Apart from Greece-Cyprus-Serbia the bloc voting has pretty much gone. Yes people watch it, it is quite good fun.
The songs this year were generally higher standard than last few times. Apart from the UK entry - it was a mundane song by somebody who just was not a performer - didn't look the part and basically couldn't sing. The rules are that the main vocal line has to be sung live... no-one was using auto-tune.
The UK contestant, James Newman, is allegedly a well-known songwriter, regular writer for several big US & UK acts - but surely they could have found someone able to sing? Re-think again required. Its not as simple as "they hate us anyway".