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IKR!? When it hits right, it can be magical. Welcome to the #Eurovision family. 😊

I 100% agree with this idea.

Make it free and app-only, with users required to rank a Top 10. If it's too much of a financial hit I'd be happy to see more sponsorship. Given the size of the global audience, I'm sure there'd be corporate take-up.

It raises a lot of important questions that need answering!

I agree their vocals were the best part. Maybe it's the circles I move in, but this is the first criticism I've heard about the theme - most of that was directed at 🇲🇹, 🇦🇺 and 🇫🇮. I concede that the song's composition was polarising. I personally liked it. But clearly I'm in the minority!

I think the problem for the UK is with staging and/or vocals, rather than song quality.

Remember Monday were excellent. Staging let them down. Switzerland's LEDs were fantastic, yet they were barely used. And the props were pathetic. A song like needed staging like Luxembourg's, not James Newman.

But failing that, I think the UK should send one of two things to #Eurovision '26 in Austria.

Either a mega-ballad song by a diva, or a folky song sung in Welsh. Or perhaps a mega-ballad in Welsh - tap into a national language other than English. But make sure they can SING.

Like I say every year, I'd LOVE to see the UK do a Melfest-type competition: One night each, hosted by BBC England, BBC Wales, BBC Scotland and BBC Northern Ireland, with the winner of each going to a Grand UK final.

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I think there are a number of reasons for the UK's poor public vote, but I think staging and song are a huge part of this. The staging this year was mid at best. For a unique song that 'felt British' and was well sung, it was a missed opportunity. #Eurovision

The Swiss tanking the phone vote concerns me.

In the current system it means that the quiet, well performed song can only be the preserve of the big 5/host (eg France) because no semi finalist is going to risk a technically good song on a phone vote

Juries need to come back to semis

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(8) Tighten up the rules and make it very clear what qualifies as political, and what qualifies as ‘bringing the competition into disrepute’. The ambiguity is damaging the contest.

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(7) Bring back juries to the semi-finals. Currently, some songs juries might favour are eliminated in the semis. This means jury votes are concentrated in fewer songs, which leads to the voting disparity we've seen in the past 3 contests.

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(6) Keep the jury vote as it is (12 points to 1 point, and at 50%), but increased the number of expert jurors to 10.

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(5) The other 25% of the public vote should come from a demoscopic (i.e. representative) sample vote from the public. This has been used for both Benidormfest and Sanremo.

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(4) With the increase of points from the public, reduce their percentage of the overall vote share to 25%. This retains a general public vote, but better protects the contest from votes based on geopolitical bias.

8 things I would do to fix #Eurovision.

(3) Increase the number of countries awarded points by the public, from top 10 to top 20. This removes the cliff edge that happens for songs that finish just under the top 10, whilst retaining the risk (and fun) of the dreaded nul points.