In the second of two opinion blogs, The Euro Trip blogger Elliot Harris takes a look at the route he'd like the BBC to take when it comes to Eurovision 2016.
As we know the United Kingdom has announced essentially an
open casting call for their Eurovision representative.
Bonnie Tyler sang 'Believe In Me' in Malmo in 2013
For me I feel we need, and I have said for many years amongst
friends, is that we need to send a up tempo song, nothing swing, no ballads,
simple easy listening up tempo, something with replay ability and mainstream, basically
what Sweden did last year and looked what happened. The UK’s problem is that in
recent years we have played the gimmick of “big name” card with no effect,
trying to stand out with a big name is pointless without a decent song to back
it up (Bonnie Tyler anyone?) At the end of the day the song needs to be good
enough ANYONE can perform it and do a good job, so first and foremost we need
to focus on the song, maybe take some Scandinavian pop influences perhaps?
As for the performer itself to grace the stage and fly the
flag for the United Kingdom in Stockholm, if I had my way I would probably send
someone from the X Factor or The Voice, someone with stage and competition
experience, it won’t be a big leap from what they are used to. I think someone
with that experience would work wonders potentially, but if we were not to send
someone from that area I personally would love Sam Smith to go, he is my
favourite UK act in the last decade and love his song and his performance and
is a fantastic songwriter, however with him just releasing his new single for
the new James Bond film, something tells me he doesn’t have to do Eurovision
anytime soon.
Well they are my thoughts on the UK for Eurovision 2016, feel
free to agree and disagree on the comments, but let us see what happens with
the UK in Sweden, hopefully not languishing near the bottom of the leader board
once again. Elliot
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