SuRie would like to return to Eurovision

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UK Eurovision representative SuRie would gladly return to the Eurovision stage should the opportunity arise. However, there are no plans to return to the contest in the near future.

The artist worked twice as a backing vocalist with the Belgium delegation in 2015 and 2017 before she represented the UK in Lisbon.  In 2015 she was on a Eurovision stage for the first time as one of the backing vocalists of Loïc Nottet.  Two years later, she supported Blanche but on this occasion, she had a more direct role, working backstage with Blanche:

“I had more of a role backstage working one-on-one with Blanche. And I don’t know what job title we want to give that; psychoanalyst, guru, mentor, friend, supporter, I don’t know. But it was more responsibility than I had with Loïc.”

In an interview for The Euro Trip, SuRie did not hesitate that she would return to Eurovision if she had the chance to do it.  Moreover, she shared that her Eurovision passion goes beyond these three participations.  More than a decade before, SuRie recorded the song One Day Love Will Find A Way with the hope of participating in the Junior Eurovision.  She submitted her entry but unfortunately, she did not get selected.

“It’s the most beautiful, brilliant show, produced and run by the most amazingly talented people. Why would you not want to work with those people in any capacity?”

SuRie represented the United Kingdom in 2018 with her song Storms.  Her performance is also remembered for an incident with a spectator who invaded the stage and took SuRie’s microphone.  Despite this disruption of her performance, SuRie carried on with her interpretation.  She finished in 24th place in the Final.

Source: The Eurotrip Podcast

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The United Kingdom in search of artist and song for Eurovision 2025

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The song and artist that will represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2025 will be publicly announced before the deadline set by the European Broadcasting Union in March 2025. Leading the selection process is renowned music producer David May, in collaboration with Andrew Cartmell, Executive Producer of BBC Studios North.

David May is no stranger to Eurovision, having been the manager of Sam Ryder in 2022, when the United Kingdom secured second place in the competition held in Turin.

The preparations for selecting the representative and song for 2025 have been underway for some time, with several UK record labels, publishers, songwriters, as well as BBC Music and BBC Introducing, all playing a key role in finding the right act and song for Eurovision.

This year, the UK was represented by Olly Alexander with the song Dizzy. Scoring 46 points, all from the juries, he finished in 18th place in the grand final.

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Source: BBC

Just a Lidl bit | Incredible Lidl Advertisement Inspired by Gina G

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Lidl pays tribute to Gina G’s timeless Eurovision hit with a new advertisement in England.

The ad features the song “Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit” from 1996, but it replaces the word “Little” with “Lidl.”

Gina G represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision 1996, finishing in 8th place. In the advertisement, the English singer and actress Martin McCutcheon performs the song.

Martin is known from the film “Love Actually” and has appeared in many TV shows. The ad promotes the Lidl app and hopes to achieve similar commercial success to Gina G, who topped the UK charts and reached number 12 in the United States.

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United Kingdom: Eurovision winner Martin Lee from Brotherhood of Man dies at age 77!

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The Eurovision community has some sad news to share. The 77-year-old British singer and member of Brotherhood of Man, Martin Lee, passed away on Sunday due to heart failure. With the song “Save All Your Kisses For Me” Brotherhood of Man, represented the United Kingdom in the 21st Eurovision Song Contest in 1976. The British group finished in first place with a total of 164 points.

Lee’s bandmates Lee Sheridan, Sandra Stevens and Nicky Stevens shared: 

Over the past 50 years the four of us have toured the world together in harmony and have so many happy memories, but now we are in total shock and cannot imagine a world without Martin Lee.

“Save All Your Kisses For Me” and Brotherhood of Man

The definite line-up of the British band was formed in 1973 and consisted of Martin Lee, Lee Sheridan, Sandra Stevens and Nicky Stevens. In the middle to late 1970s, this lineup of the group went on to have numerous international hits, such as “Figaro,” “Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In),” “Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby,” and “Save Your Kisses for Me.” With three number one singles and four top twenty albums, they may have experienced their greatest success in their home country of the UK. The group performed all over Europe, until 2020. They have put out 16 studio albums in total, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

Their Eurovision winning song, “Save All Your Kisses For Me,” is among the best-selling Eurovision winners ever. Actually, the song became a global hit, peaking at number one on charts across several European nations and enjoying modest success in the US. Furthermore, “Save All Your Kisses For Me” is the most successful winner ever statistically speaking, based on the percentage of points it received up to the maximum amount possible.

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United Kingdom: Initial staging idea for “Dizzy” was rejected by SVT!

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The United Kingdom went full throttle with the pop sensation “Dizzy” and the well known Olly Alexander in Eurovision 2024. This impressive staging with special camera movements seems that it was a much simpler presentation than it was originally planned by Olly Alexander’s team, specifically Theo Adams.

Ola Melzig, the Senior Technical Director of Eurovision 2024, spoke to “The Euro Trip Podcast” and mentioned the following about Olly Alexander’s performance:

If the UK hadn’t reached out very early on this year, you wouldn’t have seen that performance. 

Their first idea was impossible to do on our stage because we have less than 50 seconds to do a changeover – you can’t show up with something that weighs a tonne and takes two minutes to do.

It appears that the original concept was too big and impractical to implement in time for a live show with a strict schedule, which is why SVT rejected it. Though scaled back to fit Eurovision’s requirements, the concept behind what we actually saw and what was initially planned remained the same.

As a result, Ola Melzig emphasizes the importance of early communication in order to have enough time to adapt and bring the submitted ideas to life as closely as possible to their original state.

Despite the impressive staging, Olly Alexander’s performance was also criticized by the European public for being provocative; thus, he was not awarded a single point from the audience, finish in eighteenth place with a total of 48 points.

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Source: eurotrippodcast

United Kingdom: BBC Studios retain the right to produce Eurovision content until 2028!

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The BBC Studios have renewed their contract for the coverage and creation of Eurovision content, in the vicinity of the United Kingdom, until 2028! Read more

United Kingdom: Confirms Eurovision 2025 participation!

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Just a few minutes ago, another country confirmed its participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to take place next year in Switzerland!

We’re talking about the United Kingdom, which confirmed its participation in Eurovision 2025, through a post on their social media:

 

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No further information has given, regarding the selection process, but the only thing that is certain, is that the United Kingdom will try to go back to the successful way.

The United Kingdom is the 21st country to confirm its participation in the next Contest, and the fourth of the BIG 5, leaving only France out for the time being.

The countries that have confirmed their participation as of now, are:

  1. Switzerland
  2. Spain
  3. Malta
  4. Denmark
  5. Belgium
  6. Luxembourg
  7. Austria
  8. Portugal
  9. Croatia
  10. Serbia
  11. Germany
  12. Israel
  13. Finland
  14. Albania
  15. Lithuania
  16. Sweden
  17. Norway
  18. Italy
  19. Cyprus
  20. Latvia
  21. United Kingdom

The United Kingdom was represented in Eurovision 2025 by Olly Alexander, and his song “Dizzy” and ended up 18th in the Grand Final:

https://youtu.be/q0_FdJqyQW0

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Junior Eurovision 2024: The United Kingdom pulls out of the competition, yet another country will make its return!

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In less than five months from today, the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Madrid. According to a BBC journalist, Adrian Bradley, the United Kingdom will withdraw from the Junior Eurovision contest due to low viewership. But another country will fill the void, and according to our exclusive information it will be ready to announce its grand return in a few days!

The United Kingdom will not make an appearance in Madrid

Following sixteen years of absence from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, BBC made its return two years ago and continued the same success it had during the early years of the contest with two consecutive top five placements and an online vote win. However, the low viewership the national broadcast of the competition received, made UK’s public television to decide to pull out of the upcoming edition, which is scheduled to take place in Madrid on November 16.

Another country ready to announce its return

While all of this is going on in London, officials in another European capital are preparing to announce their nation’s return to Junior Eurovision in 2024.

Since everything has been finalized and only a few formal details need to be completed, they are ready to officially announce their return and even their representative, which is great news for all Junior Eurovision fans.

In fact, based on our exclusive information, the hopes are high about their return as the young participant selected for the nation’s representation is a gifted singer, and they anticipate that they will provide us with an excellent performance.

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Eurovision 2024: Six countries wanted to withdraw 25 minutes before the Grand Final!

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Two weeks after the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024, it became known from the Norwegian newspaper VG that six countries participating in the Saturday’s show wanted to withdraw up to twenty-five minutes before the start of the final.

The 11th of May was crucial for the contest, as reported by the newspaper, the EBU and SVT found themselves in a major critical meeting as six countries wanted to withdraw until they decided to participate.

The six countries that wanted to withdraw were the winning Switzerland, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Greece and the United Kingdom.

Specifically, Magnus Børmark, a member of the Norwegian band Gåte, stated that:

We were considering withdrawing until the last moment. Many of us reacted to the fact that Israel had the opportunity to use Eurovision as its own political tool.

The reason the six countries wanted to withdraw was the participation of Israel and the exclusion of Joost Klein. VG writes that Israel’s participation, the extensive security measures, and the behavior of the Israeli delegation during the week were reasons for the protests,” adds Børmark:

Our common point was that we did not want to participate in Eurovision to be used and stigmatized in a war propaganda machine in Israel. We participated to create a space where we can unite in music – in a political situation where everyone chooses sides and hates each other.

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Source: VG

Eurovision 2024: Switzerland is the big winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest!

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The 68th Eurovision Song Contest has been history for a few minutes now, with the big winner being Switzerland represented by Nemo and the song “The Code“.

In a contest marked by drama and a lot of backstory, Swittzerland emerged as the winner with 591 points.

Twenty-six countries took part in tonight’s show, aiming to succeed Loreen and Sweden as the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions.

The show

Malmö Arena was the venue for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmö.

The presenters of tonight’s show, as of all the shows, were Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman.

The 25 participating countries that took part in the Grand Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest were:

 

R/O COUNTRY ARTIST SONG
1 Sweden Marcus & Martinus “Unforgettable”
2 Ukraine alyona alyona & Jerry Heil “Teresa & Maria”
3 Germany Isaak “Always on the Run”
4 Luxembourg Tali “Fighter”
6 Israel Eden Golan “Hurricane”
7 Lithuania Silvester Belt “Luktelk”
8 Spain Nebulossa “Zorra”
9 Estonia 5miinust & Puuluup “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”
10 Ireland Bambie Thug “Doomsday Blue”
11 Latvia Dons “Hollow”
12 Greece Marina Satti “Zari”
13 United Kingdom Olly Alexander “Dizzy”
14 Norway Gåte “Ulveham”
15 Italy Angelina Mango “La noia”
16 Serbia Teya Dora “Ramonda”
17 Finland Windows95man “No Rules!”
18 Portugal Iolanda “Grito”
19 Armenia Ladaniva “Jako”
20 Cyprus Silia Kapsis “Liar”
21 Switzerland Nemo “The Code”
22 Slovenia Raiven “Veronika”
23 Croatia Baby Lasagna “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
24 Georgia Nutsa Buzaladze “Firefighter”
25 France Slimane “Mon amour”
26 Austria Kaleen “We Will Rave​”

Results

The final ranking of the 25 finalists of Eurovision 2024 was as follows:

The vote of the juries was as follows:

The votes of the public were as follow:

  1. Croatia 337
  2. Israel 327
  3. Ukraine 307
  4. France 227
  5. Switzerland 226
  6. Ireland 136
  7. Italy 104
  8. Greece 85
  9. Armenia 82
  10. Lithuania 58
  11. Sweden 49
  12. Cyprus 44
  13. Estonia 33
  14. Serbia 32
  15. Finland 31
  16. Latvia 28
  17. Luxembourg 20
  18. Georgia 19
  19. Germany 18
  20. Portugal 13
  21. Slovenia 12
  22. Spain 11
  23. Austria 5
  24. Norway 4
  25. United Kingdom 0

Half of the final result came from the votes of the juries who voted last night and half from the TV audiences across Europe who voted for their favourite songs a few hours ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_qJf-nW0k

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