Let's not turn this into a "England vs. Celtic Nations" war or anything like it, please. =P
On a sidenote, Pop Idol I believe was a British concept based on Pop Stars, which was something that was done in NZ and then Australia and then the UK. New Zealand had the worst result of a band, Aussie's wasn't much better and, as anyone would expect, the UK had actual decent singers and therefore it took off like a rocket.
Eurovision is something I have never really paid attention to. I think that the UK (or England, I don't know for sure) is sending Jordan over is kind of funny. Maybe they just wanted her out of the country for a little while.