"I haven't been this nervous for a vote since Brexit" – Eurovision fans prepare to pick the UK's act for 2019
Could we actually, finally, be in with a fighting chance this year?
Once again, the nation gets a say in what’s set to be the most important vote of the year – we finally get to choose who will represent the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on BBC2’s Eurovision: You Decide.
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The UK's selection process has undergone a major shake-up ahead of the 2019 competition set to take place in May.
Now, You Decide will feature just three songs, each performed two different ways by the six acts vying to represent us in Tel Aviv.
And viewers are on tenterhooks ahead of the vote – with some even comparing its magnitude to the 2016 EU referendum.
https://twitter.com/Mielzx/status/1093772810219077632
A number of fans are already backing their winner...
https://twitter.com/JohnGD01/status/1093792405369905152
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But others are less enthusiastic about our chances after listening to the options on offer.
https://twitter.com/HausofDylan95/status/1093671348243779585
https://twitter.com/EquipoMiki/status/1093656422330572800
https://twitter.com/Sienna_Tgirl/status/1093575200149553152
And there are, of course, those making the inevitable Brexit jokes...
https://twitter.com/palustrious/status/1093789886442803200
https://twitter.com/stephencrump/status/1093786862534172672
https://twitter.com/juliansheasport/status/1093569789778452486
The United Kingdom has automatically qualified for Eurovision since 1999, alongside France, Germany, Italy and Spain as the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union.
We have won won five times, our most recent victory in 1997 with Katrina and the Waves’ Love Shines a Light.
However, our performances have been markedly less well received since, with the UK earning an abysmal nul points in 2003.
Will 2019 finally see a change in our fortunes?
Eurovision: You Decide airs tonight at 7:30pm on BBC2.
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