United Kingdom: BBC will have to re-think selection process
After the UK got their best result since 2002 this year, it looks like their is No More Lloyd Webber for Eurovision.
According to the British Media, Andrew Lloyd Webber is close to joining the BBC's main rival, ITV. Lord Webber has worked with the BBC for the last few years with his search for the latest theatre star for smash-hit West-end shows such as Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver! and The Sound of Music. In 2008, the BBC offered Lloyd Webber another reality project to stop him defecting to ITV. Instead of the usual theatre based shows, the BBC in an audacious move put Lord Webber solely in charge of reversing the U.K's ailing Eurovision fortunes by making him write the song and chose the final 6 finalists, in which the British public would eventually chose the act to perform Webber's song.
Despite one failed attempt by the head of ITV, Peter Fincham to lure Lloyd Webber, it seems like this time he has his man. The BBC are worried about impartiality and commercial problems and so decided not to commission a new search for the Wizard of Oz. The BBC do not want to lose Lloyd Webber especially after the turnaround he delivered in U.K Eurovision fortunes and they were hoping he could do the same next year with a similar Eurovision format, however he is reportedly very upset and annoyed at the BBC's decision not to commission a search for the new dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and is now tempted by a lucrative move to ITV and the deal could be finalised in a few weeks.
Source: ESCTIME
According to the British Media, Andrew Lloyd Webber is close to joining the BBC's main rival, ITV. Lord Webber has worked with the BBC for the last few years with his search for the latest theatre star for smash-hit West-end shows such as Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver! and The Sound of Music. In 2008, the BBC offered Lloyd Webber another reality project to stop him defecting to ITV. Instead of the usual theatre based shows, the BBC in an audacious move put Lord Webber solely in charge of reversing the U.K's ailing Eurovision fortunes by making him write the song and chose the final 6 finalists, in which the British public would eventually chose the act to perform Webber's song.
Despite one failed attempt by the head of ITV, Peter Fincham to lure Lloyd Webber, it seems like this time he has his man. The BBC are worried about impartiality and commercial problems and so decided not to commission a new search for the Wizard of Oz. The BBC do not want to lose Lloyd Webber especially after the turnaround he delivered in U.K Eurovision fortunes and they were hoping he could do the same next year with a similar Eurovision format, however he is reportedly very upset and annoyed at the BBC's decision not to commission a search for the new dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and is now tempted by a lucrative move to ITV and the deal could be finalised in a few weeks.
Source: ESCTIME
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