Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana

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BBC bosses 'want Sophie Ellis-Bextor to represent UK at Eurovision 2024 as she's an ideal fit'


A music industry source told the MailOnline: “At the moment there is only one artist on the BBC's list for Eurovision 2024, and they don't intend to add to it.

“Sophie Ellis-Bextor is seen as the ideal fit for the contest – she's a great singer and performer, and she is already known to audiences, both straight and gay, across Europe.
I feel like this comes around every year and annually she politely declines publicly in interviews , I just don’t think she has any interest in that sort of competition set up at this point in her life/career. However she’s clearly a huge fan of the contest and I’d be surprised if she hasn’t been approached at some point before. But if they stick with the current trajectory of UK entries I can’t see Sophie really fitting into that. Mae Muller may have flopped in the contest but she’s having a sizeable hit off it and they really want Eurovision to become relevant to a new generation, which it seems to be. Not sure Sophie, as iconic as she clearly is, is that artist. However, with the right song who knows?
 
Loved the hair and the many outfits - this music video does seem like it is Sophie Muller's work; so, I'd be surprised if it wasn't. Sophie looks stunning, as ALWAYS. But the music video doesn't really do any justice to the song - which is sad. It feels like what Sophie did with Starlight again, except with better outfits, hair and makeup. Such a lost opportunity!
 
She's so stunning it's unreal. I liked the full colour shots much more than the black and white, wish we got more of them. Do we know this wasn't just Richard with his iPhone?
 
On Insta live just she was talking about doing an album tour and said that the Christmas show will be a party show so she needs to see about doing a tour down the line. She said the festival set will have two songs off HANA.

Her favourite songs off HANA are We've Been Watching You and Until The Wheels Fall Off.
 
Sophie looks amazing as always, but I would've liked more of the scenes in colour. The black and white scenes seem very vintage and, with the hairstyles and outfits, Sophie does a great tribute to Sophia Loren. Unfortunately, the video is a bit lacklustre and genuinely feels like something is missing.
 
I knew the quirkiest song would be her favourite on the album. She said "We've Been Watching You" and "Until The Wheels Fall Off" are her favourites. The latter is about her late stepfather (and in fact directly picks words from a letter he wrote). I guess I understand why she wanted this to be a single then.

There was a bit where she spoke about an unreleased song - a song about a heist. I think she's talking about Love Heist but it could also be a song that she's written for this album that didn't make the cut. I hope someone can get her to release that finished version of Love Heist (that was used at some random fashion show - what a way to waste a perfectly good song)

It made me genuinely happy that she's a fan of Dear Jimmy. It should have been on the album. What were you thinking, Sophie?

That bit about the "I blame Ed Harcourt" t-shirt was HILARIOUS! I think 99% of the fans here will happily buy that and wear it to her gigs.
 
I knew the quirkiest song would be her favourite on the album. She said "We've Been Watching You" and "Until The Wheels Fall Off" are her favourites. The latter is about her late stepfather (and in fact directly picks words from a letter he wrote). I guess I understand why she wanted this to be a single then.

There was a bit where she spoke about an unreleased song - a song about a heist. I think she's talking about Love Heist but it could also be a song that she's written for this album that didn't make the cut. I hope someone can get her to release that finished version of Love Heist (that was used at some random fashion show - what a way to waste a perfectly good song)

It made me genuinely happy that she's a fan of Dear Jimmy. It should have been on the album. What were you thinking, Sophie?

That bit about the "I blame Ed Harcourt" t-shirt was HILARIOUS! I think 99% of the fans here will happily buy that and wear it to her gigs.

She said it was a song written for this new album.
 
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