There's always the prospect of 0 jury points too. Although Dear Alice seem slick enough to avoid that fate.

 

Sydnie Christmas, the winner of Britain's Got Talent, would be great. I didn't watch the show but from what I've seen of her she has an incredible voice and never vocally trips up. I doubt she would do it but she's the sort of act that almost certainly couldn't fail with the juries with a half decent song. Problem is, it almost certainly wouldn't be contemporary sounding, although she performed a cover of Believer by Imagine Dragons on the Royal Variety Performance.

Rumour has it we’re getting Calum Scott 💀

 

So sayeth Reddit anyway so probably not true

The Calum Scott thing comes from this thread I believe:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comment...ott_for_the_uk/

 

I interpreted the '88 reference to be a Scottish act (as I don't think the UK has sent one since then bizarrely), and then I struggled to think of a Scottish act that had exactly two songs with over 100m streams, but came up with CHVRCHES, or maybe more likely to be Lauren Mayberry solo, if that counts - I see others in that Reddit thread also suggested them. I'm not really sure what the two artist reveals thing could be though unless it's a collab or has a known songwriter. Also, Calum has at least six songs over 100m streams. But we shall see, maybe this poster is just tweeting crap to get the rumour mill flowing.

Edited January 7Jan 7 by gooddelta

So…

 

Scott Fitzgerald’s son was the original lineup of Busted…

 

Could it be be Busted vs McFly?

my eurovision circle wanted celtic folktronica and i'd agree with them :wub:

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Franz Ferdinand now being speculated….

So…

 

Scott Fitzgerald’s son was the original lineup of Busted…

 

Could it be be Busted vs McFly?

McFly are about the only band/boyband from yesteryear that I think would do well with the right song. Imagine if they went with something like ‘Red’

 

Edited January 13Jan 13 by darrens94

Franz Ferdinand now being speculated….

Ive read a lot of people saying it's 'Hooked' from their latest album

 

I do think the artist will be Scottish and I've got suspicion they might reveal it during the final of The Traitors with it being filmed in Scotland.

Edited January 14Jan 14 by darrens94

Im not a huge Franz fan, they are ok. However I think it would be a great choice for us to try something like this. Have we ever actually sent a rock band before? Haven’t sent a band in ages and barely any rock and considering UK is well known for both it would be good to show.

Franz do fit the two songs over 100m streams and Scottish clues. Would certainly be an interesting pick, I'm not sure how well they would do.

 

I hadn't really even considered them, which considering they are contending for the No.1 album was quite an oversight, I just never would have imagined them doing it. But why not I suppose, it would be a great showcase for their new material.

Maybe I'm wrong but I couldn't see Franz Ferdinand ending up anywhere but on the right hand side of the scoreboard if they do it.

Maybe I'm wrong but I couldn't see Franz Ferdinand ending up anywhere but on the right hand side of the scoreboard if they do it.

 

That's quite dramatic, Gemma... but I also agree oop

I don’t care where we end up on the scoreboard tbh, we’ve hosted recently enough. Just want a catchy enough song - like the FF tune,

Looking forward to the usual "We should send Steps/Robbie Williams/Adele/One Direction/Ed Sheeran/etc" crowd continuing to not understand it's a song contest and not a Who Is The Most Famous contest. Name value means nothing if the song isn't memorable as Flo Rida found out a few years back, so if Franz Ferdinand or Chvrches or whoever send an absolute banger of a tune it's game on. Blue almost got away with it but apparently they half-assed their jury final performance thinking it was just a random rehearsal(!), which cost them a ton of votes once everything was combined.

 

There's a dark parallel universe somewhere where Ed Sheeran represented us in 2016, attempts to send a new song he's written called Castle On The Hill, but gets told by the label that it's "not Eurovision enough" (secret code for "this is too good for Eurovision, save it for the album") and instead is forced to sing You're Not Alone. Ends up coming only slightly above Joe & Jake, career ruined and Divide onwards never happens.

The day we send a well known artist with one of their greatest hits will be a day I think we will never see.

 

Blue with something like Fly By II in their heyday would have been fantastic and walked all over the weak competition in 2002. But we always send well known acts 10-20 years (50 for Engelbert) past their sell-by date.

It’s a remarkable coincidence that rumours of Franz Ferdinand performing at Eurovision just happen to coincide with the release of their new album. As much as I’d love to see it, unfortunately I think it’ll be someone else.

 

Interestingly, it’s not the first time their name has come up. They were rumoured to be performing the Greek entry way back in 2005!

Its good promo for the album for Franz Ferdinand if its not true but i just dont see them doing Eurovision.

Sam Ryder proved if the song is right it doesnt matter what country its from, it was a quality song performed excellently and it was delivered so well and i think more focus needs to be on that for those working in the selection process.

 

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There's a dark parallel universe somewhere where Ed Sheeran represented us in 2016, attempts to send a new song he's written called Castle On The Hill, but gets told by the label that it's "not Eurovision enough" (secret code for "this is too good for Eurovision, save it for the album") and instead is forced to sing You're Not Alone. Ends up coming only slightly above Joe & Jake, career ruined and Divide onwards never happens.

 

Ofc an Ed Sheeran clone came 4th for Germany in 2018.

Think I might be right and it could be revealed during The Traitors final this Friday.

 

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