Or do Europeans have better things to worry about and are really only interested if the song is good? Tell us your thoughts below. Read more UK Eurovision news here. UK is champion in coming up with excuses. Come on Uk, make some effort, I really wish you would. Congratulations Clodagh. As a fellow Brit, they are definitely not my views. No we are probably not that popular in Europe right now, but then I can think of many countries who are also not very popular with large populations in Europe to.
Will we win again? If we sent something worthy of winning then by all means I think we could. Some entries I have liked very much, but still no eurovision winning material. Uk will win again…But not with the songs they send last years. Nothing special happened on stage with the UK entry. Songs are not good enough. We havent deserved to win. Boring ballards mostly. No imagination Stop blaming other countries. Facts are facts Europe.
And their best result since in terms of placement and since in terms of points was…. How about send songs that are at least good enough to be liked in your own country for starter? Why should the UK be privileged to win so often out of over 40 countries participating? You think you were born better? Look who has won in the last decade: Germany won in when the Big 4 were hardly ever competitive and they were coming off a poor track record themselves. Austria in after years of poor results Portugal, who at the time I think were the country that had gone the longest without a win The Netherlands, who went through almost a decade of being stuck in the semi finals They all had to wait decades for victory.
I think had you … Read more ». They still treat Eurovision like a trashy camp fest where you can only win with tacky songs! They have a false idea of what they think the competition is and what they think a Eurovision song is. They have an outdated view with theories about corruption, block voting and majority gimmicky songs.
You place low all the time not because people hate you, but because people are indifferent to your songs. Even their national selections were organized in a way that highlighted vocal abilities and charisma of the performer, putting the song itself second.
Come on. Non of the gays care about what old white british men do in the parlament. All we wanna see is slaying singers.
Political reasons can be behind some contries not winning, but this is not the case with the uk. There are lots of reasons why the UK might not win again but they have nothing to do with the vaccine. Interviews with these ageing UK Eurovision contestants are nearly always embarrassing.
UK send good song from to only few was not good , From they only few was good ,, ,,, IF they send good song they can win. Germany won in Her song shows that the U. Given that this was at the height of the Troubles, the BBC is said to have approached Clodagh reasoning that she would be well received by the Irish audience.
Clodagh performed six songs in the UK national final. However, regional juries voted Jack in the box the winner. Clodagh has since said that she knew the Monegasque song would win. Interestingly, her sister Lavinia joined The Breakaways to perform backing vocals on the Eurovision stage. She also recorded and released a version of the song in Spanish, as Caja de sorpresa. An album, Rodgers and heart , was released on the back of her contest appearance. From there on, a career in light entertainment beckoned.
Clodagh became a regular on Saturday night shows and in variety. She went on to tour the UK in the show after the death of her second husband, bass guitarist Ian Sorbie, in the mids.
Clodagh retired from the music business after the tour was over but occasionally still gives media interviews. Brigitt Petry : Komm her und lieb mich. Faith Brown : Lock me in. Clodagh Rodgers. New beginnings The search began for a new manager and a label. Finally, a breakthrough Despite TV appearances to promote the singles, record buyers still took little notice — though one person was utterly captivated by Clodagh.
Eurovision to the rescue Clodagh was in desperate need of a boost for her career. The stage beckons An album, Rodgers and heart , was released on the back of her contest appearance. Every day is just the same Everybody go home the party's over Stormy weather You can unsubscribe at any time. More info. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, Clodagh, 68, retired from the music business for family reasons and now lives in Sussex.
She has two sons and has been married twice; first to her manager, John, and then to bass guitarist Ian Sorbie, who died in My dad was a dance hall promoter and dancing was the only form of entertainment then. All the big show bands and singers played at the weekends and I sang with artists like Michael Holliday in Ballymena when I was 12, with audiences of 2, people.
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