UNITED KINGDOM: BBC confirms internal selection for Eurovision 2025

📸 EBU – Corinne Cumming

The BBC has today confirmed that the UK will choose its representative for Eurovision 2025 through an internal process! The process of selecting the song will be the same.

David May (Sam Ryder’s manager at ESC 2022) will be joining forces with Andrew Cartmell (Executive Producer BBC Studios North/ British Head of Delegation at ESC) in order to find 2025 UK’s Eurovision hopeful and entry.

The press release!

The BBC issued a press release stating, among other:

David May is a Music Manager and Company founder with over 17 years in the UK music industry. He was Nominated for Music Week’s Manager of the Year in 2023. David started his career as a singer-songwriter and has since achieved over 200 million streams as a writer/producer. As Sam Ryder’s Manager success included a Number 1 UK album, two Number 2 singles, and BRIT and Emmy Award nominations.

At the moment, we are able to know that the BBC is actively looking for UK record companies, publishers and songwriters to support the Eurovision 2025 project. Both the representative and the UK entry will be announced before mid-March!

The statements!

David May expressed his enthusiasm for his new duties:

I’m excited to be working with BBC Studios and the BBC on this journey. We’re seeking talent and a song that embodies the essence of UK music. We want to collaborate with an authentic act who has a genuine, heartfelt story to tell, and an unmatched vocal tonality and range. Ultimately we’re looking for a powerful three-minute performance that resonates with and moves audiences across Europe and beyond.

Andrew Cartmell (head of the UK Eurovision delegation) says:

David played a major part in Sam Ryder’s success in 2022, and I’m thrilled that we are working together again. David has huge industry expertise, a real understanding of how Eurovision works and a determination, along with the BBC and BBC Studios to achieve a high placing in May next year.

Statements were also made by Kalpna Patel-Knight , Head of the BBC Entertainment Programme:

David knows exactly what it is like to be at the business end of the leaderboard at Eurovision, so this experience combined with his in-depth knowledge of the UK music scene ensures that he is perfectly placed to collaborate with us in the search for our artist and song for 2025.

[Source: BBC]

What do you think of the UK’s intention to move through internal selection? We await your comments!