This year’s Eurovision Song Contst takes place on Saturday 18 May in Malmö, Sweden, with live coverage on both BBC One, with commentary by Graham Norton, and BBC Radio 2 with commentary from Ken Bruce.
The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 May, broadcast on BBC Three and hosted by Scott Mills and Scissor Sisters star Ana Matronic.
As a major funder, the UK is guaranteed a place in the final and will be represented by Bonnie Tyler singing Believe In Me.
Ahead of the show, and to help you get ready to sing along in patriotic support, here’s the full video and lyrics:
Believe In Me
You say you don’t believe in signs from up above
And you laugh at the thought of putting your faith in stuff like love
You never see the rainbow, you just curse the rain, you say
You wanna believe but it’s just not worth the pain today
But that’s all fine if that’s how you want it to be
But if you’re feeling alone and afraid and you can’t breathe
Believe in me, yeah
Believe in me, yeah
Believe in the way I look at you and stand beside you
The way I speak the truth, I’d never lie to you
If you’d just believe in the things that your eyes can’t see
Believe in me
You come and you go and there’s never no compromise, that’s why
The seconds and the minutes of your life go crawling by
But that’s all fine if that’s how you want it to be
But if you’re feeling alone and afraid and you can’t breathe
Believe in me, yeah
Believe in the way I look at you and stand beside you
The way I speak the truth, I’d never lie to you
If you’d just believe in the things that your eyes can’t see
Believe in me
What’ya gonna do when your ship is sinking?
And you’re crying out for help and just the seagulls listening
In the dark of the night, in the middle of the fight
When you’re reaching out for something and there’s nothing
Believe in me, yeah
Believe in the way I look at you and stand beside you
The way I speak the truth, I’d never lie to you
If you’d just believe in the things that your eyes can’t see
Believe in me
About the song:
Written by Desmond Child, Lauren Christy and Christopher Braide; produced by David Huff. Recorded at Blackbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee and mixed at Eargasm Studios, Santa Monica California by Justin Niebank.