Eurovision Song Contest 2015: Twitter reacts to Electro Velvet

Not EVERYONE is convinced about our Eurovision entry

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by Lauren Smith |
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Last night, we met the official UK entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. And surprise surprise, not everyone was chuffed with the choice.

Scott Mills announced electro-swing duo Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas and their song Still In Love With You as our attempt to avoid the dreaded "nil points" at the contest's Grand Final in Austria in May.

But Twitter reactions ranged from people who quite liked the song, to those who thought we didn't stand a chance of winning.

The Guardian called it "nightmarish", and Eurovision expert Paul Jordan tweeted "We've sent worse".

Other users tweeted stuff like "Why does whoever decide our act for Eurovisions hate us so much" and "Not even the Australians will give us a point for this".

Kitty Brucknell tweeted: "Good luck to the UK for Eurovision, just heard it...Not my thing...but...er... I'm sure they'll have fun! BBC please at least PROMOTE!"

Paul Marks-Jones, the president of the UK arm of the international Eurovision fan club, told* BBC News* he had "expected something more" ad the reaction was "more negative than positive" adding.

"I've now listened to it a few times but on the Euro stage you only get one chance and I don't know if it's strong enough to woo the Eurovision voters".

Eek.

But some were slightly more optimistic, tweeting that the song was "sooo catchy" and "like daft punk made love with Great Gatsby". So it wasn't all bad.

For a bit of background info, Electro Velvet are Alex Larke, from Hertfordshire, who performs with a Rolling Stones tribute act, and Bianca Nicholas from Kent, who appeared on The Voice (but sadly didn't make it past the first round).

Despite the mixed reaction, Larke was feeling positive about the news: "I feel incredibly privileged and humbled to be representing the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, for this massively historic 60th anniversary event..." he said.

"We have a fantastic song and will work as hard as is humanly possible to bring the contest home and make our great nation proud. It's time to get this party started! See you in Vienna!"

We think the song's alright and probably stands a decent chance of doing OK (although let's be real, we're never going to win, are we?).

But what do you think? Watch the video below and decide for yourselves.

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