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* IneptTalentShowContestant: Zig-zagged with "My Lovely Horse", which starts out as a thoroughly awful song, and is improved somewhat when Ted and Dougal plagiarize a seemingly obscure song, only for them to have to revert to the original version after finding out that the song they plagiarized is actually famous.

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* IneptTalentShowContestant: Zig-zagged with "My Lovely Horse", which starts out as a thoroughly awful song, and is improved somewhat when Ted and Dougal plagiarize a seemingly obscure song, only for them to have to revert to the original version after finding out that the song they plagiarized is actually famous. However, since the officials want an intentional bomb to get out of paying for Eurosong every year, Ted and Dougal's entry ends up a perfect opportunity and is picked as the winner.

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* KarmaHoudini: Not only does Charles Hedges get what he wants, it would appear he wasn't found out before the main Eurosong Contest - or Creator/{{RTE}} were well aware what he was doing and were quite happy with his plan to save them the expenditure of staging another Eurosong.

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* KarmaHoudini: Not only does Charles Hedges get what he wants, it would appear he wasn't found out before the main Eurosong Contest - or Creator/{{RTE}} were well aware what he was doing and were quite happy with his plan to save them the expenditure of staging another Eurosong. Given some ambiguity however, [[UncertainDoom since the last we of him and Fred is them trying to avoid the wrath of the outraged audience.]]


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* UncertainDoom: Charles Hedges and Fred Wickwood are last seen trying to sneak out backstage when electing 'My Lovely Horse" as the winning entry summons an angry mob.
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* TimeForPlanB: When Ted realizes that he and Dougal are trying to plagiarize music that's actually well known, he declares they'll have to "restore to Plan B". Cue the duo playing the dreadful original version of "My Lovely Horse" once it's their turn.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Ireland bombs out of the Eurosong contest with "nul points" from all other countries due to their song choice.
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* KarmaHoudini: Not only does Charles Hedges get what he wants, it would appear he wasn't found out before the main Eurosong Contest - or RTE were well aware what he was doing and were quite happy with his plan to save them the expenditure of staging another Eurosong.

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* KarmaHoudini: Not only does Charles Hedges get what he wants, it would appear he wasn't found out before the main Eurosong Contest - or RTE Creator/{{RTE}} were well aware what he was doing and were quite happy with his plan to save them the expenditure of staging another Eurosong.
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*** Priests, as religious figures, are not allowed into the real Eurovision. If the show had been depicted following the real Contest's rule, Ted, Dougal, Dick, and Cyril would have been disqualified before they even entered their songs.

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*** Priests, as religious figures, are not allowed into the real Eurovision.Eurovision as priests - they are allowed to enter if they don't draw attention to this[[note]]this actually happened to Switzerland in 2013; their group was called "Heilsarmee" - the German for Salvation Army - before they were told to change their name[[/note]]. If the show had been depicted following the real Contest's rule, Ted, Dougal, Dick, and Cyril would have been disqualified before they even entered their songs.

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