Andrew Lloyd Webber Slams UK Eurovision Entry

Germany's Lena won the Eurovision song contest on Saturday with her British-styled song Satellite, beating 24 other contestants in the Norwegian capital of Oslo May 29, 2010. The second ever German winner, Lena Mayer-Landrut, 19, was an unknown amateur when she won Germany's qualifiers for Eurovision -- one of Europe's most watched television programmes.

Andrew Lloyd Webber who had entered the contest not this year, but last year with a song that he wrote for Jade Ewan, released a statement saying:

"I was shocked by the UK Eurovision entry. Jade and I had to climb a huge mountain last year to rebuild Britain’s credibility in the contest. The hostility we found was extraordinary.

"But Jade created a platform from which a good British entry this year could have won.

"Instead we had a song that sounded like an out take from a 70’s Village People movie. What a waste."

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