British broadcaster, BBC, have finally revealed what many have been waiting for. It will be Engelbert Humperdinck to fly the British flag in Baku, but it took a whole day of fans guessing on the various hints revealed before the announcement came this evening.
There has always been a lot of speculations about the British names for the Eurovision Song Contest and this year was no exception. Lately two names have been mentioned a lot: Girl trio Atomic Kitten, but they quickly denied the rumours and singer and actor Will Young. But also a name such as Cliff Richard, who represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968 and 1973, has been mentioned as a possible representative for the contest in 2012. Girlband Spice Girls are basically mentioned every year – also this time, although more seemed to believe in a solo performance from Geri Halliwell.
During today hints spread across the internet to drive fans crazy: Not a band, but a solo artist, a former big name, but not current, grammy nominations and platinum selling were hints mentioned. These hints lead to fans starting to play music by Dame Shirley Bassy, Susan Boyle and Leona Lewis.
As "over 70" later was mentioned as a tease names like Engelbert Humperdinck, Tony Bennett and Tom Jones was thrown in the bowle as well.
As the afternoon turned into evening fans were playing on two horses only; Dame Shirley Bassy and Tom Jones, although it had been posted and deleted again on Wikipedia that it would be Engelbert Humperdinck singing the song titled Celebrate The Night. Most however quickly discared this as someone playing a hoax on them. As the evening went on more and more however started to believe in this rumour, but were not exactly convinced that the 75 year old man would be able to do well in the Eurovision Song Contest.
This evening BBC ended the first part of the speculations as they just announced that it will Engelbert Humperdinck who will be representing them at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku in May. More information about the song will follow later.
