Tom Ewing | Why Britain should go for broke at Eurovision

Britain is not going to win Eurovision any time soon – so why not go for broke and enter an interesting song for a change?Eurovision, says a friend, is the Boat Race of pop. The BBC are stuck with it, the result doesn't matter, and if it gets too close to real sport it feels like cheating. It's still one of the "crown jewels" – but this year the buzz of anticipation is half-hearted. "I'm having a year off," a Eurovision loyalist told me, citing the general drabness of the songs and in part...

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