Andrew Lloyd Webber Declares 'We Won't Win' Eurovision Contest to UK Telegraph

Andrew Lloyd-Webber has played down expectations for Britain's chances in the Eurovision Song Contest, admitting to the UK Telegraph that he would be pleased if his song 'It's My Time' came in the top 10.

Lord Lloyd Webber will be accompanying Jade Ewen on the piano when the 21-year-olds makes her bid for Eurovision glory in Moscow on tonight's finale. But such are the vagaries of the voting system, reports the Telegraph, in the competition that Lloyd-Webber has admitted that she has little chances of winning.

"I don't think we will win," he said said to the paper. "I would be very pleased to come in the Top Ten." To read the full article click here. To a watch a video of 'It's My Time' right here on BWW TV click here.

The battle to represent the UK in the contest climaxed in a series of live shows 'Your Country Needs You' on BBC One, hosted by Graham Norton, where the viewers had the final say on who will pick up the baton for the country in the Eurovision extravaganza being held in Moscow this May.

The public had their say and picked its winner who premiered the new composition byAndrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Diane Warren. 

Ewen, the winner, was previously signed to Sony BMG with girl band Trinity Stone. One of the other members of the group was Mica Paris's niece Cherry - who is still one of Jade's best friends. At twelve years old, Jade successfully auditioned for the role of Nala in "The Lion King" in the West End. She has also appeared in TV programmes such as The Bill and Casualty, where she played a pregnant teenager.

For more information please visit, www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is The composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me on a Sunday combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of The Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down The Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White. He composed The film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and Requiem, a setting of The Latin Requiem Mass, for which he won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition. He has also produced in The West End and on Broadway, not only his own work, but The Olivier Award-winning plays La Bête and Daisy Pulls It Off. In 2004 he produced The film version of The Phantom of The Opera. In 2006 he oversaw a new London production of Evita, Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular and pioneered television casting for musical Theater with The hit BBC series "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" which won an International Emmy. He followed this with The equally successful series "Any Dream Will Do." His awards include seven Tonys®, three Grammys, six Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, an International Emmy, The Praemium Imperiale and The Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. He's a 2006 Kennedy Center Honoree.

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