I have some sympathy with the joke thing, although I don't subscribe to it. I'm a singer/songwriter myself &, probably over-idealisticaly, believe song contests should be about the song & maybe the arrangement, but not about the set design, the lighting & general clowning about. Sorry if I stand alone in that.,
James newman Chocked
hahaha love your bored face
James Arthur and other 2020 artists had better songs in 2020 than they did in 2021
Shouldn't be political maybe, but still sentiment and other things creep in - which is possible why Ukraine beat UK last time; well, it was good!
The Seventies were horrible I was a teenager and it stank!
I saw Jemini live in a club just before their performance on the night of Euro and they were actually really quite good and having seen them live can honestly say they were cheated at Eurovision!
Pahahahahaha
why watchmojo...just watch the compilation of all british entries
You are Thirty I thought you were in your early twenties.
I'd like to know why the beatles and other legendary British artists couldn't contend too! Are we too good???😂😂
Beatles are a group. you can send a band with a lead-singer but not a group. thats the point^^
The Beatles were a professional and successful group, the Eurovision rules state that entries have to either be amateurs or non-mega stars to enter
@@samnemeth-smyth6109 They absolutely do not. The Beatles just didn't for whatever reason - probably no desire to go.
@@samnemeth-smyth6109 OK cool, thanks.
@@CompaSystem I does make sense... you never see any big artists on Eurovision
My preferred description for Eurovision is the ‘gay Olympics’. Whenever I’ve been, it’s felt like a large International Event (capitals important) in the host city. My favourite example was when Vienna hosted the 60th in 2015. They put a giant pride flag on the city hall (as a not subtle f-you to Putin), and turned - former Habsburg summer house into a temporary gay club (which was a bit surreal tbh)
Honestly eurovision is never a big deal. It's mostly comedy. And political allegiances in Europe vote for watch other. Weirdly last year we came second, of course Ukraine won, and we're hosting it for them here this year.....cos Russia.
Just One word: SCOOCH 🤮
When I think of the 1970s I think Disco, serial killers and everyone sweating.
These are the 10 Best? Crikey.
No, best and worst.
@@Steve-gc5nt I was referring to the ones labelled best. The "worst" speak for themselves!
Sam Smith came second with spaceman in 2022 and the Ukraine came first, The winner normally hosts the show the following year but because of the war in the Ukraine it will be presented from Liverpool in the UK.
Sam Ryder I think you mean, Sam Smith hasn't taken part yet..
James Newmans song was good. Total rubbish list, totally rubbish.
He hit several bum notes & was out of breath. Also, the song was badly staged & utterly forgettable.
Didn't hit the hit parade in the UK either.
You need to get OTHERS to pick up the phone & spend money to vote for you.
Send better songs. Simple.
No rules banning the Beatles, they just didn’t want to do it.