The BBC have announced the song choices for this weeks semi-final of the UK Eurovision Song Contest selection show Your County Needs You. Each of the four remaining acts will sing two songs during the live show on Saturday night. Of the two songs, one will be a slow ballad and the other will be an up-tempo number
Here are the song selections:
Mark: Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake); I Don't Want To Talk About It (Rod Stewart).
Emperors of Soul: Patience (Take That); Uptown Girl (Billy Joel).
The Twins: About You Now (Sugababes); All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers).
Jade: All By Myself (Celine Dion); Think (Aretha Franklin).
The show will also feature a masterclass from Emma Bunton (Baby Spice of The Spice Girls) who will join the Euro Mission to help the acts turn their performances into Eurovision spectaculars. Strictly Come Dancing winner Aleshia Dixon will perform a live performance of her new single.
The show will be shown on BBC1 and BBC HD on Saturday 24 January at 18.30 GMT (19:30 CET)
Satellite information
Details on receiving BBC ONE television via satellite can be found here.
Webcast
- A webcast is available worldwide here.
- There will also be a webcast available for UK Residents only.
The United Kingdom was represented in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest by Andy Abraham, who finished equal 23rd and hence last in the final with Even if.
