Olly Alexander will understand a lifelong dream subsequent 12 months when the solo star and Years & Years singer represents the U.Ok. on the 68th Eurovision Music Contest in Malmö, Sweden in Could 2024. “I’ve liked watching Eurovision ever since I used to be a bit child and I’m past excited to be participating subsequent 12 months,” Alexander, 33, mentioned in an announcement after revealing the information in the course of the Grand Remaining of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday.
“As a younger boy I all the time regarded ahead to this unbelievable occasion of unbridled pleasure, the splendidly chaotic mixture of musical types, theatrical performances, heartfelt emotion and humour,” he continued of the annual worldwide pageant of over-the-top costumes and wildly eclectic track types that pulls an viewers of greater than 150 million. “I actually can’t consider I’m going to be part of such a particular legacy and fly the flag for the UK within the gayest means doable, it shall be an honour! I’ve needed to do that for a very long time and it looks like the appropriate second to begin releasing music beneath my very own title. I’m decided to offer it all the pieces I’ve acquired and placed on a wonderful and unforgettable efficiency for you all!”
The singer and actor (It’s a Sin) launched three acclaimed albums beneath the title Years & Years (2015’s Communion, 2018’s Palo Santo and 2022’s Evening Name), paring the challenge all the way down to a solo act in March 2021 and releasing a sultry, acoustic cowl of Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Name Me By Your Identify)” in July 2022. Alexander was just lately awarded the distinguished BRIT Billion Awards for crossing the 6.5 billion international streams mark.
“Polydor, because the British house of ABBA and Loreen, have a deep reference to Sweden and Eurovision. And, we even have a deep reference to the trailblazing, cultural pressure that’s Olly Alexander, who we now have labored with for nearly ten years,” mentioned Polydor Data president Ben Mortimer in an announcement. “He’s fairly merely an unbelievable expertise who we’re satisfied will make a huge effect for the UK on this 12 months’s competitors. We’re proud to be supporting him in his bid for Eurovision success.”
All three reside Eurovision 2024 packages, each semi finals and the grand closing, will air on BBC One on Could 7, 9 and 11, with Alexander’s UK Eurovision track — written with Danny L. Harle (Dua Lipa’s “Houdini”) — to be revealed quickly.
See Alexander’s submit in regards to the Eurovision spot under.
