Jay Aston, 62, has given her thoughts on the UK’s latest Eurovision hopeful Mae Muller, 25, who plans to wow crowds in Liverpool this Saturday with her catchy new tune I Wrote A Song.
The former Bucks Fizz singer has admitted that, while she’s hopeful Mae’s single might “make the top five”, she doesn’t think it will ultimately win.
Jay won Eurovision back in 1981, alongside the other members of Bucks Fizz, when she was just 19 years old.
Speaking to Sky Bingo, the singer gave her thoughts on the UK’s latest efforts to win the competition.
She said: “Sam Ryder changed the whole dynamic and landscape with a phenomenal song, and he’s just such a great performer – he’s just got that star quality.
“I wish Mae all the luck, but I don’t think it’s a winner if I’ve got to be honest,” she continued.
“I think she’ll do really well, hopefully top five, but I don’t think she’ll win unless something amazing happens on the night.
“Sometimes, someone can just sort of be around fourth or fifth and then something just happens on the night, which is always unforeseen, and that usually gets reflected in the public vote.
Mentioning last year’s winners, she added: “I’m sure Ukraine will do really well, but I don’t think their song is as strong this year.”
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Last year, Ukrainian act Kalush Orchestra took home the trophy with their song Stefania, while the UK shot to second place after years of landing near the bottom of the leaderboard.
It was TikTok star Sam Ryder who helped to change Britain’s fortunes in the Eurovision song contest with his powerful rock ballad SPACE MAN.
Due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, the UK is hosting the competition this year in the spirit of unity as the runners-up.
Jay went on to explain in the interview how the UK’s poor record in the competition in recent years is due to a poor selection process.
“I do think that there has been a problem in the past with choosing our selection, I think that’s what was going really wrong,” she said.
“I think the selection process has been at fault majorly, which is why we weren’t getting the right acts in.
“They went out of the box to find Sam, and obviously he blew up through TikTok during Covid, so I think finding the next big star is going to come off one of those social media apps, and that seems crazy but the whole infrastructure of finding acts has changed.”
The Eurovision final will air this Saturday at 8pm on BBC One.
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