Ahead of the UK's bid to regain some Europride, which begins tomorrow (Saturday 3 January) with the start of Your Country Needs You, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been speaking about his plans for the UK's entry.
And, having read an interview with the man himself on the BBC's website, Eurovision Express is pleased to see that the composer of this year's UK song looks like he's done his Eurovision homework.
In response to why he thinks Eurovision has such a poor reputation in the UK, Lloyd Webber seems to hit the nail on the head: "It's because our entries have been absolute and total rubbish.
"I get a little bit of an advantage because I've got quite a lot of shows running round Europe so I have got a kind of grass roots support. I canvassed all the casts in my shows and they said the reason why they don't vote for Britain is because we don't bother. They resent it.
"Let's face it, some of the acts have been rather ludicrous, but from their point of view, what we've done to Eurovision is almost worse."
So it's goodbye to the gimmicks of yesteryear; for Lloyd Webber it's all about 'the song and the performer". Hooray to that!
A small taster of tomorrow night's show can be found here.
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