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Eurovision Song Contest 21
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Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
Take a wild guess!
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Pretty funny That the UK contestant was the least fluent in English!
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
As soon as they accepted Australia into it it became perfection really
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
We also get a guaranteed place in this because we contribute the most in terms of funding. One if 5 countries guaranteed entry.
In 1999, a rule change allowed the United Kingdom, along with France, Germany and Spain, to automatically qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final (irrespective of their recent scores and without entering a semi-final), due to being the biggest financial contributors to the EBU.[19] Due to their untouchable status in the contest, these countries became known as the "Big Four" (which became the "Big Five" in 2011 following the return of Italy to the contest).[20]
In 2008, it was rumoured that the "Big Four" would lose their automatic qualification, and would have to compete in the semi-finals for the first time.[21]However, it was announced by the EBU that this would not be the case and the four countries would still automatically qualify for the final of the 2009 contest without having to enter a semi-final,[22] and this has remained as of 2019.
In 2008, the BBC defended using money from TV licence fee payers for the contest when Liberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross had tabled a Commons motion which called on the corporation to withdraw its £173,000 funding for the annual contest. That same year, former Eurovision commentator Sir Terry Wogan claimed that the show is "no longer a music contest" after the result was announced.[23]
Since the introduction of the Big Four/Five, the United Kingdom has finished last in the contest five times, with Germany finishing last three times. The United Kingdom also has the fewest top ten results of the Big Five in the 21st century, but has achieved more top five results than Spain, having reached the top five in 2002 and 2009, while Spain has not reached the top five since the 1995 contest.
It’s the ESL rebadged you fools
In 1999, a rule change allowed the United Kingdom, along with France, Germany and Spain, to automatically qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final (irrespective of their recent scores and without entering a semi-final), due to being the biggest financial contributors to the EBU.[19] Due to their untouchable status in the contest, these countries became known as the "Big Four" (which became the "Big Five" in 2011 following the return of Italy to the contest).[20]
In 2008, it was rumoured that the "Big Four" would lose their automatic qualification, and would have to compete in the semi-finals for the first time.[21]However, it was announced by the EBU that this would not be the case and the four countries would still automatically qualify for the final of the 2009 contest without having to enter a semi-final,[22] and this has remained as of 2019.
In 2008, the BBC defended using money from TV licence fee payers for the contest when Liberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross had tabled a Commons motion which called on the corporation to withdraw its £173,000 funding for the annual contest. That same year, former Eurovision commentator Sir Terry Wogan claimed that the show is "no longer a music contest" after the result was announced.[23]
Since the introduction of the Big Four/Five, the United Kingdom has finished last in the contest five times, with Germany finishing last three times. The United Kingdom also has the fewest top ten results of the Big Five in the 21st century, but has achieved more top five results than Spain, having reached the top five in 2002 and 2009, while Spain has not reached the top five since the 1995 contest.
It’s the ESL rebadged you fools
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
johnola
Jermaine Jenas
Incredibly ignorant bit of casual racism.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Cheeky Mozam there !!
Notmegov
Roman Pavlyuchenko
I love the nudge from his mate "oi we are on tv"
SteveAWOL
Chris Jones
greatwhitenorf
Edgar Davids
Ya Ya, Ding Dong.
Still my favourite.
Still my favourite.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Ian Walker
Ultimate pointless exercise all music is beautiful and enhance our lives, we all have a point of view and each has as much value as the others.