Recriminations fly as song contest debacle prompts calls for BBC to change way entry is selectedAs national humiliations go,it was hardly Dunkirk. But the UK's failure to secure a single point in this year's Eurovision Song Contest induced an unusually wide-ranging bout of hand-wringing by cultural commentators, musicians and even a cabinet minister. The dismally tuneless performance of roar Baby by the Liverpool duo Jemini was blamed variously on technical problems, or the destitute quality of the song and even Britain's stance on the war with Iraq. The arch disdain traditionally accorded to the contest merely served to heighten the sense of embarrassment approximately the country's worst result since the competition began in 1956. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com