A complete about face from last year and using BBC Introducing as a means of selecting a credible act and song. This is why you don't allow the British public to submit songs!
Not much point in having a big band song when you can't have a big band on stage. I don't hate it but it hasn't got a chance in hell.
It does seem once again the BBC have looked for a "Eurovision Song" rather than a "song", and it arguably ticks a few boxes of the former (it's quite simple, sticks in your head) but doesn't have the qualities of recent winners.
A complete about face from last year and using BBC Introducing as a means of selecting a credible act and song. This is why you don't allow the British public to submit songs!
The best song submitted wasn't selected by a lottery, and not every pub singer has the ability to make a music video.
Incidentally, I'm unsure about this song. I don't think "electro-swing" is my thing.
I like the catchiness of it. It could be a good performance, it could even go down well in Europe. I didn't think that a fiddler could have won before Alexander Rybak won with Fairytale a few years ago.
I agree about the big band song with no big band allowed. It most probably won't be forgotten in amongst the others however it could be referred to as the 'scatty' one. Never a good thing.
I like it and think it does have a chance, especially when you compare it to the other 2015 entries. It certainly stands out and makes the other entries seem, for want of a better word, dull.
The reaction on the Eurovision Facebook page appears to be mostly negative - then again, I'm not sure how many of those commenters are die-hard Eurovision fans.
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Rob_Schneider
At least Molly's song was quite good, even if she did completely arse up the performance on the night. I can't see this anywhere near the left hand of the board which I don't think is an unrealistic target for the BBC.
At least Molly's song was quite good, even if she did completely arse up the performance on the night. I can't see this anywhere near the left hand of the board which I don't think is an unrealistic target for the BBC.
It wasn't the performance on the night that was the problem.
So, we have what John Shuttleworth would call a "fun track". It reminds me very much of the No.1 chart hit Doop by the eponymous Doop in 1994. Whilst I really like it, the problem is that quite a few countries have done Doop-a-like entries over the years and haven't fared well at all.