She's done it again! After making it as a finalist in 2009, RENT star Lucie Jones is once again in the running to fly the flag for the country in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. She'll compete with the new single Never Give Up On You, live on BBC Two this Friday night...
The BBC has announced that Lucie Jones is one of the six artists chosen to perform the songs competing for the UK’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Lucie will perform the song on Eurovision: You Decide, a show to be held at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo on Friday 27 January 2017 and broadcast live on BBC Two, presented by Mel Giedroyc. The winner, who will be revealed on the night after a combined expert jury and live public vote, will then represent the UK at Eurovision, with the Grand Final on Saturday 13 May 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The ballad that Lucie is singing, Never Give Up On You, is the work of composers and lyricists The Treatment, Emmelie de Forest and Lawrie Martin, and can be heard online here.
Lucie is currently starring as Maureen Johnson in the new 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical RENT (pictured below). The show is currently playing a sold-out season at St. James Theatre, London until 28 January and will then embark on a major UK tour until 27 May 2017. RENT has been nominated for Best Regional Production at the 17th Annual What’s on Stage Awards, taking place in London next month.
Lucie said:
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be invited to take part in Eurovision: You Decide. Never Give Up On You is an incredibly powerful song, especially when sung live! I can’t wait to perform it live on BBC Two on Friday night.”
Lucie was a finalist on The X Factor in 2009 and has most recently starred as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (Curve, Leicester). Her other theatre credits include Molly Jenson on tour in Ghost the Musical, Victoria in American Psycho at The Almeida, Meatloaf in the International Tour of We Will Rock You and Cosette in Les Miserables at Queens Theatre, London’s West End and O2 Arena. Lucie also toured the UK in The X Factor Arena Tour.
RENT finishes its sell-out season at London’s St James Theatre this Saturday 28 January 2017, after which it sets off on a new UK regional tour visiting Eastbourne, Bromley, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Woking, Leicester, Cardiff, Cheltenham, York, Poole, Coventry, Nottingham and Tunbridge Wells, where its schedule concludes on 27 May.
