Eurovision Song Contest 2009
UK Details Page

For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are some details about the 2009 contest in the UK.

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After many years coming near bottom, and in 2008, joint last place, the UK entry will be selected differently. A new show, Your Country Needs You is a show in 6 singers or groups compete to represent the UK in a weekly knockout competition. The winner will then sing a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The final was on Saturday 31 January 2009.

Presented by Graham Norton, who will also commentate for the UK in the Eurovision Final.

The 6 acts are

The Twins : Francine & Nicola
Jade
Emperors of Soul : Julian, Gerod, Leon, Leroy and Fraser
Damien
Charlotte
Mark

Week 1 : Saturday 10 January

All the contestant started the show singing Abba's "Waterloo"

Here are the contestants songs.

1 Emperors of Soul Love train by the Oj's
2 Mark Wasting my time by Will Young
3 Charlotte Because of You by Kelly Clarkson
4 Damien How am I supposed to live without you by Michael Bolton
5 The Twins you've got a friend by Carole King
6 Jade Deja Vu by Beyonce

The girls also sang "One rocking role too many"
The boys also sang "No Matter What"

Special Guest Performance is Lemar singing "Weight of the world"

The bottom 2 are Damien and Charlotte. Andrew Lloyd Webber saves Charlotte, so Damien is out of the contest.

Week 2 : Saturday 17 January

All the contestant started the show singing "Save your kisses for me"

Here are the contestants songs.

1 The Twins The Promise by Girls Aloud
2 Emperors of Soul Kiss by Prince
3 Jade The voice within by Christina Aguilera
4 Charlotte Rain on your parade by Duffy
5 Mark Me and Mrs Jones by Billy Paul

The boys also sang "Nothing going to stop us now"
The girls also sang "Rhythm of the night"
 

Special Guest Performance is "UP" sung by the Saturdays.

The bottom 2 are Emperors of Soul and Charlotte. Andrew Lloyd Webber saves ,Emperors of Soul  so Charlotte is out of the contest.

Week 3 : Saturday 24 January

All the contestant started the show singing "Boom Bang a Bang"

Here are the contestants songs. All sang 2 songs

1 Mark Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake
2 Jade All By Myself by Celine Dion
3 Emperors of Soul Patience by Take That
4 The Twins About You Now by Sugababes
5 Mark I Don't Want To Talk About It by Rod Stewart
6 Jade Jade with Think by Aretha Franklin
7 Emperors of Soul Emperors of Soul with Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
8 The Twins All I Have To Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers

The boys also sang "Don't let the Sun go down on m"
The girls also sang "I'll stand by you"

Special Guest Performance is "Breathe Slow" sung by Alisha Dixon .

The bottom 2 are Emperors of Soul and Jade. Andrew Lloyd Webber saves Jade so  Emperors of Soul are out of the contest.

Week 4 : Saturday 31 January

Here are the contestants songs. All sang 3 songs, of which the second song was the Eurovision Entry

All the contestant started the show singing "Bucks Fizz - "Making Your Mind up"

1 Jade Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya and L'il Kim
2 Mark Try a little tenderness by The Commitments
3 The Twins Sweet About Me by Gabriella Cilmi
4 Jade Its My Time
5 Mark Its My Time
6 The Twins Its My Time
7 Jade The Promise by Girls Aloud
8 Mark Deja Vu by Beyonce
9 The Twins Me And Mrs Jones by Billy Paul

Special Guest Performance is "Believe, sung by Dima Bilan, 2008 Winner"

Third place was Mark
Second place was the Twins

The winner was Jade. The UK Entry song is called "It's my time"

The UK will go straight to the Eurovision Final on Saturday 16 May 2009.

UK Viewers (and anyone who can get Digital TV).
Here were some of the Eurovision Specials (More when known)
This list may change. Red Shows that it is only on Digital TV (Sky, Cable and Freeview)
Timing subject to change

Also available via BBC iplayer for up to a week after each show.
Saturday 3 January BBC1 19:10 - 20:10 Your Country Needs You
Saturday 10 January BBC1 and BBC HD 18:40 - 19:45 Your Country Needs You Live Show
Saturday 17 January BBC1 and BBC HD 18:35 - 19:40 Your Country Needs You Live Show
Saturday 24 January BBC1 and BBC HD Unknown Your Country Needs You Live Show
Saturday 31 January BBC1 and BBC HD Unknown Your Country Needs You Final
Tuesday 12 May BBC3 20:00 - 22:30 Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 1 LIVE
Thursday 14 May BBC3 20:00 - 22:30 Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2 LIVE
Saturday 16 May BBC1 and BBC HD 20:00 - 23:20 Eurovision Song Contest LIVE
Saturday 16 May via BBCi Red Button Eurovision Song Contest LIVE Interactive
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