Please contain your excitement, the boy-band Blue have confirmed that they will be entering the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The group have been chosen by the BBC to be the country’s official entry, they will be performing the song “I Can” which has been written by the group. The band formed in 2001 and had several top ten hits before splitting up in 2005, will Take That like mania happen for the band? Answers on a postcard.
The 56th Eurovision Song Contest takes place on May 14th from the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf in Germany and the band are no strangers to the competition. Singer Lee Ryan wrote the song “Guardian Angel” that was sung by Andy Scott-Lee in the 2005 qualification rounds, Blue member Antony Costa came 2nd in the same show the following year and Duncan James was one of the judges in the 2009 show Eurovision: Your Country Needs You as well as being the announcer for the UK votes in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest final.
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England in the last few years have not done terribly well in the contest coming last in the 2010 contest, 5th in 2009 and last in 2008 and who can forget the performance in 2001 when the band Jemini came last with the dreaded score of “nil points”. Hopefully Blue will be able to do a little better but with Ireland sending in the Jedward boys the competition is going to be tough!
The bookmakers William Hill think that England may again come last and are offering customers odd of 5/1 for that to happen, for nil points to happen the odds are 16/1 but for a win the odds are a long shot at 25/1.
Jemini show how not to do it with this cringeworthy performance at the 2003 contest.
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