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United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM 2024 - Olly Alexander - Dizzy
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It's not a Eurovision UK thread without a mention of Steps appearing out of thin air
SpiritofKeiino
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I really hope this does ok as I want positivity towards Eurovision in UK to continue.
Hy Dranger
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Could be worse like Bucks Fizz: but hopefully he won't be ripping his skirt off in the live performance.
The first band that comes to my mind with this song is the Pet Shop Boys (showing my age perhaps!), it's slick but the chorus is bland, an interlude between the verses when it should be an exclamation mark, making the whole thing an anticlimax.
How did you get Steps from that? It’s a blatant nod to the Pet Shop Boys!
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Dizzy obviously screams pet shop boys the synths are nearly identical but the bells give me horrible flash backs to tragedy by steps for whatever reason
Oh god don’t think that!!! It’s pet shop boys, keep telling yourself that!!
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We have post traumatic stress. Be kind to us.
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That would be the only reason that could potentially justify people on the previous forum I frequented who seriously suggested (pre Sam Ryder) that getting UK drag queens from RuPaul with a song called ‘Life’s a Drag’ or something like that would win because Conchita had won….
It was a strange place tbf, but then again I used to get shouted down for saying we shouldn’t go down the cheesy route…
I'm still not against a RuPaul's Drag Race entry ngl. Think it would smash the televoteThat would be the only reason that could potentially justify people on the previous forum I frequented who seriously suggested (pre Sam Ryder) that getting UK drag queens from RuPaul with a song called ‘Life’s a Drag’ or something like that would win because Conchita had won….
It was a strange place tbf, but then again I used to get shouted down for saying we shouldn’t go down the cheesy route…
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If it wasn’t a song that was all knowing and full of Scooch style nods and winks to bring camp - ala Conchita’s Bond theme-style song, I might agree.
I fear we’d be lazy and make it all about ‘slaying the night away’ or stereotypical stuff like that.
So it’s a no from me.If it’s a good song that happens to be sung by a drag queen(s), I’d be more open to it. But I wouldn’t want a song that is just about them as drag queens. Conchita’s song in its own right is a good song - it just happens to be sung by a drag queen.
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Dizzy isn't a bad song, but everytime I hear it I can't stop thinking of 'It's A Sin' by the Pet Shop Boys and wanting to listen to it. The 2 songs sound similar imo.
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Olly is clearly influenced by them. Then again Years and Years did do a song with Pet Shop Boys a couple years ago which I enjoyed. I think ever since then Olly has really stepped up the Pet Shop Boys kind of sound.
https://youtu.be/RokbHjyPbyk?si=b5lZb42mEE0QfA2q
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Considering its market, this is not getting the attention that I expected on streams, odds and generally in the fandom. I feel like its being underrated, but I kinda get it as there are many strong male entries this year ( like Switzerland, Belgium ) that kinda overshadow this. Its not a bottom 6 entry for sure tho, and if it ends up there, the british localz will be right this time 
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Elton John and Years & Years – It’s a Sin (BRIT Awards 2021 Performance)
Elton John and Years & Years BRIT Awards 2021 performance of the Pet Shop Boys classic single ‘It’s a Sin’. A very special new version of the song has been ...
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blue00eyes
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It's genuinely a great pop song. People underestimate its chances and overall quality so I hope that at least juries will recognize it.
That is the EXACT reaction we want!
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I hope you guys do well this year. I really want positivity to continue in UK towards the contest
I genuinely think if we don’t do well this year it’ll revert back and I won’t blame them tbh. We deserve top 10 this year!