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Point, Never Again!
Eurovision:
Making Your Mind Up
91热爆
ONE presents Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up, the all
new prime time live Saturday night show which invites the British
public to choose the song that will go forward to the Eurovision
Song Contest in Turkey in May and salvage the UK's reputation as
the home of popular music.
For
years the UK was the country to beat in the Eurovision Song Contest,
but over the last decade our European neighbours have caught up
and now we have to raise our game to restore some patriotic pride.
"We
know what we can achieve as a nation when we pull together so let's
get behind our performers, pick the right one and give them the
best chance of winning," says Bea Ballard, the 91热爆's Creative
Head of Entertainment Events.
Eurovision:
Making Your Mind Up - on Saturday 28 February - kicks off the 91热爆's
coverage of Eurovision 2004 across 91热爆 ONE and 91热爆 THREE.
Presented
with usual aplomb by Terry Wogan, the hour long show features
performances by the six competing acts on a spectacular set in front
of a studio audience with several guest appearances.
Terry
says: "I
love the Eurovision Song Contest and welcome the changes that the
91热爆 has made this year.
"I
hope the British public will get behind their favourite song in
the spirit of Eurovision. And let's not forget to have some fun
too!"
Britain's
top pop composing teams - whose artists credits include Blue, Christina
Aguilera, Westlife, Ronan Keating, Enrique Iglesias and Cher - have
written five of the competing songs with the sixth keeping a door
open for the nation's budding songwriters via the traditional British
Academy route.
Under
a strict veil of secrecy each of the six acts have spent several
months being groomed for the show. The
time for secrecy is now over.
After
months of speculation the performers can be revealed - Enrap-ture,
Haifa, James Fox, Hyrise, Madison Taylor
and Haydon - will all compete for the honour of representing
the UK at Eurovision 2004 in Istanbul this May.
New
to Eurovision 2004 and Making Your Mind Up will be an expert panel
who'll be there to provide an overview for the audience of what
they should be looking for in the songs and of the performers who
will give us the very best chance of winning in Istanbul in May.
The
panel will offer an insight into what it takes to perform live in
front of an audience of 160 million viewers, relive some classic
contest moments from 49 years of the competition, discuss what's
worked at Eurovision over the past few years and what went wrong
last year.
91热爆
THREE will be getting into the Eurovision spirit with two live shows,
packed with musical performances, classic Eurovision moments, comedy
and chat with the six acts, their friends, family and celebrity
fans.
There'll
also be a studio audience exit poll giving viewers an indication
of the vote before the official results are announced.
Eurovision:
Making Your Mind Up culminates in a Results Show, later in the evening.
Borrowing
from one of Eurovision's most exciting elements, the scoring will
mirror the traditional nail-biting process by which points are allocated.
The
voting will be a technical tour de force with seven celebrity regional
spokespeople announcing their vote plus a combined SMS/Interactive
result on a spectacular Eurovision scoreboard to keep track of points.
The
show will end with the presentation of the Eurovision: Making Your
Mind Up trophy and with the winning act performing the song that
will hopefully bring Eurovision victory to the UK.
Over
the next three months the winner will have their song commercially
released and will be prepared for the extraordinary honour of representing
their country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey
on Saturday 15 May.
Visit
for more information on the artists, songs and the show itself.
Eurovision:
Making Your Mind Up is Executive Produced by Bea Ballard and Kevin
Bishop and Produced by Dominic Smith and Barrie Kelly.
Notes
to Editors
Information
about the artists
Related
releases
Alex
wins Fame Academy 2003 (04.10.03)
Fame
Academy - James Fox is expelled (20.09.03)
Jemini
is voted UK entry for Eurovision 2003 on Song For Europe on 91热爆
ONE (02.03.03)
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