United Kingdom

Eurovision debut: 1957

Total appearances to date: 65

Best finish: Five-time winners - 1967 (Sandie Shaw, 'Puppet On A String'), 1969 (Lulu, 'Boom Bang-a-Bang'), 1976 (Brotherhood of Man, 'Save Your Kisses For Me'), 1981 (Bucks Fizz, 'Making Your Mind Up'), 1997 (Katrina and the Waves, 'Love Shine A Light')

2023 performance: 25th of 26 with 'I Wrote A Song' by Mae Muller

Official broadcaster: BBC

2024 selection process: Internal selection

Artist: Olly Alexander

Song: 'Dizzy'

Songwriter(s): Oliver Alexander Thornton, Daniel Harle

Language: English

Sounds Like: Duh... Pet Shop Boys

Official music video

Lyrics

There's a place where
We break the line
Make it a circle redefined
Beautiful gardens
Eternal flowers
You know the way so take me there

Won't you make me
Dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Round and round until the moment never ends
Make me dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Take me back to the beginning again (again, again)

Pulling me close
I feel a stillness in the air
Time has frozen
All memories lost

So won't you make me
Dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Round and round until the moment never ends
Make me dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Take me back to the beginning again (again, again)

So won't you make me...
There isn't an end
There isn't a start
I don't wanna stop
I can't go too far
There isn't an end
There isn't a start
I don't wanna stop
I can't go too far
There isn't an end
There isn't a start
I don't wanna stop
I can't go too far
There isn't an end
There isn't...

So won't you make me
Dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Round and round until the moment never ends
Make me dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Take me back to the beginning again (again, again)

Performance schedule: As one of the Big Five, the United Kingdom automatically qualifies for the grand final on Saturday, May 11

Bookmaker odds: 66/1