UK announces schoolgirl Freya Skye for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro

Freya Skye is repping the UK at Junior Eurovision (Picture: BBC)

The BBC has revealed Freya Skye will be representing the United Kingdom at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Yerevan, Armenia next month.

The 13-year-old singer, who hails from Buckinghamshire, will perform her track Lose My Head.

Freya developed a love of singing after receiving a karaoke machine as a present when she was five.

During lockdown, she took the opportunity to release her debut single and write more songs, including I Love The Way, which was featured on BBC Introducing.

In her spare time, Freya enjoys cuddling up with her dog Ruby and watching movies, teaching herself the piano, and following her favourite football team, Tottenham Hotspur.

The schoolgirl found out she had been chosen to represent the UK when she was taken by her parents to a London theatre on the pretext that she needed to do one more audition.

Instead, she was surprised by West End performer and previous Eurovision UK contestant, Lucie Jones, who broke the news that she had already been selected to go Armenia.

‘I couldn’t believe it when I found out,’ Freya said. ‘I was not expecting it at all, it still doesn’t feel real that I’m going to be representing the UK.

‘I feel so lucky to have been given the opportunity to be a part of something so exciting.

‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so I’m going to go and give it my everything and I hope to do the UK proud.’

Freya was unveiled as the UK entrant exclusively on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning when she appeared on the sofa with presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

She was selected from a host of talented youngsters by CBBC and BBC Studios Entertainment and Music.

Lose My Head is a powerful and energetic song about friendships, moving on, and leaving the past behind.

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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is being broadcast on the BBC for the first time in the competition’s history.

The contest for youngsters aged between nine and 14 will take place on Sunday, December 11. It will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC One, CBBC and BBC iPlayer.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest takes place Sunday, December 11, and will be streamed on BBC One and iPlayer.

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