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    A decade of UK Eurovision contenders

    As the 2016 final approaches and our hopes fall to Joe and Jake, we look back at the past 10 years of UK Eurovision entries...

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    Published 11 May 2016 In Features

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    As the 2016 final approaches and our hopes fall to Joe and Jake, we look back at the past 10 years of UK Eurovision entries...

    Over 180 million people will be tuning in to watch the final of the Eurovision song contest on Saturday – held this year in Stockholm, Sweden. ‘Hurra!’ as they say in the country boasting the world’s best meatballs and flat-pack furniture.

    It was last year’s champion: Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow, who cemented Stockholm as the 2016 host city – the contest held each year by the winning country.

    If like us you’re struggling to remember a London Eurovision and are therefore wondering if we have ever been victorious, don’t worry we have, five times in fact - but our last win was in 1997 with Katrina and the waves. Yes, basically 20 years ago.

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    Jenny Proudfoot is an award-winning journalist, specialising in lifestyle, culture, entertainment, international development and politics. After working at Marie Claire UK for seven years - rising from intern to Features Editor - she is now a freelance contributor to the News and Features section.

    In 2021, Jenny was named as a winner on the PPA's '30 under 30' list, and was also listed as a rising star in journalism.

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