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Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters

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A reader responds to a cross-party committee's inquiry into the UK's poor Eurovision record, arguing that MPs' questionable tastes should not shape the song choice and suggesting the UK follow Ukraine's example by drawing on its folk tradition.

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Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters
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Readers have advice for a cross-party committee of MPs looking into the UK’s poor record at the song contest

I agree with Laura Snapes that the very last thing we need is MPs’ questionable tastes entering the murky waters of the UK’s Eurovision song choice (What do you think of the MPs’ inquiry into UK Eurovision song contest failure? I give it nul points, 21 September).

However, one thing I can’t believe hasn’t happened is for the UK to draw upon our ridiculously rich folk tradition. Loads of other countries do it – Ukraine won it a few years back with a song that infused Ukrainian folk with pop – so why can’t we?

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  • The reader agrees with Laura Snapes that MPs' musical tastes should not influence the UK's Eurovision entry.
  • The letter suggests the UK tap its extremely rich folk tradition, citing Ukraine's folk-infused pop winner as a precedent.
  • The headline also raises AI as a possible route to a UK win.

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