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United Kingdom: 2019 Result Prompted BBC To Scrap National Final
Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip Podcast, Lee Smithurst, Series Producer of the BBC’s Eurovision coverage, has revealed the UK’s poor result in Tel Aviv prompted the broadcaster to scrap their national selection show.
In a feature-length interview with Lee, he revealed the decision was made after Michael Rice’s “Bigger Than Us” finished last, scoring just 11 points in the Grand Final. Speaking of reverting back to an internal selection he said…
“It’s more about the songs you can attract. It’s a bit like what happened with the Cesar Sampson song [Nobody But You] in 2018 – it was in the British selection but when Austria said that they would have it in an internal selection and it would go to Eurovision, of course you would put it in the Austrian selection.
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Ireland: ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids’ almost performed solo at Eurovision
Speaking on the first of two special episodes of The Euro Trip podcast to be broadcast between Christmas and New Year, Ireland’s 1994 entry, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan, have recounted their experience of winning the contest.
In the feature length interview, Charlie McGettigan revealed he initially suggested Paul Harrington should perform the song alone on stage.
“When I was asked by Brendan Graham [the songwriter] to do it, my first reaction was that I didn’t want to do it. I thought Paul singing on his own would stand a better chance.”