The UK entry for this year's Eurovision song contest was decided just a short while ago, voted for by the British public on the BBC One show "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You".

For the last 5 weeks, potential performers have been auditioning for the chance to represent the nation in Moscow; tonight for the first time, the final three performed the song penned by the Diane Warren and Andrew Lloyd Webber - "My Time".

Out of all of the hopefuls, the winning singer - Jade Ewen - was the right choice, clearly having talent above that of the others. Which is not to say that all others were bad although some were. However, the song itself was maybe not the show-stopper that the hype had built up.

It's no real surprise that it's a theatrical song. It is a ballad, although that may be in our favour since our recent entries have been cheesy, poppy and upbeat. However, it is very repetitive. Whether that just means it'll stick in the minds of the voters in May or not remains to be seen but at the moment I am slightly sceptical but happy to be proved wrong.

When it comes to May, I'm not looking for the UK to win the competition; I think that it's just a little too much to ask considering our recent record. All I would like is to see us obtain a more respectable position. Perhaps if we can at least get halfway up the scoreboard then it's a positive sign that - just possibly - we could be making our way out of our Eurovision slump.

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