United Kingdom – Maybe the UK finds remedy for their second to last place at this year’s Eurovision earlier than everyone thought. “I would go to Eurovision. Totally,” Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters said live on the air at BBC Radio Five. “If I was asked I would gladly do it for you. I’d be [...]
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Scissor Sisters Would Do Eurovision For the UK
Posted: June 1, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in United Kingdom12
Sweden – Right after her winning celebration in Stockholm, Loreen went on to London to appear in BBC’s breakfast show today. She said that she sees her performance as unusual for Eurovision, with a simple outfit etc. Here is the full interview:
Editorial: Letter To “The Guardian”
Posted: May 27, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Engelbert Humperdinck’s failure at last night’s Eurovision Song Contest was sure to create some reactions in the UK press. I expected tabloids like “The Sun” and such to blame the bad result on the evil east and the political voting as usual, but when I had to read an article by [...]
United Kingdom: Englebert hosts Sabina and Jedward
Posted: May 23, 2012 by hulluna in Azerbaijan, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Ireland, United KingdomUnited Kingdom – The BBC today hosted a press event which saw Englebert Humperdinck get together with Azerbaijan’s Sabina, and then Ireland’s Jedward. ‘The Hump’ chatted to the Irish twins about their trademark hair and wore a jedhead. Eurovision Times was there to capture the moment ‘Jenglebert’ was born. Watch the video now.
United Kingdom: Humperdinck Impersonates Rock ‘n’ Roll Icons
Posted: May 10, 2012 by hulluna in United KingdomUnited Kingdom -The UK’s hope for this year, the legendary Englebert Humperdinck, has taken part in a fun photoshoot ahead of his trip to Baku, dressing up as felllow legends Sid Vicious, Elvis, and Alice Cooper (with live snake). He also does an impression of Oasis singer Liam Gallagher as part of a special video.
United Kingdom: ‘Love Will Set You Free’ Premiered
Posted: March 19, 2012 by hulluna in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – ‘Love Will Set You Free‘ has been premiered as Englebert Humperdinck‘s UK entry for Baku. The classic slow ballad was revealed on the BBC website this morning, along with the promo video for the song. It is one of the favourites in this year’s contest due to The Humps large army of [...]
United Kingdom – Last, but not least,the final song for ESC2012 will be premiered tomorrow as the UK reveal what Englebert Humperdinck will sing in Baku. The BBC intend to release the song at 11.00 (CET) on Radio 2 on the Ken Bruce show and at www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision. This will be the 42nd, and last, song [...]
United Kingdom – The UK’s national broadcaster, the BBC, tonight announced that Englebert Humperdinck is filming the video for his Eurovision song tomorrow. The BBC will premier the song on Monday 19th March, via the BBC’s official Eurovision website. All songs must be presented by then. Englebert will then appear on The One Show next [...]
United Kingdom: 75-year-old Legend Englebert Humperdinck for Baku!
Posted: March 1, 2012 by hulluna in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – The BBC have finally revealed tonight that 75-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck will be representing the UK in Azerbaijan in May. The track is produced by Grammy award-winning Martin Terefe (Mary J Blige, James Morrison) and co-written by Martin and Ivor Novello winner Sacha Skarbek (Adele, Lana Del Ray, James Blunt).
United Kingdon: To Announce Big Name Star Tonight
Posted: March 1, 2012 by hulluna in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – The act that will represent the UK in Baku will be announced tonight at 23.30(CET). Rumours are rife on the Internet that it is a ‘legendary male solo’ singer. Names in the frame so far are Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck (with a song written by James Morrison). We’ll bring you the [...]
United Kingdom - UK paper the Daily Star has announced that the BBC are lining up 90′s girl band Atomic Kitten to reunite and represent the UK in Azerbaijan. The article can be read online here. No comment has been made by the BBC as yet. The Star says the girls are ‘being lined up’ [...]
United Kingdom – With still absolutely no news from the BBC about this year’s UK entry, Eurovision fans there still have plenty to be involved in. There are several upcoming Eurovision events, including lots of appearances from former representatives.
United Kingdom – Former X Factor act Diva Fever today gave a strong hint on Twitter that they have been looking into becoming the United Kingdom’s entry this year. Diva Fever’s Craig tweeted Tony Cowell, the brother of X Factor mogul, Simon Cowell, “We’re doing good Been looking at doing Eurovision this year- what you [...]
UK: Sandie Shaw Says Eurovision Not Worth Winning Now
Posted: January 5, 2012 by hulluna in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Sandie Shaw, who won the contest back in 1967 with “Puppet on a String“, was tonight appearing on the UK’s ‘Celebrity Mastermind‘ quiz show (official website can be found here) and caused such a reaction she trended on Twitter. At the age of 64 Ms Shaw was still wearing her trademark mini skirt, [...]
And What Is…Doing?: Sandie Shaw Rings in the New Year
Posted: January 2, 2012 by jpl5386 in Former participants, United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Sixties pop icon Sandie Shaw was one of the headline acts on Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenanny; which aired on UK BBC2 on the night of New Year’s Eve. Appearing alongside acts such as Cyndi Lauper, Caro Emerald, Jessie J, James Morrisson and Imelda May, 64-year old Shaw delighted the audience with energetic [...]
Adele Wins OGAE Song Contest With “Someone Like You”
Posted: December 13, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomOGAE – The United Kingdom has secured its third consecutive victory at the OGAE Song Contest with powerhouse Adele. Her “Someone Like You” is the song of the year 2012. Adele’s album “21″ has sold over 13 million copies in only 8 months and has produced numerous hits including “Rolling in the deep”, “Set fire [...]
Blue And Eric Saade Release Videos
Posted: April 14, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Sweden, United KingdomSweden/UK – Two of the favourites to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Blue from the United Kingdom and Eric Saade have released the official videos for their entries. Blue had already released a preview video showing them on a roof in London. The new video looks more professional, includes dress changes and [...]
UK vs. Ireland: Jedward Insult Blue
Posted: April 7, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Ireland, United KingdomIreland – In a quite obvious attempt to generate more publicity for themselves, Jedward have insulted the British representatives at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest Blue in an interview with British tabloid “The Sun“. John commented Blue’s split up and reunification by saying: “We never ditched our fans and came back. We’ve always been here.” [...]
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United Kingdom – The BBC has just released the official preview video of the British entry by boy band Blue. The video shows the 4 members of Blue (Duncan, Lee, Anthony and Simon) on a roof in London with beautiful views over Britain’s capital. Yesterday Blue had officially presented the entry at Graham Norton’s BBC [...]
UK: Blue’s Live Performance of “I Can” at the Graham Norton Show
Posted: March 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Yesterday Blue’s Eurovision entry “I Can” leaked on the internet and tonight they finally presented it officially at the Graham Norton show. Here you can see a video of their live performance. On Eurovision forums the performance was very well received and Blue are now one of the top favourites to win [...]
UK: Listen to The Full Version of Blue’s Eurovision Entry “I Can”
Posted: March 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – One day before the official presentation on the Graham Norton Show, Blue’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 “I can” was leaked on the internet. Blue had been internally selected to represent the United Kingdom in Düsseldorf next May. Today the BBC had held a press conference to unveil the British [...]
Blue: Performance in Malta and Promo Tour
Posted: February 13, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – In this Saturday’s Maltese national final the British representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 performed one of their old hits “If you come back”. They visibly had some technical problems, but still sounded pretty well. It was also revealed that Blue will be visiting a number of European country to promote [...]
Blue: ‘I Can’ Is Pop Anthem With Blues
Posted: February 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Blue, the boy band that will represent the United Kingdom in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, have talked about their song on the “The BBC Breakfast Show”. Lee Ryan and Duncan James described their non-released entry as a mixture of pop, anthem and blues. They also spoke about their chances [...]
Rumor – According to internal sources at the BBC, the United Kingdom is actually aiming for a win at the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. For the first time ever the BBC has selected both song and artist internally. The boy band Blue which was quite successful some years back will fly the British flag [...]
Manager: Blue’s Eurovision Bid ‘is Reckless Insanity’
Posted: January 31, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – This Saturday the BBC announced that the boy band Blue would reunite and represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany this May. The band will enter their self-penned song “I can” into the competition. Now their former manager Daniel Glatman has called the decision of his former protegés to represent [...]
United Kingdom – Yesterday, the BBC announced that the boy band Blue had been internally selected to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. Today they have announced more details and the band members have commented on their new adventure. The band will represent their country with the self-penned song “I [...]
Blue to Represent the UK in Eurovision
Posted: January 30, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in United KingdomUnited Kingdom – In a surprise move the British national broadcaster BBC has announced that the internationally successful boy band “Blue” will represent the United Kingdom in Germany. Blue was formed in 2001 and up until 2005, when they split up, they had a hugely successful career selling over 13 million albums across Europe. The [...]
United Kingdom – The British national broadcaster BBC has announced on twitter that they will make an exciting revelation about the country’s 2011 Eurovision representative tonight. Several artists have been rumored to represent the Kingdom in Düsseldorf. The names mentioned are Pixie Lott, whose latest single was not as big a success as expected, Kathrine [...]
