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

People keep whining about the price tag, but honestly, what else is it gonna cost? Like, what, does all that damn singing and dancing just happen for free?

No, honestly, producing a full-blown series, a feature film, or even a documentary is way more expensive than that.

Brian Edwards78 said:Finally, something halfway decent from PBS in years. 🙏

And honestly, that bit of intelligence actually arrived relatively quickly... by PBS standards, at least. 🙏

The incompetent hacks running the show over there continue to pull in double-digit salaries, yet they can't seem to manage sending a single halfway respectable track—regardless of who the artist is—to that traveling circus we call Eurovision. They can't even navigate the political maneuvering required to make it happen properly. 😁

For the last few years, even anyone watching local news could see the song (and the whole presentation) was doomed from the jump. Long before the premiere, that is. It’s as if they just don't grasp how the formula works at Eurovision. And don't even get me started on those ridiculous choir arrangements. The only thing the Bureau of Labor Statistics might have saved was some ad spend for those "classic coastal vibes" commercials. Or maybe for Charleston.