Euro Disaster For No Points Britain (Sky News - UK)Time of publication: 25.05.2003 |
The UK crashed to a dismal new low in the Eurovision Song Contest, failing to score a single point - the only nation with zero marks.Despite a sexy routine, Liverpool pop duo Jemini did not impress the judges with their song Cry Baby.
The UK usually enjoys a prominent place in the contest - its lowest place had previously been 16th in 2000.
To add insult to injury, while Jemini's Chris Cromby, 21, and Gemma Abbey, 20, held their heads high in television interviews after the contest, their dressing room was wrecked by vandals. Local police are investigating.
Meanwhile, band managers, politicians and former pop stars are asking what caused Britain's entry to flop.
The man who wrote the UK's entry put the blame on Britain's "isolationist" stance over Iraq.
But other band managers and former entrants said the song got what it deserved.
Popstars judge and Girls Aloud manager Louis Walsh said the pair had to come last.
"It was terrible. That is why they got no votes. It's like somebody went into Boots, found the first person they saw behind the counter, asked them if they could sing and they said `no', but they picked them anyway.
"The thing was just a disgrace, the worst song I have ever heard, and so out of tune they deserved to be last."
Turkey won the competition with Sertab Erener singing Everyway That I Can. Belgium came second.
The provocative Russian duo t.A.T.u were third. There had been concern over the girls' steamy routines but on the night the pair kept to the rules, and wore jeans and white T-shirts.
At least 150 million viewers watched the show from the Latvian capital, Riga.
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