Eurovision is of course rubbish every year, so it is perfectly fitting that the UK elects to send a singing dustman, Andy Abrahams, to fly the flag at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Former X Factor wannabe Abrahams will be hoping to take the title at the annual kitsch-fest on Saturday with his track Even If, competing against Irish institution Dustin The Turkey.
According to the bookies, Abrahams doesn't stand a chance with William Hill giving him the longest odds ever for a UK entry at 66-1.
Here are a few other golden turkeys which have represented the UK in past years:
Almost any 30 or 40-something in the UK, out of their mind on absinthe, will have tried to replicate the on-all-fours dance created so memorably by Bardo in 1982 for their Eurovision entry One Step Further … ah right, only me then.
In 1978, it was the turn of Coco with Bad Old Days, touching, nostalgic, upbeat and featuring Cheryl Baker in the line-up three years before she won with Bucks Fizz.
A year earlier, in 1977, the UK was on a high. Brotherhood of Man won the competition the previous year so we had a reputation as the greatest songwriters in Europe to uphold. Naturally, we chose Mike Moran and Lynsey de Paul to fly the flag in the garb of city gents with this curio, Rockbottom. It was very, very bad,
Rockbottom? Not exactly – that accolade must go to Jemini with Cry Baby in 2003. Excruciating. They are still trying to find the right key even now. It makes you long for lip syncing.
Bum notes are clearly contagious. A decade and a half before Samantha Janus moved into Albert Square, she knew all about Butchers – she certainly butchered this …
And finally, doesn’t Andy’s entry sound remarkably similar to this?
5:46 PM | 19/05/2008
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