The UK Eurovision entrant's press conference

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Tonight, after the final of Your Country Needs You, the BBC held a winners' press conference for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest representative, Jade. She was joined by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and host, Graham Norton. esctoday.com was in attendance and you can see the highlights from the press conference below.

One of the biggest announcements was that Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, who composed the United Kingdom's Eurovision Song Contest entry, My Time, said that if Jade asked him to play the piano on stage in Moscow, he would be delighted!

Jade also spoke about performing in Malta next weekend as a special guest in the Maltese national final. She had not been told about the trip, but along with Andrew, will be touring Europe to promote their Eurovision Song Contest entry.

Jade promised that she will do all she can to win the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom and become the first Eurovision entrant in the country to top the charts since Gina G in 1996. She will be entering the studios to record the final version of the song in about two weeks time. She explained that when she heard the song, she felt that she could relate to it and that it was a song she could perform well. She also spoke of the other contestants in Your Country Needs You, saying that she loved them and she would stay in touch.

Watch the Your Country Needs You winners press conference and the next United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest entrant here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx5IqoAQ6FY&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0

Jade performs the United Kingdom's 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry, My time.