Cliff Notes – ITV presenter makes brutal swipe at UK’s Eurovision act who won’t win
- Charlotte Hawkins, presenter of Good Morning Britain, expressed doubt about the UK’s chances of winning Eurovision, stating, "we know the UK won’t win," ahead of the contest in Basel, Switzerland.
- The UK is represented by country-pop girl group Remember Monday, who have been given 4-1 odds of finishing last, with the group claiming they are "not doing it for the points."
ITV presenter makes brutal swipe at UK’s Eurovision act who ‘won’t win’
Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins has declared ‘we know the UK won’t win’ Eurovision a month before it begins.
The long-running contest kicks off in a few weeks, taking place this year in Basel, Switzerland after Swiss musician Nemo’s victory in 2024.
This year, country-pop girl group Remember Monday are representing the UK with their entry song being What the Hell Just Happened?
However, it was recently revealed that bookies have given them 4-1 chances of finishing at the bottom of the leaderboard.
Soon after the group – which consists of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, and Charlotte Steele – said they were ‘not doing it for the points’.
A few weeks on the UK entrants have faced more commentary about their chances of winning.
Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins has declared ‘the UK won’t win Eurovision’ (Picture: ITV)
On Monday’s episode of GMB, hosts Richard Madeley and Charlotte interviewed Sweden’s act for the 2025 contest – music and comedy group Kaj.
The trio (Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman, and Jakob Norrgård) are one of the favourites to win with their song Bara bada bastu.
At the end of the chat, Richard told them ‘you’ve got to win!’, with one of the band members then replying: ‘Or you!’.
However, Charlotte then declared: ‘I think we know the UK aren’t going to win. We’ve ruled them out already. But I wish them the very best of luck.’
But Richard then told her off, saying her comments were ‘deeply unpatriotic’.
‘No no, I wish them the best of luck, but we know it never happens,’ she explained.
Remember Monday are representing the UK at the 2025 contest next month (Picture: Ken McKay/ ITV/ Shutterstock)
‘It’s very difficult isn’t it.’
However, in the closing minutes of the show, Charlotte went on to apologise.
‘I quickly want to squeeze in a mention because we spoke to Kaj, the Eurovision entry for Sweden, before. I just want to also play a teeny clip of our UK entry because I feel bad saying we know we aren’t going to win, but I think we all know when it comes to the UK, it’s a tall order,’ she said.
Meanwhile Richard added it was ‘nothing against the band’.
‘I think whatever act we had, we weren’t going to win,’ she added.
They previously competed on The Voice (Picture: Rachel Joseph/ ITV/ Rex/ Shutterstock)
However, in the closing minutes of the show, Charlotte went on to apologise.
Although Sam Ryder came runner- up in 2022, the UK has historically struggled to place well in Eurovision.
Not including his result, the UK has been stuck in the bottom half of the leader board for a decade.
Last year Olly Alexander also placed 18th, with his performance also getting ‘nul points’ (zero) in the public vote.
That was the third time the UK had faced a total lack of support from voters, the same previously also happening in 2003 and 2021.
After last year’s disappointing results, Metro spoke to several PR and music experts, who offered advice on what the UK could do to turn its luck around.
Olly Alexander faced a disappointing result last year (Picture: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/ Shutterstock)
‘We need to do some old-school music scouting to find someone who doesn’t have an established career,’ Rachel McGrath explained.
Meanwhile brand and culture expert Nick Ede agreed, saying well-known names should ideally be avoided as it ‘doesn’t seem to work and can be quite humiliating for the talent if they don’t do well’.
He also suggested rebooting a contest in which the UK public could vote on which act to send.
‘We need to go back to basics and bring back the competition, so the public have a say,’ he said.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV1. The Eurovision Song Contest takes place from Tuesday May 13 to Saturday May 17.