The United Kingdom has decided! Last night the BBC held Eurovision: You Decide, where six artists performed three songs in a set of duels with the highest voted artist and song combination going on to represent the UK at Eurovision this year. The line-up consisted of: Sweet Lies (written by Maria Broberg, Lise Cabble and…
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The BBC have confirmed their participation at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and furthermore, have launched their national selection for 2019. Once again the nation will be using Eurovision: You Decide as the national selection. Interested participants can now apply as the BBC with their potential Eurovision songs with the submission period ending on the…
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The UK haven’t had the best of results in recent years, but to their defence, in the last couple of years they have at least put some effort in choosing their act. They’ve been turning towards younger and more upcoming artists, many of which come from the popular talent show X Factor. The selection format…
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The United Kingdom seems to be cursed when it comes to Eurovision. Within recent years, aside from Jade Ewen in 2009, the UK really haven’t impressed at Eurovision – which is sometimes justified, and sometimes not. I felt like the UK were turning a page when it came to Molly in 2014, and then again…
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Last night, the UK national final You Decide took place at the Eventim Apollo in London, where a total of six acts competed to win the right to represent the UK at Eurovision. This year is a special contest for the UK also, being the 60th act to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision. The…
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With less than a week until the UK will choose their Eurovision 2017 act, the BBC have now released the names and songs that are fighting for the top spot, and ultimately represent UK in Kyiv. The six competing entries were introduced for the first time on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2.…
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This year, the BBC seemingly took Eurovision a bit more seriously, and offer the public an actual choice in the act they want to send to Eurovision. The result was that this boy-duo of Joe and Jake would take their song titled You’re Not Alone to Eurovision. Is this going to be alone at the…
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Each year, one country gets the opportunity to host the Eurovision song contest, but how do we know which country gets to host? Well, after the first two contests, it was decided that the winning country would host the contest the year after. In all but five cases, the winning country has accepted the opportunity…
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Earlier this week, the BBC presented the UK’s Eurovision act for 2015. Similar to last year, the BBC chose to internally select the song to represent the nation. The broadcaster selected Electro Velvet, a duo consisting of Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas. The song they will be singing is called ‘Still in Love with you’…
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