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Every Eurovision UK entry ranked, from worst to best
All 61 Eurovision UK entries, rated: how have your guilty favourites fared?
20 May 2021 • 7:23am
The UK hasn t won Eurovision since 1998 and most recently placed last in 2019. Surely, the only way from here is up
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is underway. Following last year s cancellation, fans are no doubt anticipating a spectacle of excess come the final on May 22.
This year, the UK s hopes ride on the shoulders of 2014 Brit Award-winner James Newman, with earnest single Embers .
You can see how the London singer-songwriter fares by tuning in to BBC Four for the second Semi-Final on May 20 and the Grand Final on May 22, which will go live on BBC One from 8pm.
The 25 most embarrassing Eurovision performances ever
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20 May 2021 • 7:29am
Amazingly, not all of the most embarrassing Eurovision acts have been sent by the UK - but a vast majority of them have been
Eurovision is back again for 2021 after a year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, exhibiting some of Europe s most eccentric pop talent.
Despite only 10 countries competing at this year s event in Rotterdam, compared to the usual 26 finalists, the competition will be watched not only across the continent, but around the world, being broadcast on TV and streamed online by millions.
The numbers behind the UK’s long years of Eurovision hurt
Ian Jones, PA
20 May 2021, 2:45 am
James Newman will be hoping to end a dismal run of form for the United Kingdom when he takes to the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.
The UK has finished in the top half of the competition only three times so far this century: 2002 (when the country was represented by Jessica Garlick), 2009 (Jade Ewen) and 2011 (Blue).
Finishing close to last, and sometimes in last place, has increasingly become the norm.
Since 2000 the UK has ended the contest in one of the bottom three positions on nine separate occasions.