Engelbert Humperdinck

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Engelbert Humperdinck hasn't been a star of any significance since about the early 1970s. I think he tried a comeback along with a few other old fossils at the time of Tom Jones' surprise late eighties comeback, but it got him nowhere.

They've wheeled him out for the idiotic Eurovision song contest, something no one has cared a toss about for decades now because the voting is so rigged, there's too many nations involved, and it's a far cry from the original idea of showcasing the best talent each nation has to offer.

I think a few years ago Manic Street Preachers offered to do an entry when they were a major selling band to try and get Britain back to at least finishing in the top five - and were turned down! Finland meanwhile threw in their resident big guns Loki and creamed it.