UK pins Eurovision hopes on first all-female group since 1999

Female trio Remember Monday are the first non-solo act to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest since 2016 (Shivansh Gupta/PA) - (PA Wire)

When the UK’s Remember Monday take to the stage at this week’s Eurovision Song Contest, it will be the first time in nearly a decade that the country has not been represented by a solo act, plus the first time since 1999 that it has sent an all-female group.

Solo artists have carried the UK’s hopes each year since 2017, with mostly dismal results.