Could Wales go to Eurovision alone?

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We’re asking people in Wales if they think Wales would do better at Eurovision if we went as a lone entry. The UK do traditionally badly at the European song competition, so we couldn’t do much worse, could we?

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00:01But, um, Eurovision gives joy to people, wouldn't you?

00:05Why not? As long as we don't win it.

00:08The land of song.

00:09Wales has an amazing history of music, stemming back centuries,

00:12and forms a part of who we are now.

00:14From Welsh male-voiced choirs to Charlotte Church,

00:17Becapita, we've got to be one of the most musical countries in the world.

00:20And for many of us, music is a part of our lives.

00:23Across Europe, 50-odd countries have been competing in Eurovision,

00:27including the United Kingdom,

00:28but despite being one of the biggest nations in Europe,

00:31we always do pretty badly performing under the Union flag.

00:34Maybe it's time that Wales had a go by ourselves

00:37and compete in Eurovision under the Red Dragon.

00:40We already do so in the youth version of the competition,

00:42and Welsh artists are on tour around the continent

00:45right in this very moment.

00:46So there could be an appeal to little old Wales

00:48on the big stage at Europe's biggest song competition.

00:51Yeah, they should.

00:53Well, it depends, though, because, obviously,

00:55I'm not sure how many countries are really in the world,

00:59but there's quite a few.

01:00The Wales have got a bit of a competition,

01:02but they can do better, and they should.

01:06I reckon we could do it.

01:08I mean, Ireland's done it themselves,

01:09and they've been able to do it successfully,

01:11so I don't see why Wales couldn't.

01:13Yeah, I mean, we are technically our own country,

01:16just connected to Britain itself.

01:18Yeah.

01:19I don't know what is the singer from Wales,

01:23but probably maybe just have good performance

01:28for competing with England, probably,

01:32because we have good talent for singing, I think so.

01:38No.

01:39Yes, we do very well with it.

01:41Sure, but do we want to?

01:44We have the Ice Dead group,

01:45we have many other wonderful cultural exposés,

01:50so why Eurovision?

01:53Our musical heritage is obviously something

01:56that would put us in good stead,

01:57but aside from competing,

01:59it's an opportunity for countries to showcase their heritage,

02:02and in particular, their native language.

02:04So maybe having a Cymraig song would be a chance

02:07to set us aside from the competition.

02:09Yeah, definitely,

02:11and if we could get some of the Welsh language involved as well,

02:15that would be really cool,

02:16like the different songs,

02:17and of course,

02:18Welsh is always known for music and the culture as well.

02:21So yeah, definitely,

02:22that will be interesting to see for sure,

02:25and well,

02:26UK has never done really well in the Eurovision

02:28as history has shown us,

02:30but yeah, that would be quite cool if that was the case.

02:32Yeah.

02:33100%,

02:34I mean, like,

02:35we're the Welsh,

02:36we're the choirs of the world,

02:37don't we?

02:38The Welsh,

02:39and nothing sends shivers down your back

02:41than that, does it?

02:43So yeah,

02:44I'm all for that,

02:45all for it.

02:46Yeah,

02:47Wales is best,

02:48Wales is best,

02:49Wales is best,

02:50Wales is best, bro.

02:51I bring more, like,

02:52loads of talent.

02:53I bring more, like,

02:54creators in Wales with music,

02:55because like,

02:56Wales ain't loud,

02:57like,

02:58big of a country,

02:59it's not very noisy.

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