THIS YEAR'S ENTRY

 SELECTION
Having achieved their first Top 5 result since 2002 in Moscow, the BBC decided to repeat last year's formula, of having a well known songwriters write the U.K. entry and having a open televised selection for the performer. Initial press stories suggested that Take That's Gary Barlow would write he song, however at the end of January, it was confirmed that Pete Waterman, of the famous Stock-Aitken-Waterman team, would write the entry. A couple of weeks later, it was confirmed that another member of the team, Mike Stock, would co-write the song.

Six acts performed in "Your Country Needs You", the selection for the singer, was held on March 12th at the BBC TV Centre in London and hosted by Graham Norton. The winner was chosen over two rounds, in the first round the acts performed cover versions of Stock-Aitken-Waterman hits and Waterman chose the three to go forward to the second round to perform the Eurovision entry, "That Sounds Good To Me". The winner was then chosen by televoting.   

 BIOGRAPHY
Josh Dubovie is 19 years old, comes from Essex in England and will be the UK's hope in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.

Josh has been singing since he was little. Aged nine Josh attended StageAbility Drama school at weekends and as an after school activity. The school concentrated mainly on acting, but they also put on musical theatre shows like The King And I and My Fair Lady.

Aged fifteen Josh was given the part of Enjolras in the school production of "Les Miserables". As he had never sung before he went to see a vocal coach. Josh instantly fell in love with singing swing and his coach encouraged him to put on showcases of his music. When Josh left school his father, Richard, decided to manage him and has got him the majority of his professional work.

In 2009 Josh starred as Riff in StageAbility’s production of "West Side Story".

Josh believes he has his mum's voice and his dad's confidence. He has performed at countless festivals and sports events and now works as a professional singer.

Josh's song "That Sounds Good To Me" was masterminded by music legend Pete Waterman who produced numerous hits for Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and Steps.

 REACTION
The rather under-par and accident prone selection, didn't provide a good launch to the U.K.'s entry and many people seemed unimpressed with the song, on  first  impression. An initial studio recording of the song, which made it to the Eurovision compilation album, but was deemed not to be strong enough for the contest itself. The final version of the song was only heard at the end of April. The song has performed poorly in most internet  polls and with odds of up to 150/1, it's the lowest ranked of al the automatic finalists, with bookmakers.

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