Who wrote Mae Muller's Eurovision 2023 track I Wrote a Song?
13.05.2023 - 19:41
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The UK's Eurovision hopes this year rest on the shoulder of singer Mae Muller.
And Mae, 25, will be hoping she can do one better than last year's entry Sam Ryder with her song I Wrote A Song at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
Sam finished in second place with his song Spaceman after missing out to Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra who won the 2022 contest with the song Stefania.
The UK is this year hosting the contest on behalf of the winners and Mae will be taking to the stage alongside acts from 25 other countries including France, Israel and Sweden.
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Pop vocalist Mae is the first female entrant for the UK since SuRie competed in 2018. She isn't new to the music industry, having released her debut single Close in 2018. She is also an established songwriter and has been writing her own music since she was eight years old.
I Wrote A Song features tongue-in-cheek lyrics about a cheating ex-boyfriend and a propulsive dance beat.
She co-wrote the entry alongside Brit Award-nominated songwriter Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole, who has written for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen and David Guetta.
This year's Eurovision Song Contest festivities kicked off on Sunday when the 37 competing acts took to a turquoise carpet welcome ceremony. Semi-final events then took place on Tuesday and Thursday night.
Also competing in the grand final is France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Norway, Israel, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine, Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Australia, Armenia and Slovenia.
The grand final takes place on Saturday from 8pm, live on BBC One.
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