United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process Eurovision: You Decide
Selection date(s)8 February 2019
Selected entrant Michael Rice
Selected song"Bigger than Us"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result26th, 11 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Bigger than Us" written by Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik and Jonas Thander. The song was performed by Michael Rice. Songwriter John Lundvik represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest the same year with the song "Too Late for Love". The British entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel was selected via the national final Eurovision: You Decide, organised by the British broadcaster BBC. Six acts competed in the national final and the winner was selected through two rounds of voting.

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As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 16, the United Kingdom placed 26th (last) out of the 26 participating countries with 11 points. This was the fourth time the nation had placed last in the history of the competition.

Background

Prior to the 2019 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-one times. [1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song "Love Shine a Light" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song "Come Back" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song "It's My Time" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song "Storm" performed by SuRie.

The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 on 19 September 2018. [2] Between 2011 and 2015, BBC opted to internally select the British entry, while the broadcaster organised a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs since 2016. For their 2019 entry, BBC announced that a national final involving a public vote would be held to select United Kingdom's entry.

Before Eurovision

Eurovision: You Decide

Eurovision: You Decide was the national final developed by the BBC in order to select the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Six acts competed in a televised show on 8 February 2019 held at Dock10 venue at the MediaCityUK in Salford and hosted by Mel Giedroyc and previous Eurovision Song Contest winner Måns Zelmerlöw who won the contest for Sweden in 2015 with the song "Heroes". The winner was selected through a professional jury and a public televote. The show was broadcast on BBC Two as well as streamed online via the BBC iPlayer. The national final was watched by 1.17 million viewers in the United Kingdom with a market share of 6.4%. [3]

Competing entries

On 19 September 2018, BBC announced an open submission for interested songwriters to submit their songs in the form of a video recording. The submission period lasted until 26 October 2018. [4] The received submissions from the open call were reviewed and a shortlist was compiled by the UK branch of the international OGAE fan club. Additional entries were provided to the BBC by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) which ran a songwriting competition amongst its members. The BBC also held multiple songwriting camps and collaborated with the co-founder of DWB Music, Greig Watts, to consult with music industry experts including writers, producers, artist managers and members of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in order to encourage entry submissions and involvement in the national final. [5] Songs from all entry methods were included in a ten-song final shortlist which was presented to an international professional panel that ultimately selected three songs to compete in the national final. [6] The three competing songs were then matched with two artists each, which were announced via social media and the BBC Eurovision website on 23 January 2019. [7]

SongSongwriter(s)
"Bigger than Us"
"Freaks"
"Sweet Lies"

Final

Six acts competed in the televised final on 8 February 2019. In addition to their performances, guest performers included previous Eurovision Song Contest winners Bucks Fizz, who won the contest for the United Kingdom in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up", and Katrina Leskanich, who won the contest for the United Kingdom in 1997 as the lead vocalist of the band Katrina and the Waves with the song "Love Shine a Light", performing a medley of past British Eurovision songs with Måns Zelmerlöw. Guest performers also included previous Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta, who won the contest for Israel in 2018 performing the song "Toy", and SuRie, who represented the United Kingdom in 2018 performing a piano rendition of the song "Storm". [8] The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, each of the three songs were performed by two artists in different versions and a three-member professional jury selected one artist per song to proceed to the second round. The jury consisted of Rylan Clark-Neal (singer, television presenter, television personality and model), Marvin Humes (singer, television and radio presenter) and Mollie King (singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter and model). [9] In the second round, a public vote consisting of televoting and online voting selected the winner, "Bigger than Us" performed by Michael Rice. [10]

Duels Round –8 February 2019
DuelDrawArtistSongR. Clark-NealM. HumesM. KingTotalResult
I1Kerrie-Anne"Sweet Lies"XXX3Advanced
2Anisa"Sweet Lies"0Eliminated
II3Jordan Clarke"Freaks"XX2Advanced
4Maid"Freaks"X1Eliminated
III5 Holly Tandy "Bigger than Us"0Eliminated
6 Michael Rice "Bigger than Us"XXX3Advanced
Final Round –8 February 2019
DrawArtistSong
1Kerrie-Anne"Sweet Lies"
2Jordan Clarke"Freaks"
3 Michael Rice "Bigger than Us"

Promotion

Michael Rice made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Bigger than Us" as the British Eurovision entry. On 31 March, Michael Rice took part in promotional activities in Croatia where he performed "Bigger than Us" during Zvijezde pjevaju, the Croatian version of Just the Two of Us . [11] On 14 April, Rice performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Marlayne. [12] On 21 April, Rice performed during the Eurovision Pre-Party Madrid event, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela. [13] On 24 April, Rice performing during the Eurovision Pre-Party, which was held at the Vegas City Hall in Moscow, Russia and hosted by Alexey Lebedev and Andres Safari. [14]

In addition to his international appearances, on 14 April, Michael Rice performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell. [15] On 3 May, Rice was part of the guest line-up for the BBC One programme The Graham Norton Show where he performed "Bigger than Us" live and were interviewed by host Graham Norton. [16]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to compete in one of two semi-finals, and qualify in order to participate in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final on 18 May 2019. [17] In addition to their participation in the final, the United Kingdom is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. During the semi-final allocation draw on 28 January 2019, the United Kingdom was assigned to broadcast and vote in the second semi-final on 16 May 2019. [18]

In the United Kingdom, the semi-finals were broadcast on BBC Four with commentary by Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal, while the final was televised on BBC One with commentary by Graham Norton and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with commentary by Ken Bruce. [19] [20] The British spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the British jury during the final, was Rylan Clark-Neal. [21]

Final

Michael Rice during a rehearsal before the final ESC2019-UK.jpg
Michael Rice during a rehearsal before the final

Michael Rice took part in technical rehearsals on 10 and 12 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 15, 17 and 18 May. This included the semi-final jury show on 15 May where an extended clip of the British performance was filmed for broadcast during the live show on 16 May and the jury final on 17 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. After technical rehearsals were held on 12 May, the "Big Five" countries and host country Israel held a press conference. As part of this press conference, the artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. The United Kingdom was drawn to compete in the second half. [22] Following the conclusion of the second semi-final, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final. The running order for the semi-finals and final was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. The United Kingdom was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Norway and before the entry from Iceland.

The British performance began with Michael Rice performing alone on stage under a spotlight. As the song progressed, Rice was joined by five backing vocalists with the LED screens displaying a galaxy of shooting stars. The performers concluded the performance by gathering together in a circle, which symbolised hope and love between the performers. [23] [24] The backing vocalists that joined Michael Rice for the performance were Anna Sahlene, Chin Simon, Desta Zion Wilson, Linda Pritchard and Melanie Wehbe. Sahlene previously represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 where she placed third with the song "Runaway". [25] The United Kingdom placed twenty-sixth (last) in the final, scoring 11 points: 3 points from the televoting and 8 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. [26]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by United Kingdom in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to the United Kingdom

Points awarded to the United Kingdom (Final) [27]
ScoreTelevoteJury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 pointsFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by the United Kingdom

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the British jury: [26] [29] [30]

  • Pete Watson (jury chairperson) –musical director
  • Jai Ramage –vocal coach
  • Adele Roberts  – BBC Radio 1 DJ
  • AJ Bentley –singer, actor
  • George Ure –actor
Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Semi-final 2) [28]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
P. WatsonJ. RamageA. RobertsAJ BentleyG. UreRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 14171511171717
02Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 17101117131583
03Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 6145937416
04Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1012147141256
05Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1518818151614
06Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 76410565101
07Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 163101185613
08Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3214221074
09Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18161816161818
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 583283815
11Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 411681210138
12Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 13717151014112
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8413678392
14Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1115161461311
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 12137131111210
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 95121249265
17Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1125111212
18Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 299394747
Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Final) [27]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
P. WatsonJ. RamageA. RobertsAJ BentleyG. UreRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10151414131415
02Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 169122081320
03Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23121031210116
04Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21161919182324
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8515667413
06Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 17654218356
07Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 20252225242521
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 2122211218
09Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1238121065
10Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2423924252023
11Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 111723171919101
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57131135674
13Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 19222522222419
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 18191718172117
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15104121111112
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
17Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 14212423162238
18Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 911211671212
19Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 12201813151822
20Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 388544783
21Flag of France.svg  France 73201099214
22Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2518119201511
23Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 13131615141625
24Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 6146756547
25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 44111038210
26Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2224721231792

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