How to win the Eurovision song contest

Sir,

I agree with James Mackay’s views on the Eurovision song contest, it is obviously politically biased, but I have an idea for Cyprus how it can play the system.

I hope both some Greek and Turkish Cypriot song writers are reading this letter. Cyprus should send in a song which is performed by both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and the lyrics should be in both Greek and Turkish with maybe some English lyrics depending on the song. After all, what is going to happen after a solution, Turkish Cypriots will have as much right to send in a song as Greek Cypriots have, in fact even now they should still have that right. And one of the benefits will be that we may also get twelve points from Turkey as well as Greece.

D.Pavlou

Liverpool

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