United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM 2024 - Olly Alexander - Dizzy

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Maia]

I expected 0 points, but I also thought a few countries would get 0 from the televote. UK being the only one to get it is kind of rough.

 

[jeriswani]

Last time we got 0 on televote we sent Sam Ryder. We just need to send jury bait songs. The times we sent jury bait we did well in the televote.

 

[soulm8]

This is the most played song from ESC in Bulgaria and got 0 points? Lol

 

[cegs5]

Sadly, most of the people will not talk about the 18th place, but the zero points (again)... and how Europe hate Brits, everything is too political, etc.

I was not a fan of the staging, it would have been cool maybe ten years ago...but it wasn't that bad!
Dizzy went to my playlist when it was released, but never topped my personal ranking. I guess it happened the same to many people, they may like the song, but not love it enough to vote for it

 

[Kairit]

I... voted for it. Incredible staging, great song. Just enjoyed it. Zero public points, especially this time..... I don't know, man.

 

[Leydan]

Sadly, most of the people will not talk about the 18th place, but the zero points (again)... and how Europe hate Brits, everything is too political, etc.

Or the fact we got left side with the juries, even if it was just 46 points

 

[jeriswani]

When we send really good singers we do well. Just send a rally good singer with a really good song and will do well.

 

[eerik]

I've been a big fan of Danny L Harle since the early days of PC Music, but this is the worst thing he's released. Sad.

 

[Grinch]

0 from TV is crazy! How is that even possible?

 

[Wynnter]

I'm afraid this one got lost in the middle.

 

[Leydan]

Looking at the jury results we seemed to have got quite a lot of 11th - 15th where some had us high and others tanked us.

 

[musicfan]

Sadly, most of the people will not talk about the 18th place, but the zero points (again)... and how Europe hate Brits, everything is too political, etc.

And Israel got a huge televote score. There's always some politics.

The reality is that despite everybody knowing he wasn't a contender the UK still had the most in the audience in Malmö, they admitted it in a semi. So those people didn't just go to wave a flag they went for other songs too. That goes strongly against the story that some people in other countries want to paint every year.

 

[Storm]

This was my parents' favorite entry of the night but - as they texted me - 'only with eyes closed'

 

[Rocket man]

Lol, who knew the Eurovision audience didn't like gay soft "porn" in a performance. People have sex but can still be prudes, and then add in the gay sexualisation, yeah the UK was always going to get 0 points from the public vote.

I still loved it and Olly always said he was going to be "gay for the UK at Eurovision," and he really delivered. I'm so proud of him for being unapologetically himself and did not pander to the straights.

I just also want to note, I liked the song "Dizzy" but a LOT of people found it very mid. The only thing the BBC was in charge of this year was picking the song out of the handful of songs that Olly had given to them to listen to and they still fucked it up. Everything else came from Olly Alexander and his team and they did an AMAZING job.

 

[Lona]

I liked the song and also the staging. I expected it higher.

Though I am curious, is there a video which shows it getting performed at the ESC with a normal view without all the camera tricks? I am curious how the singer and dancers all truly moved.

 

[Kitakaze]

Shocking. I thought about 70 from the jury and 30 from televote was a realistic goal but obviously that was far too optimistic. Back to the drawing board. Not sure who would want to put their hand up for the UK now but I think the only solution is to send a ballad now and try to appeal to the jury because pop just doesn’t seem to work.

 

[NeoTen]

Told you. Even for ESC, this was way too much. He sang well though, so he actually got a few countries to vote for him

 

[GermanBango]

It's the same almost every year ... Y'all get way too excited (I mean some of you guys were even talking about a possible win after the rehearsal) and then fall flat on your faces. Did it deserve 0 points? Nah. But vocally this was weak and the song is just very very beige. Which sucks because Olly has proven in the past that he can write much much better songs.

 

[4815162342]

Its funny how hyped this was when the staging was revealed only to end up with 0 televoting points.

 

[musicfan]

I liked the song and also the staging. I expected it higher.

Though I am curious, is there a video which shows it getting performed at the ESC with a normal view without all the camera tricks? I am curious how the singer and dancers all truly moved.

Yes there is just search for Dizzy live in the arena. There are fewer camera tricks than you clearly expect.