I'm sure I've also seen somewhere that the delegation is now struggling to get people on board. Which if true, it's a bit of a joke as they're too stubborn to either hold a national final to find new talent or say yes to decent artists who genuinely want to do it.
The whole obsessions with The Hurts doing it really winds me up as I don't think their music is that good, nor do I think they'd do well, but I think it would be a better choice than recent years and if the band wants to do it, it's an issue sorted quickly and you can concentrate on the song instead of spending all your time looking for someone to say yes.
I really hope that Little Boots has been considered by the delegation. It's just ignorant to not to consider artists who put everything on a plate for you.
I think with Hurts or the like some of their stuff would work amazingly or it wouldn't work at all (I would include Little Boots in this). Either way it is better to do well or fail with something that is a bit different than to something which is middle of the road. I also think that such acts can sell such songs better as they are true to themselves. The public will always sniff out an act and song which are mismatched, even if both have aspects of quality. Sometimes this can be seen in the Nordic selections. I have a great distaste for Katie Melua, I have not liked a thing she has done. However I know she'd do well in the contest with several of her songs. I suppose it comes down to common sense. I'd rather the UK fail for being different, than failing from being lame. A lame duck can be spotted the moment the song is unveiled.
Even if the BBC become lumbered with the likes of Tyler (which happens to the best of countries every now and then) the common sense still does not exist. Bonnie said several times the BBC had free choice to pick from the album minus the covers. BiM was picked because it sounded 'Eurovision' (against the odds lyrics I guess) and that the BBC felt it was the best song on the album. The irksome fact is that it is one of the weakest songs on the album and a song such as Sunshine that needed no edit, was a stronger song, easier to sing, and more easy to stage was overlooked. Would she have come top 10, hell no. Sunshine may have got 50-70 points if these elements came together BiM never would have got that with the wind behind it.
This whole we must find a song that equals 'so Eurovision' sung by a 'credible act' is the major problem. Some Eurovision staples will always do well. Peace and love songs will always be present yet they are not a guarantee in doing well. Sometimes the public and juries will entertain them, other years they have no time for them. I think even if they flipped it with 'credible song' and act which is 'so eurovision' would work better in some respects e.g. Jedward - Lipstick. Yet it would recquire being very considered with it.
Perhaps next year just for the sake of it they should pick a song and act that sound alien to the contest. I would be willing to bet they'd do better than most UK acts since 2000.
