Eurovision 2010: Pete Waterman's Your Country Needs You!

Revamp for UK Entry ... Confirmed, song will be remixed and a new version released.

United Kingdom entry to be revamped

London, United Kingdom - Mike Stock, co-composer of the United Kingdom's 2010 entry has announced that the song will be remixed and a new version released in the near future.

After much criticism by the public of the quality of the Pete Waterman and Mike Stock composed song, Mike Stock has announced on his website that the song will be remixed and a new, better version released soon.

In a reaction to the criticism and comments received about the song That Sounds Good To Me, Stock said, "what I found most frustrating was having to record six different versions of That Sounds Good To Me incomplete and unfinished. Obviously until you know who has won you can't deliver the final version. This is what has made this year slightly unusual"

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Yep - SR even have a separate radio station (online) for the run up to MF and Eurovision - playing classic MF and Eurovision tracks. When you listen to commercial radio in Sweden you quite often hear previous MF songs - and sometimes Eurovision tracks as well (though often these have a Swedish connection - like Antique and Helena Paparizou who both represented Greece - and have Swedish connections)

I don't understand why the BBC don't bring back Fame Academy (In it's original format)

Series one was simply the best musical reality show on TV, and the winner could easily be our entrant for Eurovision

When FA was broadcast, it was accused of dumbing down the BBC (yet we get Hole In The Wall and Saturday night repeats of Total Wipeout. I rest my case!)

I suspect one issue is that Fame Academy wasn't a BBC format - they licensed it from another broadcaster, and it was an independent production (as - to be fair - is the new Lloyd Webber show)

I suspect that the BBC really prefer to develop their own formats - which they can then sell-on abroad (like Strictly) and generate income for the BBC, rather than pay money for someone else's format.

Also the current West End casting format (Maria, Joseph, Nancy, Dorothy etc.) probably mean the BBC don't want a second music talent show - particularly as Fame Academy would now be directly compared with The X Factor.

I agree, though, that Fame Academy was a good way of discovering new talent, though in a more "Reality TV innocent" era. Spain used to use a similar format to select their Eurovision entry - though I'm not sure they still do.

The downside of the Fame Academy model is that you are usually still sending a "new" act - not always very experienced.

Fame Academy was the Spanish format for Eurovision, that's where the programme originated from. The show was such a success that a rival commercial channel ended up buying the format, severing its ties with Eurovision. It's still one of the most, if not the most watched shows in Spain.

I'm afraid I was never really a fan of Fame Academy on the BBC. IMO they took the "Academy" part of the show far too seriously which made it less fun.

.......... a diversion

Worthwhile mentioning that the UK's 1966 Entrant Kenneth McKellar died earlier today
Different Age, but sublime voice ...

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