Eurovision Song Contest fans are trading opinions on who should represent the United Kingdom this, as an announcement is expected from the BBC at some point this week.
It's now been 26 years since the UK won Eurovision, with the last act to achieve the feat being Katrina and the Waves, who triumphed with their track Love Shine A Light back in 1997. Since then the nation has more often that not finished on the wrong side of the leaderboard, with two nil points, firstly for Jemini in 2003 and then James Newman in 2021.
Sam Ryder turned fortunes around no end last year, when he finished second overall and topped the jury scores, thanks to his performance of Space Man. He was pipped to the post by Ukraine, with the UK taking over hosting duties due to the ongoing conflict there.
