United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

ESC National Year
Year = 2007
Country = GBR
Preselection = National Final
Preselection date = 17 March 2007 | Entrant = Scooch
Song = Flying the Flag (For You)
Final result = 23rd

The United Kingdom chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on the BBC programme "". The fourth edition of "Making Your Mind Up" took place on Saturday 17 March 2007 on BBC One. The main show aired at 19.30 GMT and the results showed at 21.30 GMT.

The six initial acts were reduced to two after a public vote. The two remaining acts participated in a final sing-off - and a final public vote decided the winner of the competition which was Scooch with their song "Flying the Flag (for You)". The United Kingdom finished 23rd, second to last in the competition, they did, however, receive the maximum award of 12 points from Malta. This is the first time since Jessica Garlick in 2002, that UK received 12 points from a country.

"Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up" 2007

Results

[ [http://esctoday.com/news/read/8993 Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | Live Shows ] ]

Announcement blunder

After the sing-off and final public vote, Cyndi and Scooch returned to the stage for the final result. After several moments, Terry Wogan announced the winner to be Cyndi while simultaneously, co-host Fearne Cotton revealed the winner to be Scooch. Wogan's announcement was louder than Cotton's, leading many people to believe Cyndi had won the sing-off. After several seconds of confusion, it was finally confirmed that Scooch were the winners. The BBC later issued a written apology, blaming the blunder on "live TV".

Earlier rumours

Before the six acts were officially announced by the BBC on 28 February 2007, a number of rumours circulated about who would be entering a bid in "Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up" 2007. Such rumours included:

* Ace of Base (This rumour was later denied on their website sometime prior to BBC's official reveal) [cite web| url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6506|title="Exclusive: Ace of Base: No to Sweden, Yes to UK"|publisher=esctoday.com| date=2006-10-11|accessdate=2006-10-11]

* Scissor Sisters

* Morrissey (The BBC approached him in January 2007 to write the entry, not perform it, but a song wasn't produced in time)Fact|2008-08-10|date=August 2008

* Queentastic [cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6480|title="Queentastic rejected from Norwegian finals - looking to UK"|publisher=esctoday.com |date=2006-10-07|accessdate=2006-10-07]

* Daz Sampson and Carol Decker (Sampson submitted a song entitled "Goodbye" but the BBC felt it was too soon for him to enter since he represented the UK in 2006) [cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/site/index.php?id=6019|title="Exclusive: Daz reveals song and duet partner for Eurovision"|publisher=oikotimes.com|date=2006-10-01|accessdate=2006-10-01]

It must be noted that Justin Hawkins and Beverlei Brown replaced The Puppini Sisters who had been earlier approached by the BBC, but whose submitted material, "And She Sang" and "Don't Call Again", were not considered suitable for the competition.

Unofficial Representation

Despite Scooch being the official representatives, the UK was unofficially representing Eurovision for other countries.
* For the second year in a row Turkey employed British dancers.
* The Greek representative Sarbel was born and brought up in London.
* The Andorran lead singer is from the UK.
* One of the members of the Polish entry, The Jet Set is from UK.

ee also

* United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4k0B2LMVAc Video of song "Flying the flag (for you)"]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2007/mymu/ BBC Radio 2 - Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007 - Official Site]