Viewers will be asked to cast their vote for the song to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest when
Making Your Mind Up makes its return to
BBC One on Saturday March 5.
The BBC has announced the following acts are set to compete for the chance to represent the UK on Saturday May 21 in Kiev.
Solo star Andy Scott Lee will be taking to the stage, alongside the 1996 Eurovision entrant Gina G who begins her campaign to conquer Europe and lay some ghosts to rest.
Singer Javine throws her hat into the ring alongside Katie Price, known as Jordan, who marks the start of her music career.
Then the three tenors Tricolore add their name to the list of hopefuls all bidding for a vote on the night.
Natasha Kaplinsky joins Eurovision aficionado Terry Wogan to introduce the five artists to the British public.
The duo will be on hand throughout the evening to provide an overview for the audience and remind them of past winners whilst reliving some classic moments from 49 years of the competition.
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up culminates in a Results Show later in the evening.
The scoring mirrors the traditional process by which points are allocated at Eurovision and seven celebrity spokespeople will announce their region's vote via video links to the studio.
And, for the first time ever, a simultaneous web cast will add a global feel to the event as web viewers from Stockholm to Sydney get their chance to vote via the official website bbc.co.uk/eurovision.
There will also be a phone and text vote with all profits from calls going to Comic Relief.
The show will end with the presentation of the Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up trophy and the winning act performing the song that will hopefully bring Eurovision glory to the UK once again.
Over the following three months, the winner will have their song commercially released whilst preparing for the once-in-a lifetime experience performing to more than 200 million viewers across the globe at the 50th Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday May 21.
So many countries want to be a part of the Eurovision family - a record-breaking 40! - that once again in 2005 viewers will have the double delight of a
Eurovision Semi-Final to be transmitted on BBC Three on Thursday May 19.
From:
Waveguide
