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It has been confirmed that Mae Muller will be representing the UK at this year's Eurovision.
The English singer-songwriter has been named Great Britain's entry and is set to take to the stage in Liverpool in May and perform her track I Wrote A Song.
Zoe Ball confirmed the news on her BBC2 radio show alongside Rylan Clark.
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Welcoming Mae on the show she declared: "Hello I am Mae Muller and I'm representing this year's Eurovision!"
Zoe asked her: "How long have you known?", prompting Mae to confess she found out two months ago adding: "I love to chat, so it's been so hard for me to keep it all away!"
Both Rylan and Zoe said "congratulations", as Mae said: "Hello I am Mae Muller, and this is I Wrote A Song for Eurovision 2023", as the song had its first play on the radio.
Taking to Twitter fans couldn't help but swoon over the new track with one person writing: "Yeah, this is a banger."
Another said: "Omg I love the song. So happy they chose a banger to represent the UK on home soil. Congratulations!"
A third added: "Mae Muller's UK entry for Eurovision in excellent. Already singing it. Yes please!"
Rachel Ashdown, Lead Commissioning Editor for Eurovision at the BBC said: "We’d like to thank TaP for their extensive search for the UK entrant for Eurovision this year.
"Mae’s commitment and drive in representing the UK is undeniably clear and I am certain that she is going to be a brilliant ambassador with I Wrote A Song."
The iconic song competition would normally have taken place in Ukraine as their band Kalush Orchestra took home the crown last year.
But the contest cannot be held there due to the ongoing Russian invasion – so instead, the UK will be hosting the contest with Ukraine at Liverpool's Arena in May.
BBC Radio 2 Breakfast host Zoe Ball revealed that Mae will be representing the UK on Thursday morning (March 9).
This year's grand final will take place on Saturday, May 13 with the semi-finals on Tuesday May 9 and Thursday, May 11.
The 2023 contestant will follow in the footsteps of former contestant Sam Ryder, 33 who performed his chart-topping entry Space Man last year and placed second in the competition.
As for the hosting duties, it’s a star-studded line-up as Britain's Got Talent Alesha Dixon has bagged a role as a presenter.
As well as Sex Education and Benidorm star Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina.
The trio will host the two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May before BBC presenter Graham Norton joins them for the grand final on the Saturday (May 13).
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