I'm not sure the BBC actually wants the UK to win - if we did, it would involve a lot of expense and effort in actually putting the shows (2 of them now there's a semi-final). Whereas just taking part only involves organising the Making Your Mind Up show - and by the looks of the production on saturday night's show (dodgy sound, appalling camerawork, presenters who seemed underprepared) the BBC spent as little as possible on it.
The show still does really well in the UK - over 8 million viewers, and the prevaling view (heartily encouraged by Terry Wogan, who seems more and more out of touch with the contest every passing year) is that all the songs are rubbish, and it's a complete lottery who wins, so we might as well stick a novelty act in ourselves - even though the contest isn't really like that at all any more.
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Date: 2007-03-19 10:08 am (UTC)The show still does really well in the UK - over 8 million viewers, and the prevaling view (heartily encouraged by Terry Wogan, who seems more and more out of touch with the contest every passing year) is that all the songs are rubbish, and it's a complete lottery who wins, so we might as well stick a novelty act in ourselves - even though the contest isn't really like that at all any more.