United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process Eurovision: You Decide
Selection date(s)7 February 2018
Selected entrant SuRie
Selected song"Storm"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Nicole Blair
  • Gil Lewis
  • Sean Hargreaves
Finals performance
Final result24th, 48 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Storm" written by Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis and Sean Hargreaves. The song was performed by SuRie. The British entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal 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 the combination of a public vote and the votes of an eight-member professional jury.

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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 9, the United Kingdom placed 24th out of the 26 participating countries with 48 points.

Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty 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 2017 contest, the United Kingdom finished in fifteenth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song "Never Give Up on You" performed by Lucie Jones.

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 2018 on 29 September 2017. [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 in 2016 and 2017. For their 2018 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 2018. Six acts competed in a televised show on 7 February 2018 held at the Brighton Dome in Brighton 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 the combination of the votes of a professional jury and a public vote. The show was broadcast on BBC Two as well as streamed online via the BBC iPlayer. [3] The national final was watched by 900,000 viewers in the United Kingdom with a market share of 4.8%. [4]

Competing entries

On 29 September 2017, BBC announced an open submission for interested artists to submit their songs in the form of a video recording. The submission period lasted until 27 October 2017. [5] 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 former music director of RCA Records and founder of Innocent Records, Hugh Goldsmith, who held songwriting camps with professional songwriters and consulted with music industry experts including independent writers and members of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in order to encourage entry submissions and involvement in the national final. Songs from both entry methods were included in a final shortlist which was presented to a professional panel that ultimately selected six finalists to compete in the national final. [6] The six competing songs were revealed on 24 January 2018, with two songs played each day that week during The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2. [7] [8]

Final

Six acts competed in the televised final on 7 February 2018. In addition to their performances, the guest performer was Lucie Jones, who represented the United Kingdom in 2017 with the song "Never Give Up on You", performing an ABBA medley with Måns Zelmerlöw.

A panel of experts provided feedback regarding the songs during the show. The panel consisted of Rylan Clark-Neal (singer, television presenter, television personality and model), Rochelle Humes (singer and television presenter) and Tom Fletcher (singer-songwriter and guitarist). [9] A combination of the votes from an eight-member professional jury and a public vote consisting of televoting and online voting selected the winner, "Storm" performed by SuRie. The jury consisted of David Grant (vocal coach), Caroline Sullivan (music journalist), Roisin O'Connor (music correspondent), Steve Tandy (regional radio promoter), Sara Sesardic (Spotify music editor), Alastair Webber (A&R manager), Marco Sensi (MTV Music editor) and Kele Le Roc (singer). [10]

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)
1Raya"Crazy"
2 Liam Tamne "Astronaut"
3 Asanda "Legends"
4Jaz Ellington"You"
5 SuRie "Storm"
  • Nicole Blair
  • Gil Lewis
  • Sean Hargreaves
6 Goldstone "I Feel the Love"
  • Eric Lumiere
  • Joakim Buddee
  • Laura White
  • Roel Rats

Promotion

SuRie made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Storm" as the British Eurovision entry. Between 8 and 11 April, SuRie took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel and performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Rabin Square. [11] On 14 April, SuRie performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Cornald Maas. [12] On 21 April, SuRie performed during the ESPreParty event on 21 April which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Soraya Arnelas. [13]

In addition to their international appearances, on 17 April, SuRie 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. [14] An acoustic version of "Storm" was also recorded and released on 23 April. [15] On 28 April, SuRie was part of the guest line-up for the BBC One programme The Graham Norton Show where she performed "Storm" live and was 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 12 May 2018. [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 29 January 2018, the United Kingdom was assigned to broadcast and vote in the first semi-final on 8 May 2018. [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] The British spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the British jury during the final, was Mel Giedroyc.

Final

SuRie during a rehearsal before the final ESC2018 - United Kingdom 02.jpg
SuRie during a rehearsal before the final

SuRie took part in technical rehearsals on 4 and 6 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 7, 11 and 12 May. This included the semi-final jury show on 8 May where an extended clip of the British performance was filmed for broadcast during the live show on 8 May and the jury final on 11 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. After technical rehearsals were held on 6 May, the "Big Five" countries and host country Portugal 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 first half. [20] 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 9, following the entry from Portugal and before the entry from Serbia.

The British performance featured SuRie dressed in a white wide-legged jumpsuit and performing on a predominately blue, purple and white coloured stage which featured a diamond-shaped light tunnel prop. The performance also featured smoke and pyrotechnic effects. [20] [21] During the performance, stage invader Dr ACactivism grabbed SuRie's microphone and shouted: "Modern Nazis of The UK media, we demand freedom! War is not peace!", before being removed by security and taken into police custody. [22] The singer, who was without her microphone for about 10 seconds but was nevertheless able to finish her performance, was offered the opportunity to perform again after the entry from Italy by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), however she declined as her team were "proud of her performance". [23] Three off-stage backing vocalists joined SuRie for the performance and were Charlotte Churchman, Debby Bracknell and Mark De-Lisser. The United Kingdom placed twenty-fourth in the final, scoring 48 points: 25 points from the televoting and 23 points from the juries. During an interview on ITV magazine programme This Morning after the contest, SuRie revealed she had some bruises on her hands where Dr ACactivism had grabbed her and also on her shoulder where he had barged into her, but stated that she had not been seriously harmed by the incident. [24]

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.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by United Kingdom in the first 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) [25]
ScoreTelevoteJury
12 points
10 pointsFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
8 pointsFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
7 points
6 pointsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5 points
4 points
3 pointsFlag of France.svg  France
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by the United Kingdom

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the British jury: [27]

  • Richard Beadle (jury chairperson) –musical director, orchestrator, composer
  • Michelle Escoffery –singer-songwriter
  • Natalie Shay –singer-songwriter
  • Toby Lawrence –club and radio DJ
  • Eady Crawford –singer
Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Semi-final 1) [26]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
R. BeadleM. EscofferyN. ShayT. LawrenceE. CrawfordRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1118181671615
02Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 9191417141716
03Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 22310547101
04Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 581615151113
05Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 191586191392
06Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 181715191619112
07Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 754133865
08Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 121417981414
09Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8351465674
10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4123211256
11Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 13161912121817
12Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6691346519
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3415121011
14Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 177718131283
15Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1611112108347
16Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 10968119218
17Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1121211187412
18Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14131049101210
19Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1510137171538
Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Final) [25]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
R. BeadleM. EscofferyN. ShayT. LawrenceE. CrawfordRankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23191013141823
02Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17171124310122
03Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1218215111324
04Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 16812231217112
05Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1218111219
06Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 15371625611
07Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 42131176515
08Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 21151919132318
09Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2422241492025
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22122321101983
12Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 354384716
13Flag of France.svg  France 19131715152221
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 623810161165
15Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 20242212242492
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 131116222321101
17Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11713667414
18Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1412453856
19Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 89189221474
20Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2162020199220
21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 961418251512
22Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5451421047
23Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1020617201613
24Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1810921883210
25Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 714157211238
26Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25252525172517

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