Putin Promises to Vote 'Da' for UK in Lloyd Webber's Eurovision Contest

UK's The Dail Mail is reporting that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has pledged his support to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber for this year's UK Eurovision entry. Putin promised he will cast his personal vote for the UK's Song For Europe following a tenacious campaign by the composer.

Last year Russia won, thanks to the partisan voting of its Eastern European neighbours, while the UK came last. 'As hosts to the contest this May, Russia is not permitted to vote for itself,' said Lord Lord Webber, the two spent nearly two hours together.

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has been asked to bring Eurovision glory back to the shores of the UK, by penning next year's entry. To go read the entire article on the Putin/Lloyd Webber meeting go here.

In a televised address to the nation in November 2008, Andrew invited Eurovision-wannabes to submit an audition through the BBC website, saying: "The BBC have asked me to unite our kingdom in a quest to bring home the Eurovision Crown once more. I have been asked to write the song but where will I be unless one of you volunteer to sing it?"

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

It has been over 10 years since the UK last won the contest, but Andrew is looking forward to the challenge, "I have never shied away from the impossible and this looks like the biggest mission impossible of all time. But with the might of the British public behind me, who knows what will happen?

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