Last year, when Russia won the Eurovision song contest, there were many who grumbled it was all due to political voters and Eastern Europe voting for their own.
Certainly there was some of that but I took the view that we (the United Kingdom) could not grumble about losing if we weren't prepared to send in a decent entry. After all, the UK doesn't send half hearted athletes to the olympic game.
But this year we actually tried hard, sending a good song and a good singer to represent us. And we had our best result since 2002. The United Kingdom, out of 25 countries in the final and all who compete, came 5th.
Norway won, and they put in a good show, but Jade Ewen did us proud. It just shows that if we really do try we can get results.
Certainly there was some of that but I took the view that we (the United Kingdom) could not grumble about losing if we weren't prepared to send in a decent entry. After all, the UK doesn't send half hearted athletes to the olympic game.
But this year we actually tried hard, sending a good song and a good singer to represent us. And we had our best result since 2002. The United Kingdom, out of 25 countries in the final and all who compete, came 5th.
Norway won, and they put in a good show, but Jade Ewen did us proud. It just shows that if we really do try we can get results.
