Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996) and the Brotherhood of Man singing "Save Your Kisses for Me" (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976). Also singing was Dmitry Koldun, the Belarusian entry to the 2007 contest, with his song "Work Your Magic". The first song to be performed was "The Thought of You" which involved the group playing around Jordan who sang at a microphone stand. The whistle and accordion player were sitting down. The second song "Walk With Me", involved more movement by the group than the first song, with Jordan at the microphone stand while the whistle
UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest November 2017, Måns Zelmerlöw was announced as co-host for the UK national selection, which took place on 7 February 2018 at the Brighton Dome. The Dome was the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. The contest was won by SuRie performing "Storm" written and composed by Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis and Sean Hargreaves. The national final was watched by 900,000 viewers in the United Kingdom with a market share of 4.8% and thus failed to register in the Top 30 programmes viewed on BBC Two for the week. Song submissions for the 2019 edition opened on 19 September 2018.