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British politician: – Demands dishwashing after Eurovision failure

Few were impressed Tix and Norway’s 18th place in Saturday’s Eurovision. Even fewer were captured by James Newman and Britain, who ended up decided last and got a total of 0 points.

This is far from the first time that the British are disappointing in the giant music competition.

PUT OUT: When the artist Carola Häggkvist was to read out the jury votes from Sweden during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, things did not go according to plan. Made by Marte Nyløkken Helseth / Dagbladet TV.
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Fires loose

Now the British politician Nigel Farage takes the magazine from his mouth, and says exactly what he thinks about Saturday’s jumbo seat.

He does so in a Facebook post the next day, a post that has gone viral on social media.

– I have said it before, but we have to get out of this globalist Eurovision farce, writes the British Brexit politician.

FAILURE: James Newman and Great Britain got 0 points in Saturday's Eurovision.  Peter Dejong / AP


FIASCO: James Newman and Great Britain got 0 points in Saturday’s Eurovision. Peter Dejong / AP
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Farage, who is a politician in the Brexit party, has been a driving force to separate Britain from the rest of Europe. Now he also wants to separate Britain from Eurovision, the world’s biggest singing competition.

To the text he has attached a picture of this year’s rankings and each nation’s score. In the comments field, the comments flow in, and as of now, over 12,000 have shared their opinion.

HARD SHOOTER: Nigel Farage believes the UK should break out of the world's biggest music competition.  Photo: Matthew Childs / Reuters


HARD SHOOTER: Nigel Farage believes the UK should break out of the world’s biggest music competition. Photo: Matthew Childs / Reuters
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In the comments field, there is an overflow of comments, and over 12,000 have shared their opinion. Many agree with the politician, and refer to Britain as the great music nation.

– Do not take it seriously

It was The online newspaper who first mentioned the case. Avisa has also spoken with Morten Thomassen, who is club leader in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix club. He’s not surprised by Farage’s reaction.

– I think that Britain, instead of getting angry at Europe, must get angry at its own TV station. There are loads of great British artists on the radio at all times. But these do not participate in the competition, he says The online newspaper.

ARG: British politician Nigel Farage posted this photo on Facebook on Sunday.


ARG: British politician Nigel Farage posted this picture on Facebook on Sunday.
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He says that the UK has traditionally done very well in the competition, and that they have largely ended up among the ten countries with the most points – which has been a recurring trend ever since they joined the competition in 1957.

FEST: Tix was interviewed on Kveldsnytt after 18th place in Eurovision, it did not go exactly according to plan.
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In 1999, however, the language requirement disappeared, and Thomassen believes this has a lot to say because the points began to fall for England.

– When they have to explain why they do so badly in the competition, they blame that Europe dislikes them, or no longer likes them. But it is also that they do not take the competition seriously, Thomassen believes.

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