Why is the UK so bad at Eurovision? Politicians want answers

Last place, just one point and more disappointment. It's becoming a familiar story and now MPs want to know why the UK has become a flop at Eurovision.

Eurovision is a huge singing competition in which countries - mostly in from Europe - choose acts to perform original songs. Viewers and judges across Europe and beyond then vote for their favourites.

In May, the UK's act, Look Mum No Computer, came last with just one point. Remember Monday came 19th in 2025, Olly Alexander was 18th in 2024, Mae Muller finished second from bottom in 2023, while James Newman came last with no points, known as "nul points", in 2021.

Sam Ryder is the UK's only recent success finishing second with his song Spaceman in 2022.

Now, MPs (Members of Parliament) on Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee will investigate how the UK chooses its Eurovision entries. MPs are people elected to represent different parts of the country and help examine important issues.

The BBC selects the UK's act, sometimes working with a record label or music management company.

Dame Caroline Dinenage, who leads the committee, said: "We want to get to the bottom of who chooses our entrant, on what basis and whether our dismal record of achievement in recent years [Sam Ryder to one side] is the result of bad song choice, weak performance... or something else".

BBC representatives and music experts are expected to answer questions at a hearing in the coming months.

The BBC pays a fee for the UK to take part in Eurovision. The UK is one of the contest's biggest financial contributors, which means its act gets an automatic place in the final.

The UK last won Eurovision nearly 30 years ago in 1997, when Katrina and the Waves performed Love Shine A Light.

Now politicians want to know how to repeat a success like that, and shine on the Eurovision scoreboards once more.