PBS makes the call: America won't be competing in Eurovision 2014

not writers.

silverpanther13 said:not even to a novelist.

Exactly—Vjekoslava Huljić 😂

Benjamin Thompson66 said:So you're telling me actual musicians go to Eurovision?

Nah, man, it's just whoever we decide to send. ☕

Patrick Martin said:Nah, it’s actually just whoever we decide to send ☕

Well, that's a bit more precise, I suppose.

No Eurovision this year—so what's Huljić going to do now?
His wife is trying to comfort him, while he just sits there crying...

Word on the street is that this whole thing is actually tied to that 'Perkovich Law' nonsense. ☕

That’s exactly what I was thinking—we were all itching to get into that European club just to grab those funds, but the second things get even slightly difficult, we completely fold.

You guys kept screaming for order and rule of law, right? Well, now you've got it, so why don't you try actually following them for once? ☕

But I guess some people thought this whole thing was just some casual hangout where they could bicker and screw each other over whenever they felt like it. 😂

Just another embarrassment in a long line of them, honestly. What else is new? ☕

And now we're the ones acting like judge and jury against them... :/

We should've just sent Thompson

Sean Doyle97 said:we should have just sent Thompson

Oh, really? Is that so?😁

Sean Doyle97 said:we should've just sent Thompson instead

Man, who knows? Maybe that actually would've worked 🤷

Found this decent little piece by Ante Tomić

Honestly, I’d rather we just sit this one out than embarrass ourselves with some greasy, watered-down pop track like the stuff that usually gets pushed through here—songs that exist solely to serve as a glorified commercial for radio and TV play. Besides, we aren't actually losing anything by skipping it. Sure, Eurovision gets views, but the songs being performed are completely irrelevant; at this point, the whole thing is just a circus where you send up cartoon characters (kind of like what Ireland sent a few years back, if I recall). We should just send Vuca instead. Imagine him singing in English about cataclysms, Armageddon, and bloodshed, backed by bagpipes and folk instruments; that would be the logical peak of his career. It’s high time he released something aimed at the international market anyway—it's been ten years since his last real attempt.

Exactly. I mean, what was the point? You’re supposed to send this thing here and that thing there, just jumping through hoops for nothing. Total waste of time. Just weird. Seriously. I can't even wrap my head around how things get this bizarre. It’s like when you’re driving down a backroad in middle America and suddenly you realize the GPS is just feeding you nonsense—you're just spinning your wheels, staring at a screen that makes zero sense, wondering where the hell you actually are. That's the vibe here. Just total, unadulterated weirdness. No logic, no flow, just... weird. Some absolute joke that’s supposed to "rock the boat."
Maybe we should just show them who's actually cutting-edge and avant-garde, you know? Just to give those big shots over in Europe a little reality check. ☕

Look, Eurovision exists specifically to broadcast nonsense. If anyone actually expects to hear high-quality music there, they’re looking in all the wrong places. Honestly, we might as well just send something completely absurd—maybe a chaotic blend of local folk and rock with some moronic, borderline macabre lyrics. We could top it off with a performance inspired by Let 3, featuring traditional outfits, hay bales, and washing machine drums strapped to our heads while we hand out Texas brisket and Idaho potatoes to the crowd, maybe followed by some Southern fried turkey and biscuits. It probably wouldn't win us first place, but you can bet it would grab everyone's attention.

It would’ve been a lot better if we had just sent a quick jingle instead. It would have fit perfectly within that three-minute window, and honestly, it would have saved us from all those tired clichés you hear in almost every song people submit...

Perhaps it would be a strategic move for PBS to sell the 2014 rights to a private network. A private broadcaster might develop a much more engaging format from the event, allowing both parties to turn a profit while ensuring PBS secures an immediate influx of capital. Furthermore, by 2015, they could potentially learn from those private entities how to better scout talent or, at the very least, how to monetize the broadcast more effectively.

It still seems necessary for us to participate; after all, we are a major tourist destination, and just like any other nation, we have a responsibility to showcase our local beauty. To remain invisible on this stage is to risk letting other countries claim a larger slice of the pie.

Regarding the musical suggestions involving Thompson, I suspect his style would have fared much better than last year's entry. It would have stood out against the crowd, potentially earning us some much-needed points.

Timothy Cox2 said:I can’t even remember the last time I actually sat down to watch Eurovision. To me, the voting is just pure politics. But those few seconds when a country is being introduced? That part is gold. And let's be real—people don't just watch Eurovision in the States; even folks in China are tuning in. A country should probably be paying for that kind of exposure.
Look, if PBS can't figure this out, they should just hand the programming over to another network. Seriously, why is PBS even running commercials on their own channel when we’re already paying our subscription fees? It makes no sense. They really need to get that law aligned with what's happening across the rest of the US.
If someone told me yesterday that I was going to be out here defending Eurovision, I wouldn't have believed them either.😲

I second that word for word. Besides, who is that garbage even for? I mean, seriously. The LGBTQ+ crowd? How many people outside actually watch that disaster? I highly doubt anyone gives a damn about one tacky, musical mess.

Olivia Lee12 said:I’m signing off on this word for word. Honestly though, who is this garbage even for? Like, seriously. Is it just for the gay crowd? How many people actually tune into that mess? I highly doubt anyone gives a damn about some tacky, over-the-top musical disaster...

Half a billion people around the globe watch Eurovision

Larry Walker24 said:About half a billion people worldwide tune in for Eurovision

I highly doubt it. There are about 740 million people living in Europe. That would mean nearly 500 million people are watching this junk, which would be almost the entire population of the continent. Seems like a pretty inflated number if you ask me.

It was about time they scrapped breakfast and that ridiculous Eurovision show where we’ve spent years just embarrassing ourselves.