Well, it's almost that time of year again.

The 58th Eurovision Song Contest is rapidly approaching us (May 18th for the final). This year it is being hosted in the lovely city of Malmo, Sweden. If Brett and I do decide to go, I will forewarn our Swedish members so that you can all go and tremble with fear in your neighbouring Norway

Now as Eurovision followers will know, the United Kingdom last won it in 1997 with our highest score ever of 227 (Katrina and the Waves with 'Love Shine A Light'), and since then we've had a bit of a bad run of things of late:

twice we have come in 25th of 25

we have come in joint 23rd of 25

and of course there was the supreme embarrassment of Gemini singing Cry Baby in 2003 (who gave us our first and only total score of zero, and we came in 26th of 26)

We find ancient singers, who we've unburied from obscurity, and just hope to God that the popularity they enjoyed in former years comes back and we get more than the traditional "Nil points".

Last year we dug up Mr Engelbert Humperdink, and we all know how well that went!

This year, there is a much greater hope for the United Kingdom.

Our entry is none other than the highly talented, and my fellow countryman (er, countrywoman) Bonnie Tyler **this is where you cheer, and clap, and do your happy dances**

You may remember her from the late 70s and early 80s and she is currently about 9 weeks shy of her 62nd birthday. However, in spite of all that, she is the UK's greatest hope in many years.

Here she is singing Brett's karaoke choice: