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Eurovision host Mika has spoken out on the horror accident that saw his sister Paloma plummet 50ft from the window of her fourth-floor flat in Kensington in 2010. In an unearthed interview, the Grace Kelly singer told how he took a break from work after the incident to help Paloma, who worked as his stylist, recover following the horrific accident.During the fall, Paloma’s legs were impaled on the rail's spikes, with one entering her abdomen.Firefighters quickly cut the section of the railing and a helicopter response team rushed her to hospital.Mika has since looked back on the tragic events as he reflected on the “massive effect” they had in his life.He said: “Paloma has been weak on her left side since birth, and has a tendency to lose her balance.“That’s what happened when she leant out of her bedroom window that night.She fell and impaled herself on the railings below.”Luckily, a neighbour who heard the fall was able to rush to her and held her for an hour, slapping her face “to keep her conscious”.Mika stressed the vital work performed by NHS staff as they saved Paloma’s life that night, after operating on her for 17 hours.The pop star said medical staff had initially “prepared us for the worst”, but that Paloma has since had tendon transplants and “is learning to walk again.”Mika added to the Daily Mail: “It was only after she had made a recovery that doctors said defied medical science that I could work again.The incident had a massive effect on me.

Clarksons Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he wishes the UK’s 2020 Eurovision entry Sam Ryder “hadn’t entered” the competition this year.The former Top Gear host went on to explain how he felt the singer’s talents have been wasted on the competition because he was “always going to get beaten” by the Ukrainian entry for this year.Jeremy, 62, has shared his thoughts on the UK’s chances in the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Britain has a reputation for placing at the bottom of the leaderboard year after year. Sam, 32, is hoping to change our country’s fortunes this year, however, with his positively-received song SPACE MAN. Despite the hype, Jeremy remains unconvinced that this year could spell victory for us Brits.But he did praise Sam for his incredible vocal capabilities in his latest column. “For some time, I’ve been listening in awe to Sam Ryder singing on TikTok,” Jeremy wrote.“He may be a vegetablist and a beardy but he seems like a nice lad and his voice has the power to knock down walls.“Which is why I wish he hadn’t entered this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.” This year, Ukraine is tipped to do well in the competition - a likelihood that can be attributed, at least in part, to Russia’s brutal ongoing invasion of the country. Meanwhile, Russia has been banned from Eurovision, with the European Broadcasting Union making their final ruling on the matter back in February. Reflecting on Sam’s talents, Jeremy continued: “He was always going to get beaten by the Ukrainian entry.“Even if they’d fielded two dogs barking at one another,” he added in his piece for the Sun.The Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra is competing on behalf of their country this year, with special permission to leave Ukraine in order to

The One Show star Alex Jones cheekily warned British Eurovision contestant Sam Ryder that a boozy night out might be in store for him if presenter Rylan Clark has anything to do with it.Sam, Rylan and co-presenter Scott Mills joined Alex and her co-star Ronan Keating remotely as Alex jokingly begged the SPACE MAN singer to hold off on his big night out until after the finals on Saturday night.Alex and Ronan were joined remotely on The One Show by the UK’s Eurovision crew live from Turin. Sam, who hopes to turn Britain’s Eurovision reputation around with his hit song SPACE MAN, was flanked by grinning co-presenters Rylan and Scott.After checking in to see what the competition was looking like, Alex couldn’t resist making a cheeky remark about Rylan’s legendary tradition of taking the UK’s entry on a night out before the grand final. Alex said: “I know, Rylan, that you’ve been in trouble in the past because you’ve got this tradition of taking out the UK entry the night before the competition for a big night out and then it all goes a bit pear (shaped)."Turning to TikTok sensation Sam, she continued: “Now Sam, you need to be aware, he’s into tequila.”While Alex continued with an air of mock sincerity, the three men fell about laughing as they heard what she was saying through their earpieces.Rylan, however, was keen to clarify that he was assuredly not sabotaging the competition with any boozy nights out this year. “Listen, Sam has been extremely good this week, he’s been on vocal rest…” he insisted. “I’ve been eating my salads!” Sam chimed in, before Rylan quipped: “Alright calm yourself!”Scott added: “To be fair it is tradition that Rylan does take the acts out, but it hasn’t happened this year. As Rylan mysteriously

Rylan Clark has confessed he "completely lost six months of his life" after separating from his ex husband Dan Neal, in an interview with Express.co.uk.The Strictly: It Takes Two star, who is set to oversee Eurovision coverage for the UK this year, opened up about the tough time he experienced when his marriage ended after six years.  Rylan, 33, opened up to Express.co.uk about his marriage at the Boots No7 Pro Derm scan launch party last month.The Eurovision presenter had a very public split from husband Dan last year.When the pair parted ways, the star admitted that he had become very ill and lost weight, retreating from the spotlight for months due to his health struggles. Quizzed about that period, the presenter gave an honest insight into how he had been feeling.“I never thought I'd be one of those people, but I completely lost six months of my life, genuinely,” he admitted. In the interview, Rylan also suggested that his honesty under the public eye has helped him keep his career going, although being under the spotlight has sometimes been tough on his mental health.Speaking about his knack for being open with the public, Rylan said: “I think that's part of why I'm still here 10 years on. “I've always been honest.

Eurovision host and radio presenter described the single the band released after their Eurovision win, The Land Of Make Believe, as quite bizarre and distressing for him to hear when he was younger.Scott said the song contains a ”really weird” nursery rhyme, which would terrify him so much, as a child, that he would run upstairs.He explained: “It’s supposed to sound magical and it’s got lyrics about Superman, but at the end, there’s a really weird nursery rhyme by a child.”The 48-year-old added: “My mum says I used to run upstairs.”“This used to be on the radio all the time,” Scott told NME in April, speaking about the Bucks Fizz track he remembers from his childhood.Buck’s Fizz famously won the Eurovision song contest back in 1981 with their song Making Your Mind Up.The pop group included members, Jay Aston, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Bobby G.The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant is hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held in Turin, Italy.Rylan will be joining him as co-host of the contest’s semi-finals, while Graham Norton will continue to host the final for the UK coverage for the 66th edition of the show.In 2021, Rylan was forced to cancel his appearance due to illness and was replaced by Sara Cox.Pop singer Mika has also been announced as one of the hosts this year and he spoke to Ronan Keating and Alex Scott on The One Show about his role on Friday. Scott admitted in the interview that there is one song he “no longer listens to”.The song he mentioned was (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, saying he “just can’t bear it”.Scott, who has been a radio presenter since he was 16 years of age, explained the reasoning behind his choice: “I worked at a lot of

Eurovision Song Contest.She compared the contest to the Super Bowl in a new interview, but was worried that the UK could be headed for a “nul points” score again.The 43-year-old spoke about her love for Eurovision, which goes back to when she was a child.Describing her early memories of watching Eurovision, she said: “It’s always been there, since I was tiny.“My parents always watched Eurovision and I remember watching it during the ‘80s when I was in single digits and being pretty fascinated by what I saw.”The Murder on the Dancefloor singer was asked about the UK’s chances of winning the contest.Sophie, who is hosting a Eurovision Kitchen Disco warm-up party on BBC Radio 2 to celebrate, replied that we should prepare for the worst.She said, laughing: “We should probably brace ourselves for another ‘nul points’ score.”The singer added: “There have always been political undertones [to the voting], which again, is part of the fun.“We quite enjoy that, I think."“It’s part of the reason Britain treats it in an almost ironic way, and I don’t think it will ever lose that, but some of the songs that are good can have a life outside of Eurovision and be treated as legitimate hits.”“There is nothing out there like it,” said Sophie, expressing her love for it.Mother-of-five Sophie added: “It’s life-affirming and good fun.“Who doesn’t need a bit of fun in their life right now?”In 2019 she was approached to be a judge, but she had to cancel due to parenting commitments.Sophie explained, speaking to Radio Times: “I had a very small baby that I was still feeding, and they wouldn’t let me bring it along.” During the pandemic lockdown, Sophie would broadcast a gig live on Instagram, every Friday, to lift spirits.Her weekly Kitchen

She is still receiving treatments in a specialist kidney unit and has been told by doctors she will be permanently scarred.Jay has spoken out on Josie’s “devastating” battle with the disease, as she described her “good-willed” daughter’s personality.She said: “It’s been absolutely devastating. We were told it was 50/50 whether she would pull through.“We still don’t know when she’ll be coming home.”She continued to the Mirror: “I sat by her bedside night after night willing her to make it.“I couldn’t believe this was her fate, because she’s such a lovely person.“She’s outgoing, kind, good-willed and full of life.

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two presenter Rylan Clark has left his followers on the edge of their seats following the news that he will be sharing a “little announcement” this evening. After joking that he was “not pregnant”, the star went on to apologise that the news would not be Big Brother-related, much to the disappointment of the former reality show star's fans.Rylan, 33, shared a short, but intriguing, message with his 1.6 million followers on Twitter today.The former X Factor star wrote: “Little announcement 6pm (I’m not pregnant).”He then followed it up with an apology, adding: “Not big bro related soz.Trust me I wish it was x.”Rylan posted the same “little announcement” tease to his instagram, with a GIF of the number 10 decorated with sparklers. The star’s followers were left wondering what he might be about to tell them, as they took to the comments section.Rylan’s clarification came after numerous people asked about the return of hit show Big Brother.Marcus Bentley asked: “Is Big Brother coming back?"While Rois commented: “Is Big Brother back? The world needs it.” “Big brother coming back omg yes I knew it!!!!” Dave wrote excitedly. Rylan won Celebrity Big Brother in 2013 and returned to the show as a presenter in later years, but it seems he has other plans in store. Other people had some amusing guesses for what Rylan’s news could be. Camilla Morgan asked: “Are you the new James Bond?”While TinyTails joked: “Please say you're going to be the next Doctor Who.

Finally, Rylan launched into a tweet that included the words: "No one brings me down, I'm gonna take the crown. Give it to me now."Fans were even more on edge when he posted a looped video clip in which he appeared to be having a tearful meltdown.However the real reason for his unusual string of messages quickly emerged."For those fearing this is breakdown number 2, listening to all the Eurovision entries and there is BANGERS [sic]," he enthused."I can feel my hips sliding all over Euroclub in May."I will be most certainly living my best life.They’re so good @eurovision."@RachaelN92x had a light-bulb moment about what his previous tweets had been referring to, exclaiming: "Now it makes sense!"Some of his 1.6 million followers finally made the connection that the tweets were song lyrics.Meanwhile author @heidistephens told the TV star: "Can't wait to join you on that dancefloor.

Spotify.According to them, Jezebel is a song for strong, independent women, who blaze their own trail.Previously speaking to Metro.co.uk, the Rasmus revealed they were excited to represent Finnish culture.‘We come from Finland and want to tell stories about Finland, we want to talk about Finnish culture, which is… different,’ drummer Aki explained.‘All the classic stories about guys having knives, and polar bears walking on the street and stuff like that. That is true, all of it!’This week, Russia was banned from participating in Eurovision 2022, which will start on May 10, following outrage from several countries during the invasion of Ukraine.The EBU said the inclusion of a Russian entry – which hadn’t yet been chosen – in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute.The statement read: ‘The EBU has announced that no Russian act will participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.‘The Executive Board of the EBU made the decision following a recommendation earlier today by the Eurovision Song Contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, based on the rules of the event and the values of the EBU.

Russia can compete in the upcoming song contest, to be held in May, other countries have called for its exclusion amid the invasion of Ukraine.Yesterday event bosses described the competition as a ‘non-political cultural event’ while appearing to dismiss suggestions that Russia’s attack on its neighbour would result in the country being banned.Now, after Ukrainian state broadcaster UA:PBC called on the European Broadcasting Union, which produces the event, to suspend Russia’s membership and ban it from the contest, other countries have echoed the same sentiments.In a statement, Norway’s NRK broadcasting director Thor Gjermund Eriksen said they didn’t envisage that Russia can participate in this year’s contest. For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our live blog: Russia-Ukraine liveHe said: ‘NRK has given clear advice to the EBU that Russia can not participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, this is a member organisation that needs some time to anchor a decision.

Russia and Ukraine in May despite Vladimir Putin ordering a full-scale invasion, in what has been described by Boris Johnson as a ‘catastrophe’ for Europe.While Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference that ‘Peace on our continent has been shattered’ Eurovision Song Contest organisers described the competition as a ‘non-political cultural event’.They also appeared to dismiss suggestions Russia’s attack on its neighbour would result in the country being banned for 2022.The 66th edition of the annual competition is due to take in Turin after Italian rock band Maneskin triumphed during the 2021 contest.It comes as the European Union and others condemned the Russian invasion and promised tough sanctions to hit the Kremlin.A statement from the contest, which is produced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), said (via PA News Agency): ‘The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political cultural event which unites nations and celebrates diversity through music.‘The EBU’s public broadcaster members in both Russia and Ukraine have committed to participating in this year’s event in Turin and we are currently planning to welcome artists from both countries to perform in May.‘We of course will continue to monitor the situation closely.’Last week, the act chosen to represent Ukraine in Turin, Alina Pash, withdrew from representing her country after facing scrutiny over a reported 2015 visit to Russia-occupied Crimea.Pash had been chosen in a televised national selection show and was due to perform her song Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors, but pulled out after details of the trip emerged.People who enter the territory via Russia are considered by Ukraine to have illegally crossed the border.

Eurovision, asking: "What's the point?""The music has slipped away a little bit," he remarked in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk on the subject."Songs are not songs anymore, they're just sounds."In the aftermath of Brexit, many Brits have been keen to distance themselves from Eurovision - and although Martin doesn't take such a harsh stance, he does declare that the event has "changed dramatically" since he participated."If you can't sing with an orchestra anymore, what's the point?" he questioned.Martin believes the emphasis has changed over the years from artistry and song-writing technique to special effects on stage.This topic is one that started trending recently after Adele refused to sing at her Las Vegas residency recently, cancelling all 34 dates because she felt her show wasn't "ready".According to Martin, Eurovision - like some other modern shows - has now become "more of a light show"."I like the light show but the songs seem to have disappeared a bit in the modern era," he suggested."However, we should still participate because it's the biggest show in the world."It's great for new songwriters, it's a great extravaganza."What else do we have on TV other than the soaps? A billion [viewers] can't all be wrong."However, Martin feels that his band has already achieved the Eurovision milestone and isn't keen to repeat the experience.In the years that followed Brotherhood Of Man's win, the song remained the world's highest-selling Eurovision single ever.Some speculate that Brotherhood of Man's songs were inspired by Abba, who had won Eurovision two years earlier, but Martin says this wasn't the case.In fact, when they were offered the song 'Mamma Mia', which was then made famous by Abba, they were forced

"That was a really famous moment. How many people win a medal for their country apart from sportsmen and athletes?" he questioned."It's only when you look back [that you] say: 'How did I do that?'"Every year we [Britain] try to win it and seem to fail."It's a totally different ballgame now than how it used to be, so you realise what it meant.

Eurovision today leaves a lot to be desired.Talking exclusively in an interview with Express.co.uk, the multi-million selling artist responded earnestly when asked what he would change about it."How long have you got?" he exclaimed, before adding that the music had "slipped away" from the show."There's no orchestra anymore. If you can't sing with an orchestra anymore, what's the point?" he questioned."I feel, to me, the music has slipped away a little bit, as I'm a songwriter."He added: "Eurovision has changed quite dramatically [since the 70s].

Eurovision nowadays, as it has “changed so much” over the years. The singer said the singing contest is “no longer what it was”, compared to when her band Abba won the show back in 1974.Answering if she watches Eurovision on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast Show today, Frida said: “I’m sorry to say no I don’t.

Eurovision back in the early 90s.The EastEnders actress began her career by representing England in the contest with her performance of A Message To Your Heart.Samantha performed back in March 1991 aged 18, when she won the annual A Song for Europe competition to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest.She finished joint tenth and the song, A Message to Your Heart, peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.Speaking on the experience with Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 show, Samantha said: “I just always remember that era as being kind of breaking into ladette culture, you know everything just seems a bit loud, crazy and mad.

Eurovision Song Contest after singing his song Embers.The singer spoke for the first time about his experience on Lorraine Kelly’s show today.The presenter told him he "sang his heart out and gave it his all” and slammed "rotters" for not voting for him.After the interview ended, she said he was “lovely” to speak to.Earlier this week, Lorraine said the song was “rubbish” and branded the public “too stupid” to pick a talented singer to represent the UK.She said: “Poor old James got zero, zilch, nada, nothing in Rotterdam this weekend."We all used to vote for who we liked, and then they took it away from the public because obviously we’re too stupid and ever since then we’ve been rubbish.That’s all I’ve got to say about that.”Rob Lowe says

Coronation Street actor Tristan Gemmill, 53, has taken to Twitter to blast Amanda Holden for her "arrogant" remarks during Saturday night's Eurovision Song Contest.The ITV media personality was delivering the UK's points when she said good evening in French and Dutch, before claiming not to know which language was which.In view of his nearly 25,000 followers, the actor slammed the star for her presentation of the UK's points.He wrote: "The lowlight of the evening wasn’t the nul points, but Amanda Holden demonstrating perfectly why Europe thinks we’re an arrogant nation with a grossly overrated sense of our own importance, and why no one will ever vote for us."What a staggering misread of an audience that was," he added.Saturday evening saw

Lorraine Kelly took to social media yesterday to clarify some comments she made about Eurovision 2021 on her ITV programme earlier in the day.The presenter spoke out after the UK's entry James Newman came last, scoring nil points.Lorraine was referring to the programme in which the British public would help choose the act who would represent the UK in the competition.“We have to do something," she said of the disappointing result on Monday's show."Do you know what happened? Do you remember we used to have a show on the BBC and we all used to vote for who we liked?"And then they took that away from the public because obviously we’re too stupid.“And ever since then, we’ve been rubbish.That’s all I’ve got to say about that,” she said.However,

Eurovision have issued a statement confirming the Italian winner of the 2021 contest did not take drugs in the green room.This came after speculation arose over a video from the live show.In a statement, Eurovision bosses confirmed David had taken a voluntary drug test as well as them examining footage.This read: "Following allegations of drug use in the Green Room of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final on Saturday 22 May, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as requested by the Italian delegation, has conducted a thorough review of the facts, including checking all available footage."A drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer of the band Måneskin which has returned a negative result seen by the