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UK Eurovision “Your Country Needs You” National Final – Heat One

BBC1’s Your Country Needs You starts in about ten minutes. I’m going to be live blogging the event here. This is the first of five heats, to take the six performers who got through the online audition process and whittle them down, X-Factor style, one per week, until we have one winner.

And that person will represent the UK in Moscow, with a song to be especially penned for them by Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber.

And the six finalists are

Live blogging is now over. I think I need to see more of the acts to get any opinion, especially those with experience on the West End. But where did Jade suddenly come from at the end? 2006: Ooh a surprise finalist at the last minute

2005: Victor and Katie are out? Pah!

2001: Still going through the auditions – some clear winners in that mix that should get through, Victor and Katie so far.

1955: Down to the audition to get in the final six. Tonight will be ending with the big reveal of the six.

1953; Lordi are not silly but they managed a PR offensive to capture every metalhead and rocker in 2006. That’s what we need from whoever wins this national Final. Of course public voting in the UK is going to be a good judge of that. Capture the heart of the nation and you’re likely to capture the heart of Europe.

1952: Ruslana on the BBC!

1952: Yes, here comes Malta, One of our two block vote partners ( the other is Ireland).

1947: Back in the Dad’s Army Bunker. Lloyd Webber and Norton act surprised that everyone else takes this seriously! Hopefully this comes over to the viewers and media watching the program. This is what ESC fans have been screaming at the BBC for years. Thank you for hearing us!

1946: Poland person nails it – the UK should stop sending half-ready amateurs to Eurovision.

1944: Mixing and matching, regular reality TV audition clips of rehersals now on show.

1940: It’s worth pointing out here that other European countries are looking carefully at the UK – Lloyd Webber has made them consider the UK as a potentially strong entry in Moscow.

1937: And there, exactly, is the problem. the sheer size of the Eurovision stadium. They have to fill it with themselves for three minutes. Nice to see that the BBC are getting over all the elements I’ve been discussing on the blog here to the public.

1936: Starting to focus in on a number of names and performers.

1932: Lloyd Webber brings up the block vote issue, and ask Putin to vote for us. Trailed before, but still nice the BBC is airing and trying to cleanse the issues.

1930: They’ve sent Graham Norton to Russia to do a ‘funny foreigners’ piece. Nooooo!

1927: Last girl-group to win Eurovision was 1985 and Bobbysocks. Last boy-group (arguably) was Lordi in 2006. Mixed group would be Katrina and the Waves in 1997. Everything else has been singer + backing vocals and dancers

1924: Tantalising clips of the audition process with at least a few faces I recognise. I think we’ll end tonight with an announcement of the six, but no voting. Hmm.

1922: Ah. After (or alongside?) the Eurovision submitted videos, there’s been specially invited auditions in London as well.

1920: Colin Salmon (record producer) joins Lloyd Webber judging the videos.

1920: Dima tells the UK to take it more seriously. I agree!!!

1919: Actually the BBC show here is making a good case building up just how important the Eurovision Song Contest is to many around the world.

1918: Owen should be happy now, Dima Bilan is on the BBC.

1915: Hmmm, set is a Bunker. You know, like when Monty planned Operation Overlord.

1914: Lots of pop starlets wishing Lloyd Webber luck with Eurovision. So why aren;t they entering?

1911: Eurovision credits are Dads Army Union Jacks flying into Europe!

1910: BBC Scotland continuity announcer still being ironic about Eurovision. Gah.

1901: Of course before it all starts we have to sit through the new Richard Hammond Vehicle “Total Wipeout,” which seems to be a poor imitation of Takeshi’s Castle.

January 3, 2009; Eurovision;

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