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 …

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 …

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 …

As earlier reported, the United Kingdom will decide their entry for the 2009 contest, beginning tonight.
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Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber has spoken to the BBC’s Charlie Stayt about his forthcoming talent contest to find the British entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber is to compose Britain’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest next year, REUTERS announced.  Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to appear on TV tonight before ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, to urge aspiring singers to join the UK’s 2009 Eurovision Song Contest bid.
The composer has become involved with the quest to find a credible act to represent the UK at next year’s contest in Moscow, after this year’s UK representative Andy Abraham finished last. In tonight’s appearance, he will appeal for talented performers to put themselves forward – with …