United Kingdom

Austria: Conchita Wurst cancels Edinburgh show over visa row
- By Eleanor Cooper
- . August 11, 2017
The winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Austria’s Conchita Wurst, has cancelled her appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival

Conchita got featured in viral BBC weather forecast extravaganza for #InternationalDragDay
- By Jessica Weaver
- . July 18, 2017
This weekend saw the annual celebration of International Drag Day, with one BBC weatherman taking his broadcast to the ultimate

United Kingdom: Olivia Newton-John postpones tour following cancer diagnosis
- By Jessica Weaver
- . May 31, 2017
Former 1974 British Eurovision representative, Olivia Newton-John, has announced the postponement of her upcoming June concert dates following a recent

United Kingdom: Måns Zelmerlöw to join search for next British entrant?
- By Jessica Weaver
- . May 15, 2017
Yes, it’s only been a matter of days since the winner of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest was crowned in

Eurovision 2017: Italy and Portugal head to head in tonight’s Grand Final
- By Gil Laufer
- . May 13, 2017
The full results of this year’s Grand Final Press Poll are now revealed. After a very close voting it was

Bookies’ Roundup Day 9: UK provides movement amidst the static
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 8, 2017
With the first full dress rehearsal for the first semifinal today, it seems that nothing can shake the top of the

United Kingdom: Katrina returns to Eurovision as spokesperson
- By Jessica Weaver
- . May 8, 2017
Katrina Leskanich, former lead singer of the United Kingdom’s last Eurovision winner to day Katrina and the Waves, has been

Bookies’ Roundup Day 8: UK brushes top ten as Netherlands stays strong
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 7, 2017
Today saw the final day of individual rehearsals in Kyiv. Although it did not see great change at the top

Eurovision 2017: ‘Big 5’ allocation draw decided
- By Jessica Weaver
- . May 7, 2017
Earlier this morning following the second rehearsals from the Big 5, the allocation draw for each of the nations was

United Kingdom: Lucie Jones performs live at the Graham Norton show
- By Stratos Agadellis
- . April 29, 2017
It seems that most of the participanting artists before their departure to Kyiv want to appear in one of their own

INFE Poll 2017: The United Kingdom is ready to unveil their votes
- By Jessica Weaver
- . April 28, 2017
We’re down to the penultimate set of votes in this year’s debut INFE Poll! ESCToday in collaboration with the INFE Network has

United Kingdom: Lucie Jones to star in UK and Ireland tour of Legally Blonde
- By Eleanor Cooper
- . April 27, 2017
Lucie Jones, the UK representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, has been announced as the lead role in the