Andy Abraham (United Kingdom): first rehearsal

[jarie555]

Ich mag das lied irgedwie voll ;D

[Poggletrack]

i love this song the UK should of done better!!!!

[cobja93]

i agree but you can only vote for one song and that i think was our downfall (my opinion)

[wheelers04]

...the same can be said for the england football team LOL

[Annikat2006]

I think we should put the pigeon detectives in next year you can't go wrong with them can you x we didn't win bcos its all political.

[cupofsofus]

at the end of the day, us British dont need to win to know we're good, we already know =]

congrats to russia though, was a good song.

[ckatherine19]

i quite like the sort of reincarnation style of barry white. it s not bad honestly. frankly, they re one of the only decent and good band in competition.

& i was simply horrified by the weird perverted singers/bands who seemed to be singing in kid shows.

& horrible plasticine. those barbies who compete to have the shortest dress. remember, it s abt music.

denmark quite impressed me too with an imitation of panic at the disco (without the exclamation mark... i.e. the indie version of the band).

[vincent4500]

this song is ok, but it lacks the 'pazzaz' needed to do well at Eurovision, it's ok as a 'dance track' but Eurovision is about 'quality' cornily catchy songs with a large dose of 'camp'..the UK always fails by being too camp with no substance or too dance-music-y..you've got to tick the boxes and Alan Sugar would say to ANdy Abrahams/the UK "you're fired!"

[BouncealongInf]

vincent4500

Well last year Serbia had a catchy camp song didnt it.

No?

[XXsxcXXlondonXXgalXX]

i ment wouldnt win not would win lol

[XXsxcXXlondonXXgalXX]

we wont win.

not because of his singing..

but because of politics...

every other country hates us FACT

we only get a few votes from some places.lol

we would win even if we had the best singer in the world!! and you all know it deep inside.. :P

[captjamestk]

Well said, I could not agree more.

[liammonnier]

You speak the truth.

[XKellyLeanneX]

We have no chance of winning unless we cover andy in tinfoil.

[mamamrvica]

Very nice song...makes me dance every time...

[milanrvet]

finally good song from UK! I really like it!

this year big four is having nice entries.

Cheers from Serbia!

[veryvickers]

thanks. :)

[arsenalchick7]

lol evan when we put forward a gd song it never dose well cuz of easten block voteing thanks anyway

[milanrvet]

PART 1 That's a blatant falsehood and I am so sick of hearing it. We have better songs because we put more of an effort into it and that's why we win. Here's some proof for you: Last year's top five was as follows: Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey This is with all the votes counted, East and West. Now, if only the Western votes had been counted, and ALL the Eastern votes totally disregarded, the top five would have looked like this: Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia (to be continued)

[milanrvet]

PART 2

There's a lot of yapping every year, after the contest, if an Eastern country wins, about how they don't 'deserve' to win 'cause it's only because they vote for each other', and they don't 'deserve' to be in the contest because. .. because YOU want to win, basically.

(I said I really like UK entry this year & I hope Andy will win BUT if he doesn't the reason will not be Eastern conspiracy. But if it's easier for you to think that way then I can't help you more than this)

[milanrvet]

PART 3

fifth place on both lists is Bulgaria (I skipped it somehow). Sorry.

I hope the point is quite clear: YOU (West) like our (eastern) songs as well and YOU vote for them as well and that's why we (east) are winning.

[promethea71]

I like it so much better than the last years UK entries. Alas, I am afraid that still won't hit the nerve of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe and the UK has few neighborhood voters (okay, Malta and Ireland, that's more than we (Germany) have). You should send wonderful singers like Adele, Duffy - they would win after singing the first note. I would love to have the show staged in London again! Greetings from Germany

[wuchina]

I would totally agree to see Adele or Duffy at the ESC!!! They are great and so is Andy. You should not think that way about these parts of Europe. I'm from Serbia and I like this song a lot and I know many people in my country like it as well... Anyway, good luck to UK from Serbia!

[claireatthedisco]

I think the UK (unfortunately) hasn't got a chance of winning Eurovision, no matter what the song is. :|

[ElVenerable]

UK will go to bottom 5 unfortunately

[mrfge]

tralalala 'if only I could' anyone remember Sidney Youngbloud...the song reminds me of

[prjeo]

nah ur just bullshittin now .. you know greece rules this year,just like every year really .. ahhh what a succesful country greece is .. proud to be from there :):):)

[gajh88]

say whatever u want but u wiill come last again!!!i liked by the way touch my fire it deserved to be in top 5 2005!!!!!!!!

[prjeo]

...and you expect this to win the eruvosion? im sorry,UK, but your entries are too British .. take an example of Greece's entry this year .. not too Greek but Not completely different music..it has the eurovision 'style' .. ;)

[kingathon]

what a ridiculous thing to say-Eurovision is all about representing your own country-at least the UK hasn't sent in some bland Eastern styled entry or joke entry-just because Greece chooses to erase it's culture doesn't mean we want to. And by the way iof you truly think this is a representation of the UK's top talent then you are clearly mad-nobody expects this to win eurovision-we know we're hated, but we thought we'd send a fantastic singer and a nice person-if thats ok with u?

[AngryAnt0]

Compleatly agree with you.

Andy can sing, its a decent song that if released in the charts would do well (least would have can't say i know now with all the chav music). Its a good time song, and i hope he's having a good time over there! I'd hate it if we sent girls allowed or someone. Greece can keep its middle of the road, if we win, we'll do it the British way!

[BouncealongInf]

AngryAnt0

i hate to tell you this, however, the song HAS been released digitally and supposedly in the shops.

I have not seen it in the shops and it has not made any main top 40 sales list.

But perhaps that will change with the new discoed up live show version.

[prjeo]

thats fine with me ate .. we ll see the results this sat ;) and dont bother gimming me a mouth bout greece and its entries because we at least win just like 2005 ;) Good Luc, Uk!

[kanibal0311]

Nice song from U.K., may be you would be lucky this year.

[eurovision4ever11]

Please do not post nasty message about our entry.

This a plea for you to please vote for The United Kingdom on 24th May. All of us here in The UK have wanted a good result for years. We have sent a good song, so can't you be good by voting for us?

We all desperate to win this year. We just want to show that we can put on a great show next year!

So please, please. please do the right thing by voting 02 in the final.

[Fagylalt86]

hey, what a brilliant idea. i now do it the same way and request all europe to vote for germany! our song may be shit, but we waaaant the victory thaaaat much!!!

so please, pleeaase vote 04 on saturday, don't care about the song but be nice to us pooor germans!!!

[DellBoi]

haha

[BouncealongInf]

Fagylalt86

The german song is not rubbish. I think it is brilliant and my personal favourite (studio version) after even if.

i am uk.

that's just music not countries. (Have to be very careful here.....)

[mrd133]

Sorry m8s...this is a kind of Light House Family style...in a bad period.... no ... before UK i am sure there are more interesting performances ,voices and songs. UK didn't sed a good one this year.You should send the one u voted 2nd place...That was funny with Tina Turner and The Supreme referees in a contemporary mood... a pitty!

[eurovision4ever11]

This a plea for you to please vote for The United Kingdom on 24th May. All of us here in The UK have wanted a good result for years. We have sent a good song, so can't you be good by voting for us.

We all desperate to win this year. We just want to show that we can put on a great show next year.

So please, please. please do the right thing by voting 02 in the final.

On behalf of The UK,

eurovision4ever11

[DellBoi]

UK will never win the ESC while its a tele-vote system.

Greece, 12 Points <3

[vekolen1985]

I know this song is so ordinary, but I want you to vote for Andy he's a great guy with the great beautiful voice

[stormbreaker06]

12 POINTS!!! Come on UK!!!!

[DRUGNOT]

Why is U.K. already in the final? This song is lacking of originality and very ordinary.

[CorvinnX]

the good thing about this years eurovision. is the voting system. neighbouring countrys cant help each other ie serbia and russia. so the winner needs to be good.

[dianaa333]

what do u mean by: "neighboring countries cant help each other"?????????

[Francijna]

Maybe 5 points, but we can't give more! This isn't perfect!

[jamchip]

at least this performance will have some good vocals since 2002. come on u.k. lets try and cause an upset!

[LindvedDK]

Bad boring song,

[EuroDC1990]

I didn't like this in eurovision your decision, but on here it doesn't sound too bad...

only one thing...

get rid of the fireworks!!!

they look stupid-they should be used for a big finale, not the run up to a boring finish that sounds like the rest of the song!!!

[davidjeminy]

The song is not original and/or catchy enough to get somewhere in the middle of the table, but being UK, performing second and having such a weak song...English would be very lucky if they get some points...

[ytytytov]

Privilege makes detest.

[fUllIn5]

no like

[ccchrysanthos]

BORING SONG crap performance

yes andy u can sing BUT U CANT SAVE THE SONG!

U WILL END UP TO THE LAST PLACE AGAIN

SORRY GUYS..NEXT TIME U CAN CHOOSE A BETTER SONG

[edroderic]

Like the song, like the rehearsal performance too... but that was until I saw the fireworks...please! WHY THE FREAKING FIREWORKS?

Also, He is on just a terrible position, He will appear in second place.

Oh, another thing, could someone tell Andy that Backup dancers are not bad

[zerhoassoluto]

it hurts a bit, but it's the only truth, UK won't receive but few few votes because of the second place.

[Bille994]

@ Jamchip

i agree! politics has nothing to do with the UK coming in the bottom 3 places..

i used to believe it too but its so obvious that its in the quality of the songs, i mean SCOOCH and THIS??

oh, I'm so proud to be british =|

[SingaporeAirlinesSIN]

I'm from the UK and just wonder why Andy thought that entering Eurovision would relaunch his career.

Hmmm. Good luck anyway.

[tennisham]

This song is better than last year´s song but it won't get a good position...

[jamchip]

and all this talk of politics ruining the u.k. chances is not true, i used to believe that was the case but its just the bbc excuse for not looking for some good u.k. talent songs

[jamchip]

the u.k. is not gonna do well unless the bbc takes eurovision more seriously like for example sweden who i just betted £50 today will win this year. lets see if im right

[bujonx]

i bet ur so wrong

[mbb05jb]

this wasn't as good as the other black woman who entered. she was robbed, it was probably the bbc fixing it!

[Oskitaralvarenga]

He's great. Hope he does well.

[beanminion]

i was boogie-ing along to that. He's got a great voice and it's a song that doesnt sound like everything else in eurovision. It will either be loved or hated.

Either way we wont win. No one in Europe likes us and that's really all it comes down to. Politics. oh well...

[SuperNapalm]

If you don't count '98 and maybe '99, we've started to go downhill when the public vote was introduced. I can't help but think what would happen if the juries were brought back into regular use (they're just backups these days).

Well I'd still say we'd have 0 points in 2003 even with the juries but you get my point i hope ;)

[EtienneTM]

Great show

Good luck Andy

12 points from Malta :)

[KingOfTheMountain05]

We are talking Europe here we have a late 60`s awful song sung by a non-white all fine for most but not Europe and it will BOMB. Andy has a great voice the only saving grace in this teh wrong song yet again for the UK.I despair.

[saralicious0]

its good

[SuperNapalm]

This deserves 50 points at least, i know A LOT of people didn't want Andy here in the first place but the fact of the matter is he is. The verses let him down but the chorus is really good and might get a few points.

Bottom line, Andy almost for sure won't win, but he'll do a damn fine job nonetheless!

[stormbreaker06]

Come on UK!

[GlamStarz]

I often love brittish entries... But no this year... Bring Jessica Garlick back!

[UKLadNathan89]

Great staging, vocals and performance.

Shame about the song. Still wish Andy luck !!

[AngryAnt0]

Really want Andy to do well... Good song, and like it, but worried about how well it will do in the Eurovision...

Not that well i fear, and i hope to dear god im wrong!

[shr444]

BETER THEN LAST YEAR BUT STILL CRAP!

israel the best1

[booooy123123]

much better than the last year, ''flying the flag for you''

[thecauseandthecure]

"we've got to sort those fireworks out" lol love it. Go and do us proud Andy

[russhurley]

Does this track have dance mixes? Its actually not a bad song. Get a Phats&Smalls/Freemasons mix on there and you've got a massive club hit. Club hit = chart success. Go for it!!!

[BlueRush]

Give it a chance people. Andy's a great singer and this is a great song. Never you mind what's for Eurovision and what's not. It's a song contest and so any song, whether it's a Swedish-Bosnian gay pride festival or a world-class big ballad should be given a fair chance.

[TanjaDragovic]

oj lol crap song... o point

[xristiana]

agree with bilee994 this song is way too old

[Bille994]

it might have done well 20 years ago... but this will FAIIILLLLL

[thomaszaei]

What an amazing dancer! Who is the choreographer for the U.K. this year?! Good job! Money will spent!

[thomaszaei]

If I was a betting man, I'd bet on last.

[exelbear]

i love this song...it is not for Eurovision but as a song is well written!

[NeilPoints]

Either stand still or dance....but don't

bl**dy jig about...plain awful.

Song OK but nothing outstanding.

and the fireworks mean you can't see the

performance....maybe that's a good idea

after all ;-)

[268482]

terrible song

[eurostandar]

que buena es, es una pena que no tendra suerte.

[ringabay]

I quite like it. It reminds me winning Estonian entry. I guess this could get pretty high - at least it stands out in the shady barbie crowd.

[elpeluco]

Me parece muy sosa. Tampoco creo que quede bien. Pero bueno, a los ingleses parece que les gusta.

[esaxi]

Pues no creo que quede muy bien en la final

[icomparetv]

Love the song!!

Go UK!!

[davetherrave]

what a bland song we have representin us this year! and yes, you need to sort those pyro's out!!

[antrikos08]

Eurovision 2008 --> Belgrade

Eurovision 2009 --> Athens