James Newman begs for Eurovision 2021 spot

James Newman has urged the BBC to let him represent the UK in the \'Eurovision Song Contest\' next year.

The 34-year-old musician was the nation\'s entry for the 2020 European singing content - which was scheduled to take place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Saturday (16.05.20) - before the coronavirus pandemic forced producers to cancel this year\'s event.

Speaking to The Sun newspaper\'s Bizarre column, James - who is hoping to bring the crown back to the UK for the first time in more than two decades - said: "I\'m a firm believer in visualising what you want to achieve in life so I was imagining myself standing on stage winning, because you\'ve got to. It felt like there was a lot of positivity around it.

"I started something and I really want to finish it. I was on such a journey. If I got the opportunity to go next year I would love to."

James was unveiled as the UK\'s entry in February before the show was cancelled in March.

He penned the song \'My Last Breath\' for the competition, but he actually feels he can write an even better song for the event next year.

He continued: "It\'s given me more insight into the \'Eurovision\' world. I feel I\'ve learnt so much now that I\'ll be able to connect with people even more than I would have done on this song.

"Next time writing the song, I would have in the back of my head what I would do for the stage show as well, because it is so important."