John M Upton

Well, after Br*x*t - with all the accompanying "pleasantries" - did anyone seriously GB to get any points? Doesn't matter which songs (if any) are any good, there's bad blood, so other countries are likely to be out to punish GB.

If GB must enter Eurovision each year, I get the impression that the only real hope would involve entering a "tone deaf" comedy act - called "Null Points" - with a tuneless "song" and nonsense "lyrics". (I'm sure that some of the jokers that come up with those insufferably tuneless "songs" used in TV adverts would be more than capable of inflicting suitable $h*t on the Eurovision juries.)

You could almost imagine a number of EU countries being so intent on "punishing" GB that they'd award some points, just to "prove us wrong".

To be brutally honest, I don't know why this country bothers entering Eurovision - I certainly haven't bothered watching it for a very long time (if ever). I wish they'd just put it out of its misery - and stop wasting money on it.

I'm not attacking anyone who actually chooses to watch Eurovision - everyone's entitled to their own opinions - but I suspect some Freeview channel might be able to be persuaded to take it, perhaps as part of a package deal ... .

Ever since Eurovision started expanding membership of Eurovision itself, first with the former Warsaw pact European countries and then with "non-european" states, the considerably enlarged pool of countries entitled to enter, and the associated clannish voting habits of a large number of the new entrants has made the contest a completely different beast to what it was. 

As the BBC is responsible for organising the UK entry, in these straitened times I'm betting that there is an unwillingness to send any performer(s) with a song that has more than a snowballs chance of winning.  It's bad enough paying our Eurovision membership fees, and providing an entry, without the chance of having to present the next years contest!

Given the quality of our recent entries, it's possible that Project LaLaLaNullPoints has been in operation for some time...

Long may it continue!

I reckon that voting has been "politically charged" for decades - even if GB were to enter something that anyone would actually want to have playing on their car audio, total votes for the GB would almost certainly be able to be counted on the fingers of one hand.

This might explain my suggestion of the sort of fare GB should be entering.

Of course, there's nothing to stop "going all out", with a properly calibrated entry - some rap act, using a stage name like "Cat and the Waulers" - sampling a well known funeral march and "The Sound of Music" ("So long - farewell.").

Throw in some "lyrics" that simultaneously take a "pop" at both the architects of Br*x*t and the upper echelons of EU hierarchy (to keep things politically neutral) - then call the entry "Null Points" - and wait for the fireworks.

The moment they reach an inevitable crescendo, just announce GB's permanent withdrawal from the whole circus - and the job's a good 'un!

Seriously though, the current fiasco is an irritating waste of everyone's time and money - that probably pleases nobody.

Similarly, the more entrenched individuals on both sides of the Br*x*t "debate" seem to have succeeded only in wasting everyone's time and money - and antagonising just about everyone.

I can't help wondering what it would take to highlight just how ridiculous it's all got - without pushing any specific political agenda.

Although I suspect that both the Br*x*t "debate" and the Eurovision malarkey are likely to rumble on for many years to come, I reckon a sane end to both (or even either) might well have some people "Walking on Sunshine".

Enough is enough.