AS Sir Terry Wogan considers hanging up his Eurovision hat, the County Gazette asked people whether they think the UK should continue with the competition?

This year's UK entry came from Andy Abraham, a former binman who found fame on TV talent show the X Factor.

The contest was held in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Saturday night and was watched by an estimated 100 million television viewers across Europe.

Near the end of Sir Terry Wogan's commentary, he said it was no longer a music contest', and he added: "I have to decide whether I want to do this again.

"Western European participants have to decide whether they want to take part from here on in, because their prospects are poor."

Heart throb Dima Bilan, of Russia, romped to victory with a massive 272 points with a big ballad called Believe, produced by US R&B star Timbaland.

Doubt has now been cast on whether Sir Terry Wogan would be involved in covering the event again, after doing so since the 1970s.

It has also led others to call for an end to the talent contest, now it its 53rd year.

A Devon and Cornwall MP called on the BBC to withdraw its funding for the contest.

Richard Younger-Ross, who has tabled a Commons Motion slamming the voting as a joke', said: "It is clear the voting system is based on countries either supporting their friends or not voting for those they dislike.

"It no longer has anything to do with music.

The BBC are one of the four main funders of the competition, and should withdraw their contribution until a time when there is a fair voting system which relates in some way to the merit of the songs."

Shelia Cohn, from Somerset Hills Chorus, said: "It's all political; no-one votes for the British and we haven't had anything from it for ages.

"They just want the money and for Britain to contribute to the running costs of it. Unless things change, what is the point in us being in it?

"All the European countries vote for each other and we are very isolated. Forgetting that, it is too political rather than being a genuine competition."

Nigel Farrow from Creech St Michael Twinning Association, said: "It is an amusing contest and has never cropped up in conversation with the French; they usually suffer as bad as us anyway.

"We shouldn't read anything into it, about the death of international relations.

"The Polish entry wasn't too bad and they didn't get the Eastern Europe vote, so they weren't part of the power bloc, either.

"Ours was a better entry than other years but it didn't deserve to win."

Naomi Griffiths, organiser of Battle of the Bands, in Minehead, said: "I think it has got ridiculous; it's not about good songs any more or artistic merit.

"I thought Andy was really good, but at least we didn't get nil points' like last year. It is a good competition but we need to make it about the music again and not about the voting."

She added: "Lots of people are still watching it on the TV, so I don't think we should stop taking part."