United Kingdom: Freya Skye selected for Junior Eurovision 2022
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Freya Skye will be flying the flag for the United Kingdom at Junior Eurovision 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia.
For its big comeback to Junior Eurovision the United Kingdom has chosen Freya Skye to represent the country at the 20th edition of Junior Eurovision sinigng 'Lose my head', on December 11, 2022.
Freya is 13 years old and started becoming active in the music scene during the covid-19 pandemic lockdown. She stated on her selection for Yerevan:
I couldn’t believe it when I found out. I was not expecting it at all, it still doesn’t feel real that I’m going to be representing the UK. I feel so lucky to have been given the opportunity to be a part of something so exciting. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity so I’m going to go and give it my everything and I hope to do the UK proud.’
A few words for Freya
The 13-year-old singer, who hails from Buckinghamshire, developed a love of singing after receiving a karaoke machine as a present when she was five.
During lockdown, she took the opportunity to release her debut single and write more songs, including I Love The Way, which was featured on BBC Introducing.
The young talented act found out she had been chosen to represent the UK when she was taken by her parents to a London theatre told she needed to do one more audition. Instead, she was surprised by West End performer and previous Eurovision UK contestant, Lucie Jones, who broke the news that she had already been selected to go Armenia.
The United Kingdom in Junior Eurovision
The United Kingdom first participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the inaugural 2003 edition which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. ITV, a member organisation of the United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting (UKIB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), was responsible for the selection process of their participation from 2003 to 2005.
The United Kingdom used a national selection format, broadcasting a show entitled Junior Eurovision Song Contest: The British Final, for their participation at the contests. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2003 contest was Tom Morley with the song "My Song For The World", which finished in third place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of 118 points.
In 2004 they were represented by Cory Spedding with 'The best is yet to come' which finished second receiving 140 points while the next and last year we saw the UK in the competition Joni Fuller flew the flag performing 'How Does It feel' which came 14th with 28 points.
News Source: BBC / metro.co.uk
Image: YT music video
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Angelos D.
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