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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 make it into the semi-final. There were wide sweeping rumours about which artists were going to try for Eurovision, one in particular was Bill Bailey however his tour in Australia kept him out, however he said that he might try out for next year. Terry Wogan announced on his radio show, "Wake Up To Wogan" on 13 February 2008 that a new national final show would be titled "", to replace "Making Your Mind Up". The show aired at 19.00 GMT and the results showed at 21.30 GMT. Terry Wogan hosted the show along with Claudia Winkleman, who replaced Fearne