The Finnish and British Eurovision 2018 representatives, SuRie and Saara Aalto, met last week for tea in London.

Both ladies live and work in London, and in the video published by the BBC they discuss their expectations for the contest, how much they love the Eurovision fandom, starting a Eurovision 2018 group chat for the singers and how they hope to better the second and fourth places they are both used to.

SuRie will represent the United Kingdom at the forthcoming 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with her entry Storm.

Saara Aalto will fly the Finnish flag at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon with her song Monsters.

What do you think of the UK’s and Finland’s chances this year?


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.