UK: Dan Shipton will not stage Olly Alexander’s Eurovision entry – Who’s taking over?
Dan Shipton will not be directing the stage performance of the United Kingdom’s entry in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, as was disclosed on The Euro Trip Podcast.
Shipton served as the director of the British entries from 2015 to 2018. He also did so in 2022, the year Sam Ryder’s “Spaceman” came in second. In addition, he took overall creative supervision of the Competition in 2023 when the UK hosted on behalf of Ukraine.
The BBC’s executive producer for the competition, Lee Smithurst, told Euro Trip that Dan Shipton would not be in charge of the stage performance because Olly Alexander already had his own team.
Dan is not going to be doing the staging because Olly has his own team.
It’s important that he has his own team around him for Eurovision.
As for Olly Alexander, he added:
The good thing is that Olly’s such a massive fan of Eurovision – he does know it inside out. You don’t need to tell Olly you can only have six people on stage, or that your song can’t be more than three minutes long.
Who is going to stage Olly Alexander’s Eurovision entry?
According to Lee Smithurst, the British entry is being directed by Theo Adams, who the British representative has been collaborating with for a number of years.
For Olly and Theo to be working together already and thinking about ideas is great because they’re a team and they trust each other. They’re going to come up with something great.
Olly Alexander and Lee Smithurst collaborated on a number of noteworthy projects, the most prominent of which being Alexander’s world tour and duet with Elton John at the 2021 BRIT Awards.
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Source: The Euro Trip
