Eurovision 2016: Great Britain’s entry Joe and Jake splits opinion – the ‘best in years’ or ‘utterly boring’?

It’s been a long time since Great Britain had a successful Eurovision Song Contest entry – 19 years, in fact, since Katrina and the Waves won in 1997.

It remains to be seen whether 2016 act Joe and Jake will change that reputation – do they represent the UK's best hope in a while?

The pair met when they both auditioned for The Voice UK, and won the Eurovision: You Decide competition to become the British entry.

After the duo performed their song You’re Not Alone, Graham Norton praised them, saying: “Heads held high – well done, Joe and Jake.”

But on Twitter, opinion was split over whether or not they were any good, with some optimistic about our hopes and others more disparaging in their remarks about the Great British entry.

Despite being chosen by the public, there was no consensus over whether the song was Britain’s “best entry for years”, or “utterly boring”.

YouTube star pewdiepie was in the negative camp, saying he was “already cringing” over the song, and adding “Wtf UK?”

Nigella Lawson responded to the song’s sentiment of “you’re not alone” with: “you are alone”.

However, Phillip Schofield said the duo were “bloody great”, saying that they “nailed it”.

Video blogger PJ Liguori said the duo could “always give vlogging a shot” if they don't win.

Elsewhere on Twitter there was a huge range of opinion – with one person saying that the pair were “better than Scooch”, which we can probably all agree on.

As it stands, Russia are the bookies' favourite to win the competition this year - will Joe and Jake's effort be enough to clinch the win for Great Britain? Stay tuned to find out.

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