Democracy Sucks

Amanda and I have finally found a way of watching British TV. We had for too long been subjected to the complete tosh that BBC America tries to force upon the American public and British ex-pats alike. But enough is enough and UKNova has come to the rescue. I actually can't say thank you enough to the team of people in the UK who must just feel sorry for folks like me stuck without British TV and who use their own time to capture and make available British TV shows so that I can watch them. Last week I was able to watch Eastenders for the first time since July as well as Dead Ringers and Bonkers (that was mum's recommendation) and of course as soon as the torrent for Making Your Mind Up became available I was all over it...

I was shocked at the results. After all the anticipation, all the hype: Will Morrissey be singing? Will all these "real bands" get into the Eurovision vibe? Will we actually have anything good? We get one decent song and five piles of poo. And what do the public select from this clear choice of 5 really bad songs and one that might actually stand a chance? This great big pile of poo.

Flippin' Scooch. I hate them. Not only can they not sing (my good friend texted me during the competition to tell me they are "shoddy live" which seems an accurate description), but their song is awful, they're "Flying the Flag" but for what I don't know and besides Europe kind of hates us so waving the Union Jack around seems like a daft idea. And on top of that they keep saying lewd things in a salacious manner and I'm not sure this is to be encouraged. I mean, come on "Some salted nuts sir?"

One of the singers (the "captain" of this rag tag outfit) was on this show, which I think explains the caliber of what we are dealing with here.

AND. As if all of that weren't enough, I'm having a case of deja vu....

Slovenia 2002 and they did it far better. Sequins and erm...all.

So, I'm voting that we remove the vote from the British public and give it to me. They clearly can't handle the responsibility.