United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 ultimately selected six finalists to compete in the national final. The six competing songs were premiered during "The Ken Bruce Show" on BBC Radio 2 on 22 February 2016. Six acts compete in the televised final on 26 February 2016. In addition to their performances, guest performers included previous Eurovision Song Contest winners Måns Zelmerlöw, who won the contest for Sweden in with the song "Heroes", and Katrina Leskanich, who won the contest for the United Kingdom in as the lead vocalist of the band Katrina and the Waves performing the song "Love Shine a Light". The show also featured
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place on 26 November 2017 at the Olympic Palace, in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. This was the fifth time that the contest was hosted by the winning country. The visual design and contest slogan, "Shine Bright", were revealed in May 2017. Sixteen countries participated in the contest, which saw the return of for the first time since and the withdrawals of and . The winner was