Gabrielle brutally criticized Olly Alexander for entering Eurovision due to his previous singing and acting experience on Monday.
The ’90s singer, 54, questioned why the Years and Years singer ‘even bothered’ to compete in the competition, claiming Olly, 33, should have passed the baton to some new talent.
Olly, who finished 18th in Saturday night’s competition, represented the UK in Malmö, Sweden, with his raunchy track Dizzy.
Speaking to Ed Balls and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain, Gabrielle didn’t hold back with her views.
She said: “Olly is incredible, an incredible artist and he’s also an actor, so I said: ‘Why did you bother? Why not give it to other people?
Gabrielle, 54, slammed Olly Alexander, 33, for entering Eurovision due to his previous experience as a singer and actor on Monday.
The ’90s singer questioned why the Years and Years singer ‘even bothered’ to compete in the competition, claiming Olly should have passed the baton to some new talent.
“Obviously he probably wanted to represent our country, but I personally think he should have done it, but he’s amazing and I love him.”
‘This was just a technical problem, who knows, maybe he just had a throat problem that day. I don’t know what happened, I don’t even think it was his throat. I just think they don’t give us many points. Whatever the reason, it wasn’t his fault, okay?
Olly put on a brave face when he was seen for the first time since his lackluster Eurovision Song Contest appearance.
While things seemed positive after the 46-vote jury vote, it unfortunately received an unfathomable negative vote from the public.
On Sunday morning, Olly flashed a smile as he left his hotel in central Malmö around 11 a.m. local time and refused to speak to waiting media as he boarded a bus to head to the airport.
He later took to Instagram on Sunday afternoon to kindly congratulate Swiss winner Nemo, speaking publicly for the first time since the disastrous show.
Sharing a photo of Nemo, Olly wrote at the top: ‘Nemo! You did it! I’m very proud of you. It has been a great honor to be on this journey with you. You broke the code!’
Despite his difficult night just hours earlier, Olly still stopped to pose for a photo with an admiring passer-by before leaving Sweden.
Olly, who finished 18th in Saturday night’s competition, represented the UK in Malmö, Sweden, with his raunchy track Dizzy.
Speaking to Ed Balls and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain, Gabrielle didn’t hold back with her views.
She said: “Olly is incredible, an incredible artist and he’s also an actor, so I said: ‘Why did you bother? “Why not give it to other people?”
“Obviously he probably wanted to represent our country, but personally I think he should have done it, but it’s amazing and I love it,” he added.
The fan told MailOnline: “We wanted to support the artist who didn’t get points from the public because if you ask me, that’s quite an achievement…
“I didn’t think the song was that bad, but it’s something that millions of people across Europe didn’t think was worth a single point.”
However, Olly’s father David Thornton jumped to his son’s defense and shared his surprise at the song’s failure with voters.
Speaking to the BBC on Saturday night after the performance, David said: “I enjoyed every minute of it.”
“For me it is a real surprise that the public did not connect with that song, although the jury gave it a very good score.”
Switzerland’s Nemo achieved an undisputed victory after the non-binary singer scored 365 points with the jury and 226 from the public for a total of 591, surpassing Croatian participant Baby Lasagna’s score of 547.
After the zero points public vote in the UK came to light, scores of Brits took to Twitter to share their anguish and insisted the star “deserved better”, in what some saw as a moment that It ruined the career of the singer and actor.
Whispers of sabotage surrounded his appearance, including claims that his sound was failing, his voice was weak, and a cancellation at final dress rehearsals.
Olly put on a brave face when he was seen for the first time since his lackluster Eurovision Song Contest appearance.
Sharing a photo of Nemo, Olly wrote at the top: ‘Nemo! You did it! I’m very proud of you. It has been a great honor to be on this journey with you. You broke the code!’
He broke into a smile on Sunday morning as he left his hotel in central Malmö around 11 a.m. local time and refused to speak to the media waiting for him as he boarded a bus to head to the airport.
Despite his difficult evening just hours earlier, Olly stopped to pose for a photo with an admiring passerby before leaving Sweden.
The fan told MailOnline: “We wanted to support the artist who didn’t get points from the public because that’s quite an achievement if you ask me.”
Switzerland’s Nemo achieved an undisputed victory after the non-binary singer scored 365 points with the jury and 226 from the public for a total of 591, surpassing the Croatian participant Baby Lasagna’s score of 547.
UK finished with a low score of 46 despite the impressive choreography and catchy tune.
After the show, heartbroken fans wrote: ‘There’s no reason Olly Alexander should get 0.’ everyone deserved better’; ‘Zero public points for the UK: my jaw dropped #Eurovision2024’
‘I’m really sorry for Olly Alexander, getting 0 public votes for Eurovision is really tough! Everyone hates the UK! I think it’s no longer about music but about politics. Congratulations to Switzerland.’
However, Olly and his team seemed to take the news in stride as they were pictured laughing and cheering after the news was announced.
The star didn’t look disappointed as she celebrated with her dancers after the packed performance.
Other disappointed fans wrote: ‘Olly Alexander deserved much better than that’; ‘Olly Alexander, one of the UK’s top artists, got 0 votes from the public…. He would never have predicted that.”
‘I can’t believe #OllyAlexander got zero points in the public vote. Rather bad!!’ ; ‘The United Kingdom scored zero points in the public vote. “I guess leaving the EU really triggered the continent more than expected.”