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In the aftermath of the 2003 vote, one critic lamented: "The United Kingdom, second only to the US in the proliferation of musical output, could not even manage to pull in a few points in a glorified talent show - won by Sertab Erener of Turkey and watched at its peak by 10 million people in Britain."