Some will be delighted to know I’m upgrading my score on this song.
From a lowly (and imo justified
) it now reaches the giddy heights of
.
It’s still terrible but not as bad as Finland which is a minus score for me.
I still strongly believe songs like this harm Eurovision’s emerging better reputation with the wider public and will set us several steps back to wider acceptance.
Should that matter? I think it does. Some would say Eurovision just needs to please its fans, but I think it needs to be as widely enjoyed as possible, so songs like this just play into the naff, cheesy image that’s has persisted for decades and is only now starting to shift in the UK.