As the world braces itself for the Eurovision Song Content a week on Saturday a gathering was held for former winners. A good pr project perhaps, except half the former winners there were keen to slag off the institution.
Katrina Leskanich (she of the Waves) said the contest was full of crap: "It's like a dog relieving itself in a living room," she told reporters. "At first it's really offensive and then you don't smell it anymore and it loses its offensiveness and that's what those songs are like." She continued: "I had no idea what the song contest was before we got involved - I only took part because it went with the territory of finding a record deal."
1976 winners Brotherhood Of Man also criticised the content. Singer Martin Lee said: "It's become very boring. It's become mundane. It was going that way back in 1976, then they moved it to the Royal Albert Hall and it came alive. It needs to be brought up to date. It should be something like I'm A Eurovision Entry... Get Me A Hit."