Eurovision Song Contest - Belgrade 2008

Next year, it should be:-

"The Western Eurovision Song Contest" with Terry Wogan
with countries competing including:-
UK
Ireland
Iceland
France
Andorra
Portugal
Spain
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
San Marino
Malta

and leave the rest of the other countires to devise their own competition...

Great minds think alike! I just posted something really similar! Maybe the BBC should start taking notice of what WE their financial providers, are saying!

Yeah - you just beat me to it! Either this - or just ban telephone voting and just have a proper jury as it was back in 1997 and before. I am sure Terry Wogan would be happy with either of these 2 choices.

Terry Wogan's final goodbye?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo3Lcs9-wmk

It'll just be on BBC Three with Paddy and Caroline if Wogan goes. Then the UK really will send in some tripe music. The likes of Chico or ex-soapstars etc.

Sir Terry didn't sound positive, he said that him and Kevin Bishop might have to discuss pulling out. I realise it's Kevin Bishop's last day. On various forums people have suggested a Western European Song Contest, with the Eastern European dominance which is now happening. I used to embrace our Eastern European brothers but maybe now there's too many of them. To be honest pulling out maybe the only option, I don't want us to but maybe there's a limit.

Depends what you mean by "traditional western European". Technically, Finland and Greece have been participants for years, and both of them have won within the past few years.

They already took Chico with them.

I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything better than the BBC pulling out of the feed before the end!

On another note, I'm really surprised that Sweden was the wildcard in the 2nd semi and they did so badly in the final, yet random other countries did so well!

Have you just revealed something that was supposed to be embargoed until tomorrow?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest

yip Greece has been around since 1974. I have just notice that Serbia only joined last year and there won?

It is tomorrow.