Well done, Britain!
by Alexander Ivanov, March 6, 2009
"The last three British awards were won by a band called "Bucks Fizz", a quartet, "Brotherhood of Man" and singer Katrina Leskanich, all with light-hearted songs."
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The Eurovision contest is a high profile event and this year, 43 countries will be slugging it out. Jade is Britans choice for this year!
You've heard her before as Nala in The Lion King, a Westend production, but the side you haven't seen is the family she comes from.
Her father is visually impaired and partially deaf, her mother can't see very well. So Jade wants to win for them.
The Eurovision contest is a high profile event and this year, 43 countries will be slugging it out.
The big prize has eluded Britain for 12 years.
The last three British awards were won by a band called "Bucks Fizz", a quartet, "Brotherhood of Man" and singer Katrina Leskanich, all with light-hearted songs.
A change in tune
The audience of the main European pop-song contest for the past 54 years has changed. The winners of the last three years presented a real show on Eurovision.
First was alternative group "Lordi" from Finland, then Maria Sherifovich from Serbia and Dima Bilan from Russia.
Dima told mindzgap, “Eurovision is a unique competition. Voice and singing skills are essential, but people want to SEE a performance, and not just listen."
Dima won the Eurovision contest on his second attempt. His song "Believe Me" was a ballade, like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new composition.
A ray of hope
One man has put all his efforts into bringing Britain to the forefront.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's mission to improve UK's fortunes at the Eurovision Song Contest is taking shape.
The artist who wins the UK national selection also gets a record deal with Universal.
In a , Webber said that the song has been written in a way that can be done by any of the remaining contestants.
What he means is that if you've got the right artist and the right song, then Jade could actually win by humming "My Time" on her trip back from Moscow
Composer, John Eacot ethusiastically told me, “I’ll be very surprised if it wins because Andrew is well established and successful, and in a way, he is also competing with his own fantastic musicals. A lot of people on the competition will hear this song for the first or second time and it might be hard for them to fall in love with it right away.”
So there is Jade's voice, Weber's song and the hopes of an entire nation. But hang on, this year the rules of Eurovision have changed, too. It’s not just the viewers who decide, its music professionals from across the globe who will be the jury.
