Mae Muller has been chosen to represent the UK; I note all the publicity has been about "which artiste" and not "which song". The contest is the Eurovision Song Contest. This has been a problem for decades and one which I fought for years. Yes it's a TV show, so the performance is vital both visually and audio. That was our problem with Gina G in 1996 with, I thought and still feel, our best ever song entry Just A Little Bit. Next year (having learned my lesson) we won with Katrina who performed and sang a less good song far better.

So we need both. But the song is vital and it must be Mass Appeal and Instant, two missing ingredients for years. But this TaP company did a great job finding Sam Ryder last year, with a decent song Spaceman (not a real hit) and a good performance. He won Eurovision 2022 until Media Hype kicked in and voters who obeyed the media instructions went for a country not the song.

That, of course, is the clever marketing and promotion way to get a hit. I suspect it won't work again but also think another marketing trick could grab the award.

Let's wait and see.

Mae's song I WROTE A SONG is OK; not great but as good as Spaceman so I reckon it stands a good chance of winning.

Well done BBC and especially TaP (whoever they are). At last the BBC seems to have found people as adequate as me in finding a decent entry.

Spaceman not a real hit? No2. Is this to now say the UK Singles Chart is effectively meaningless then?

I fear we could be in a repeat sympathy vote for the country again this year. If that happened would the UK host again?

I think we need a return to a six song choice in A Song For Europe to make the UK feel like it has at least collectively invested a decision in who to send to Eurovision. The current committee stitch up on our entry does not feel in the spirit of this contest.

1982's One Step Further by Bardo is surely one of our best "songs" to go to Eurovision. A genuine No2 hit! I wish we'd send more groups to Eurovision, we actually win with groups. Only one outright winner as a soloist and that's 56 years ago in 1967 for God's sake.

We only have ourselves to blame for our poor performances from 2003 to 2021, barring Lloyd Webber's. Not politics. Nearly everything we sent was shameful drivel deserving of it's position.