The United Kingdom will be represented by Jade Ewen and her song My time in Moscow in May for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren has been remastered and was premiered on BBC Radio 2.
The official version of the United Kingdom’s entry in Moscow was premiered this week on Ken Bruce’s show on BBC Radio 2. Also during the show it was announced that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber would perform on the Eurovision stage in May. Lloyd Webber will accompany Jade …

Partner website ESCMALTA has exclusively revealed the guests for the “Malta Eurosong 2009″ final to take place on Saturday 7th February. During the voting parts of the show, the crowd will be entertained by several local bands and artists who have won awards in the prestigious Malta Music Awards. These will include Airport Impressions, Morena (ESC 2008), Niki Gravino, Christina Casolani & Toby, The Riffs as well as the the popular dance group being Yada Dance Company.
Looking at the international guests for the show, Maltese and European fans are in for a treat as the 2009 …

 Andrew Lloyd-Webber has picked American songwriter Diane Warren to pen Britain’s Eurovision entry, leaving some industry insiders upset that he did not choose a British writer.
Lord Lloyd-Webber announced on Saturday’s BBC One show ‘Your Country Needs You’, that Warren will write the lyrics to accompany the music that he will compose.
Warren, whose hits include Toni Braxton’s ‘Un-Break My Heart’, LeAnn Rimes’s ‘How Do I Live’ and Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’, said she is thrilled to be working with Lloyd Webber and hopes that it will spell …

Damien became the first of the UK’s six Eurovision hopefuls to have his dream shattered as Andrew Lloyd Webber chose him to leave the competition in the first live show tonight.
A public vote saw Charlotte and Damien put in the ‘Danger Zone’ having received the fewest votes. Given the option of which artist to keep in the competition, Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save 17-year-old Charlotte. The rankings of the top four in the public vote are not made public.
‘Your Country Needs You’ continues next Saturday at 19:35 CET (18:35 …

At 19:40CET (18:40 GMT) tonight the first live show of ‘Your Country Needs You’ takes place. Six acts will compete for the coveted place in Moscow, but only five can remain in contention after tonight. J
The artists will perform for the UK TV audience and in front of an expert panel including 1968 ESC joint winner Lulu. A public televote will decide the least popular two artists, after which, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber will decide which of the bottom two to save for next week’s show. The song to be sung …

This year’s UK Eurovision contestant hopefuls are being put through their paces ahead of the weekend’s live sing-offs.
Your Country Needs You finalists have been rehearsing as the time is approached for the public to decide who should be packed off to Moscow to represent the UK for Eurovision 2009.
From this Saturday, viewers of the BBC1 show can have a say.
Last week’s show introduced the finalists to viewers. They are Charlotte, from Essex; Damien, a London-based pianist/musician/songwriter and performer; the five-piece Emperors of Soul; identical twins Francine and Nicola, from South …

Yesterday evening both myself and Emma went up to television centre to watch the dress rehearsal for ”Your Country Needs You”. Unfortunately we can’t say too much, as all members of the audience were required to sign confidentiality forms before the show started!
What I will say is that each of the acts performed a song on their own, but the titles of the songs they sang cannot be revealed. Some were better than others, but overall they are all much better than last year’s national final. Lemar was not there …

Andrew Lloyd Webber has criticised talent show rival Simon Cowell accusing him of being more interested in ‘torturing’ his contestants than ‘nurturing’ them.
In a public dust up between the reality show impresarios, Lord Lloyd-Webber complained about the ITV music mogul’s attitude to some of the contestants.
He made his comments while discussing one of the acts in the finals of his new BBC Eurovision talent search Your Country Needs You.

Nurturing versus Torturing: Lord Lloyd-Webber attacked Simon Cowell for not paying his X Factor contestants enough attention

Twins Francine and Nicola Gleadall – …

Türkiye’nin Eurovision şarkısı Hadise tarafından tanıtılırken, Eurovision şarkı yarışmasında yıllardır sonuncu gelen İngiltere bu yıl işi ciddiye alıyor. İngiltere’nin 2009 Eurovision şarkısı ünlü müzikal bestecisi Andrew Lloyd Webber tarafından besteleniyor.
Onun da ötesinde, Eurovision’da İngiltere’yi temsil edecek şarkıcı ya da grup ülke çapında düzenlenen ve BBC’den yayınlanan eleme usülü bir şarkı yarışmasıyla belirleniyor. Buna göre, Pop Star usülü bir yarışma ile başvuranlar arasından seçilenler, eleme usülüyle bir sonraki yarışmaya kalıyor. Yarışmayı kazanan şarkıcı ya da grup ise Andrew Lloyd Webber’in özel olarak besteleyeceği bir şarkıyla İngiltere’yi Moskova’da yapılacak Eurovision şarkı yarışmasında …

CHARLOTTE:
This 17-year-old has displayed a flair for performance from early childhood. By age 11 she and her family moved lock, stock and barrel back from Nottingham to Essex in order for her to attend Sylvia Young’s much-admired stage school. She earned her place with a combination of sheer talent and determination, plus over 500 letters to obtain both the grants and scholarship the family needed to see her through.
“I’m really excited about being in the show and just amazed at how quickly everything has happened,” says Charlotte. “I can’t begin …