As in previous years, Great Britain ended in a very poor position in the final of the Melody Grand Prix.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, which has gone viral, British politician Nigel Farage highlighted what he thinks about Britain’s bottom line.

– I’ve said it before, but we have to get out of this globalist Eurovision joke, wrote the UK’s Brexit politician, and attached a picture of this year’s position.

In the comments section, there are many comments, and more than 12,000 have shared their opinions. Many agree with the politician, and call Great Britain a great music country.

Will release the country from the competition

Farage, who is a politician in the UK’s Brexit Party, has been – as his party’s name indicates – a major supporter of the UK’s separation from the EU.

Now he also wants Great Britain out of the singing competition.

Club leader Morten Thomassen of the Norwegian Grand Prix club was not surprised by the politician’s reaction.

– I think instead of being angry at Europe, Great Britain needs to be angry at its own TV stations. There are a lot of great British artists on the radio at any given time. But this is not participating in the competition, Thomassen told Nettavisen.

He added:

– When they have to explain why they did so badly in the competition, they blame the fact that Europe doesn’t like them, or doesn’t like them anymore. But rather they don’t take competition seriously.

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He explained that Great Britain have traditionally done very well in the competition, and they have mostly ended up among the ten countries with the most points. This is a recurring trend since Great Britain joined the competition in 1957.

However, in 1999, the language requirement disappeared. Thomassen believes this has a lot to say about the fact that points are starting to drop for England. Previously, various countries were required to sing in their own language. When these accusations disappeared, Great Britain no longer had a big advantage.

– It is clear that “Love is fire” is a phrase that everyone understands. They gave England a big advantage earlier, Thomassen said.

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A farewell gift from the EU

The UK representative at Eurovision, James Newman, reacted with cheers when he learned he had not received a single point from the judges or TV viewers.

MGP club leader Thomassen is also not surprised that Europe has given Great Britain bottom this year.

– Europe gave them zero points as a parting gift, he said, referring to Britain’s exit from the EU via Brexit.

This is the second time in the history of Great Britain to receive zero points in the final. The last time was in 2003.

Nor was he overly impressed with the quality of England’s contribution.

– Here we are talking about artists deep down the alphabet. There are no A, B or C artists. Here we have to go down quite a distance, he said.

He considered that the reason they were allowed to take part was simply because they were one of the countries that entered the final with the most money.

Furthermore, he believes that many British artists fear being associated with Eurovision, simply because it has become “something” that the UK does very poorly in competition.

– If they withdraw from the competition, it will be very important for the competition, Thomassen believes.

Regarding Britain’s contribution this year, Thomassen said the following:

– For me, the contribution is more like a regular radio song, with a pleasant atmosphere and rhythm that you can have in the background while driving. They couldn’t make anything out of it on TV, and it became more like a slightly comfortable person standing on stage and singing.