'WINNER TONIGHT'
Eurovision fans praise UK’s ‘best song in years’ saying James Newman ‘deserves to win’
SINGER James Newman flew the flag for the United Kingdom on Saturday at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
The 35-year-old performed his song Embers during this year's final and fans were impressed saying it one of the UK’s best entries.
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One viewer said: “I think that's the best UK entry for a few years!”
A second wrote: “James Newman yes mate the best song for while for us #UK #Eurovision.”
A third noted: “Gotta say it, the UK actually deserves to win this. It was a great song, and great performance.”
Another penned: “James lighting the room what fabulous performance he’s the winner tonight love it!”
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Rotterdam is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in front of a live audience of 3,500.
The staging for James’ performance included two giant trumpets.
The production team have roughly 60 seconds to get from one act's staging to another.
After James performed, they have to remove the two giant trumpets, get them off stage, bring on Greece's green screen and make sure the floor is clear in a short space of time.
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As we're watching the cute "beach hut" postcards on screen, there's a frantic team of production crew running around making sure everything is perfect for the next act.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1, James said: “Embers is about those sparks that don’t die out. When we were writing this, it felt like I wanted to show everyone that we were coming back together.
“It’s about having that connection and something reigniting. It’s about us emerging from this rubbish time we’ve been having. It fits with the idea that Eurovision is coming back.”
James is a multi-award winning, multi-platinum selling English singer-songwriter based in London.
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He is best known for writing No1 hits including Waiting All Night by Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre and Blame by Calvin Harris ft. John Newman.
His other big singles are Lay It All On Me by Rudimental ft. Ed Sheeran, All I Am by Jess Glynne and Love Me Like You by Little Mix.
Last year's contest was axed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has also had an impact on this year's event as Dutch and Iceland’s acts pulled out due to positive coronavirus results.
Italy is the current favourites to win this year, with France, Malta and Switzerland among the contenders deemed to be in with a shot at winning.
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