The thirty-first artist in our Who Is series for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is Mae Muller from this year’s host country, the United Kingdom.
Holly Mae Muller, better known as Mae Muller, was born on August 26 1997 to a Jewish family in Kentish Town in London. She started writing her own music when she was eight years old. She also appeared in the music video for “Grace Kelly” by Mika, who would later go on to present Eurovision 2022.
After getting a friend to show her how to use the producing software Logic, Mae began uploading her original songs to SoundCloud in 2017. She was discovered by her manager on Instagram. She released her debut EP “After Hours” in February 2018. This was followed by a second EP “Frankly” in September 2018.
In April 2019, Mae released her debut studio album “Chapter 1”. She then supported Little Mix on the UK and Ireland leg of their LM5: The Tour. Following the tour, she released the single “The Therapist”, which she had performed on tour. She also began her first headline tour of the United Kingdom later that year. Her third EP “No One Else, Not Even You” was released in November 2020. This was followed by a headline tour of the UK and mainland Europe.
In 2021, Mae appeared as guest vocalist on “When You’re Out” with Billen Ted. She then joined the Swedish artist collective Neiked and the American rapper Polo G on the single “Better Days”, which was her first ever single to chart in the United Kingdom. Just before her Eurovision entry was released, she released a single in collaboration with Sigala, Caity Baser and Stefflon Don called “Feels This Good”.
Mae was chosen to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2023 after being internally selected by TaP Music and the BBC.
That song that Mae will perform on home ground in Liverpool is called “I Wrote a Song”. It was written and composed by Karen Poole, Lewis Thompson and Mae herself.
Mae will perform in the Grand Final on May 13.
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The United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
The United Kingdom debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and holds the record for the most consecutive appearances in the contest. To date, the UK has won the contest a total of five times, with their first victory coming in 1967 and their latest in 1997. The UK holds the record for the most second-place finishes in the contest, having been runner-up a total of 16 times. Since 2000 the UK has finished within the top 10 only three times, this being in 2002 with Jessica Garlick, 2009 with Jade Ewen and 2022 with Sam Ryder who finished 2nd in Turin.
