Eurovision – Did We Not Try Hard Enough?

“We are still left with a bad song that was not as bad as some other songs, but nevertheless everyone liked the least. We are still left wondering why, with our thriving industry of schlock pop and so much prime-time telly given over to the creation of more of it, we can’t compete with Bosnia Herzogovina. I think the answer lies in the very timbre of our outrage. We know we can make good pop. Everyone else knows we can make good pop. But when it’s just for Europe, we don’t see why we should bother. We aim low, and we never field our biggest hitters.”