Eurovision 2014

[duncan]

The UK entry for Eurovision 2014 will be announced on Monday March 3 via the BBC Red Button and iPlayer.

Months of speculation will come to an end on Monday as the United Kingdom's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest is revealed.

The BBC has confirmed the act has been selected and their song recorded with them both being revealed on Monday March 3 2014 via the Red Button and the iPlayer.

The unveiling will be hosted by Radio One DJ Scott Mills, with the official BBC Eurovision Twitter account writing: "OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: @scott_mills will premiere our UK act and song in a Red Button, iPlayer exclusive next Monday at 7.30pm."

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, X Factor stars Stacey Solomon and Rylan have all been rumoured to be in the running to represent their country but it now seems the BBC has gone in a different direction in an attempt to win the contest for the first time since 1997.



Writing on the BBC blog, Guy Freeman, Executive Producer of Eurovision for the BBC revealed this year's act was chosen with the help of BBC Introducing.

He writes: "This [BBC Introducing] is the gateway for undiscovered and unsigned music makers to upload their best tracks and get them heard and featured by the BBC.

"Some of the artists who’ve received BBC Introducing support at the start of their careers include Florence and The Machine, Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks and Jake Bugg.

"We carefully approached a few artists who stood out to us and once they understood what we were trying to achieve, they embraced the idea of writing a song for the competition from scratch.

"Knowing that they’d be the one who’d have to go out there and sell it, they could write specifically to exploit their talents.

"The end result is that we now have a powerful and impressive song that we hope will do us proud in Copenhagen."

* The United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed via BBC Red Button on Monday 3 March at 7.30pm

[duncan]

Our entry is by a young lady called Molly and it's Called Children of the Universe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wFUPCkmlOo

[Simon R]

It's a huge improvement on Bonnie and Engleburp Humpyourdick. Perhaps a bit too slow and not immediate to win but should come top 10 at least. Thank goodnes they've put more effort in this year.

[Dave Tudor]

It's got a bit of a Florence and the Machine vibe to it, hasn't it? In theory it should do well - there's just that small problem of every other country hating us, mind....

[duncan]

My wife hates it and gives it a big fat zero, but it's grown on my over the few times I have heard it. I can see it doing well and possibly a top ten finish if Europe go for this style of music for a third year. Maybe that's what could let it down as it's possibly a bit to similar to the last two winners?

[Simon R]

I wouldn't say it's like the 2012 winner apart from it being a female singer. That was much more of a dance song.