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

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

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!

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!

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!

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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United Kingdom: Listen to the acoustic version of “Dizzy” by Olly Alexander!

Olly Alexnader, one of the most well-knowned artists of Eurovision 2024,represents the United Kingdom this year with his song “Dizzy”.
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The BBC will re-broadcast Eurovision 1974 on April 7!

The BBC, the public broadcaster of the United Kingdom, hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, on behalf of Ukraine, as the winner, was not able to host on home soil. However this was not the first time that the United Kingdom has done so.

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United Kingdom: Listen to “Dizzy” by Olly Alexander!

The wait is over! “Dizzy“, the British entry for Eurovision 2024, is finally out.

Less than a month ago, it was unveiled that “Dizzy” would be the title of Olly Alexander’s bid for Eurovision 2024, while he also shared a snippet of his entry on social media. Today, March 1st, and on just midnight (GMT), “Dizzy” was released on all streaming platforms.

Listen to “Dizzy” by Olly Alexander, below:

 

The team behind “Dizzy”

Olly Alexander has a powerful ally on his side for his Eurovision bid. Danny L. Harle, Dua Lipa’s producer, has put together Olly Alexander’s bid. Danny is the brains behind Dua’s latest smash hit “Houdini” and will probably serve as the executive producer on her upcoming third studio album. Moreover, “Dizzy” is also signed by Olly Alexander himself and along with Danny H. Harle, it was co-produced by Finn Keane.

Who is Olly Alexander?

The 33 year-old Olly Alexander is a singer and actor from England. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of Years & Years, one of the UK’s most successful groups and as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series “It’s a Sin”. Alexander has been multi-nominee in the Brit Awards as well as several other awards within the United Kingdom.

Olly Alexander was selected by BBC as the British entrant for Eurovision 2024 and his participation was announced by himself during the Grand Final of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing on December 16. Soon after his announcement, the United Kingdom has climbed to the top of the odds, where it still remains today, on “Dizzy’s” release date.

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United Kingdom: Olly Alexander will film his music video in Tbilisi| Meeting with Nutsa Buzaladze!

The representative of the United Kingdom, Olly Alexander, is currently in Tbilisi, and according to GPB the Georgian public broadcaster, he is about to film the music video of his Eurovision song, “Dizzy”.

A meeting with the Georgian representative, Nutsa Buzaladze was of course in his program, and they even sang together, Olly’s song “King” in the piano.

Olly Alexander spoke to the public broadcaster, and stated the following:

“I love this European contest since I was a kid, when we watched it every year with my family and I think that taking part in the contest is a great opportunity for every artist. In London, I often go to a Georgian restaurant.”

Also, Nutsa Buzaladze was really happy to meet Olly, both having work with Kylie Minogue:

“It was really nice to finally meet him in person. I’m really happy Olly chose Georgia as the first country to visit, and he is also a really nice guy, very friendly, very talented and we had a lot of fun.”

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SourceEurovision Georgia – 1tv.ge 

United Kingdom: A new teaser video of Olly Alexander’s song for Eurovision was released!

An artist that has definetely made sense, months before Eurovision 2024, is Olly Alexander, who is going to represent the United Kingdom. His song, which has managed to bring the country in the second place of the betting odds, is still a secret but Olly Alexander posted a teaser video, with some hints about his song.

In the video posted by the singer and the BBC, both on Instagram and X, we can see Olly as trainee weather presenter, explaining that the United Kingdom, will be struck by “Dizzy” spells in the coming weeks:

Just before the ending of the video, four numbers appear on screen: 1, 7, 11 and 29. Like Olly ‘s previous teasers, many believe that the numbers are hints about his song.

Olly also published a story on Instagram, in which he advertised a fantastic medicine, with the title “Dizzigon”. In the story there is a link, which leads to a website to pre-save his new song, which will probably be for Eurovision.

What do you think of Olly Alexander’s teaser video? Did you find something in it?

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