Graham Norton thought it was harsh. Perhaps you did too. It certainly felt like there were plenty of other injustices among the ever-unpredictable public voting: Denmark’s entry Hallucination was actually good, not just Eurovision good, and only got two points.
Remember Monday react as final results are announced during the Eurovision final, in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
And the three girls from Hampshire sure did nail those harmonies. It was more fun, more original, than the past two disastrous years since our lord and saviour Sam Ryder came second in 2022.
They represent everything that’s wrong with the UK at Eurovision. Austria’s winning entry, Wasted Love by the extraordinary vocalist JJ, was daring, experimental and unashamedly strange. The UK, meanwhile, is beset with foolish overoptimism, internalised musical snobbery and an inability to fully let go.
Latvian group Tautumeitas, who won the UK jury’s 12 points at the Eurovision Song Contest final. (Photo: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images)
But while the UK entry undoubtedly added to the variety, it also felt like an aberration. Remember Monday have brilliant voices; they harmonise beautifully; they are young and fun and don’t take themselves as seriously as some of the acts (I’m looking at you, Albania).
It simply feels counterintuitive to lose at something we know ourselves to be good at. We’ve got David Bowie! We’ve got the Beatles! We’ve got Adele! How could we possibly not be better than songs us sensible English-speakers reserve for the novelty of apres-ski?
Sam Ryder came second for the UK at Eurovision in 2022. (Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA)Instead, our recent entries have tried to prove, off the back of Ryder’s success, that no really, we can do it, by indulging in irony (Mae Muller, 2023), producing something too on the nose (Olly Alexander, 2024) or, this year, trying to do “quirky”.
Post-Brexit, the UK has had a chance to refresh its Eurovision reputation. No longer umbilically connected to Europe, it could have evolved from a slightly useless musical appendage to the other big five countries (Spain, France, Germany and Italy) to one of those lesser known, unpredictable countries who might rack up some points with a runaway hit.
Unfortunately the UK is weighed down by its self awareness, its own musical past, and its relentlessly stiff upper lip. But then again, we are also a uniquely self-deprecating country. So perhaps there’s something down here in 19th place that works for everyone.
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