BBC Presenter and Eurovision Commentator, Scott Mills, has teased that the Eurovision 2025 entry for the United Kingdom, has already been chosen.
Scott Mills, on The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, teased that the BBC has already chosen the representative and entry for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.
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The BBC presenter revealed that he had very recently listened to the United Kingdom’s next Eurovision entry, as well as remaining silent on who the next British act might be. Before immediately changing the topic, he described the song as “good”.
Previously, it had been announced that the United Kingdom’s selection process was already underway for several months with UK record labels, publishers, songwriters, BBC Music and BBC Introducing all playing their part in finding the UK act and song for Eurovision 2025.
At the forefront of the selection process are leading UK music industry figure, David May – who was also Sam Ryder’s manager, as well as Executive Producer of BBC Studios North, Andrew Cartmell.
The BBC will reveal both the United Kingdom’s song and representative for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in due course. In recent years the entry and artist has been revealed in February.
Olly Alexander represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “Dizzy”. He placed 18th in the final scoring 46 points. All of the United Kingdom’s points came from the juries, with the country scoring 0 points in the televote.
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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 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 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.
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