See and hear who made the BBC's shortlist to represent the UK at Eurovision!

Eurovision: You Decide
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Here are six of the bravest acts around... The BBC has named which performers will be competing to be the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry

Who is brave enough in the post-Brexit world to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

The BBC has confirmed the names of the six acts and songs that will compete in Eurovision: You Decide this Friday, January 27 to become Britain's entry in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Hosted by Mel Giedroyc, the 90-minute show will be live on BBC2 at 7.30pm from The Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.

The six acts are all former X Factor hopefuls.

Danyl Johnson with Light Up The World Written by Dan McAlister, Rick Blaskey, Greg Walker, Chris Sutherland and Ameerah Roelants.

https://youtu.be/OOQvr3oJyVU

Holly Brewer with I Wish I Loved You More Written by Kevin Fisher, Courtney Harrell, Laurell Barker, Mattias Frändå, Johan Åsgärde and Oliver Lundström.

https://youtu.be/XtZKIYP59LY

Lucie Jones with Never Give Up On You Written by The Treatment, Emmelie de Forest and Lawrie Martin.

https://youtu.be/fqyPx8Xa_YI

Nate Simpson with What Are We Made Of Written by Jon Hällgren, Eric Lumiere and DWB.

https://youtu.be/zk6va4QwmlE

Olivia Garcia with Freedom Hearts Written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Linnea Nelson and Laurell Barker.

https://youtu.be/o_5aanW5MDw

Salena Mastroianni with I Don’t Wanna Fight Written by The Treatment, Nicole Blair and Marli Harwood.

https://youtu.be/ZXswKMg5V48

The winner of Eurovision: You Decide 2017 will be decided by a combination of viewer and jury votes. The public can vote for their favourite song via telephone or online via bbc.co.uk/eurovision

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.