On Saturday, the BBC hosted it's annual programme dedicated to choosing the song that would represent us in the Eurovision Song Contest later this year.

The line up of artists, to be frank, was pitiful. All of them (with the exception of Michelle Gayle?) were runners-up to some TV talent competition including X-Factor and "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?". Unsuprisingly, the majority of these acts were awful.

The 6 acts in question were:

1. Loveshy (YouTube)

2. The Revelations (YouTube)

3. Rob McVeigh (YouTube)

4. Simona Armstrong (YouTube)

5. Andy Abraham (YouTube)

6. Michelle Gayle (YouTube)

Lovshy (has anybody heard of them before now???) simply could not sing. I don't know how they managed to wangle their way onto a BBC stage, but they may as well have been two people picked at random from the local karaoke bar. To give them airtime was simply an embarassment.

The revelations were marginally better, but still there were problems getting some of those notes in tune. They also sounded like they were shouting. The song was a throw back to the 60's style motown girl bands. Not impressed.

Rob McVeigh, although a loseing contestant in "Any Dream Will Do", he could actually hold a note - well most of them, and in comparison to the previous two was flipping marvelous. His song was a ballad though, and although that's not necessarily a problem, it was quite unmemorable.

I don't know what Simona Armstrong was wearing, but it wasn't pretty. Neither was her song. She described it as pop rock. I don't think it quite managed to rock bit. The song was boring and she was weird.

Andy Abrahams was my favourite. He wrote his own song, and held a good tune. His performance could have been stronger with more going on on-stage, but the song was more memorable most of the others. He got my vote - twice!

I expected to like Michelle Gayle, and to be fair when the song started, it seemed okay. When it got into the chorus though, that's when it went out of the window for me. She was being a bit too mad, and couldn't stay in front of the microphone meaning the sound was horrible. I know it could just be a technical problem but I'm not convinced.

I'm quite glad that for once the great British public sided with me and voted for the best performer by a long way - Andy Abrahams. He won the competition and will be performing at this years Eurovision. Whether it'll be enough to win, I don't know but we'll hopefully beat Ireland at least - who have a weird puppet chicken on stage!

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