Sophie Ellis-Bextor once refused to be a judge on Eurovision, she recently revealed. The English singer, 43, was asked to take part in the song contest in 2019.
Eurovision 2019 took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, and it saw Netherlands' Duncan Laurence win with the song Arcade. Speaking to the Radio Times, Ellis-Bextor said that following the success of her hit song Murder On The Dancefloor, which was the most played track in Europe in 2002, she had had a “conversation” about becoming a competition judge.
But she eventually declined, due to a combination of having a young child and not being allowed to chat while watching the show. “I had a very small baby that I was still feeding, and they wouldn’t let me bring it along,” she said. “I’m pretty sure the baby would have been impartial but, you know what, I think part of what I like about Eurovision is that it has very much got its rules… it’s kooky.
