The BBC has confirmed to The Euro Trip Podcast that reporting that its selected act for Eurovision 2026 has been dropped is incorrect.

The Sun reported on Friday evening that the act that the BBC had chosen to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2026 was dropped after “major concerns relating to historic comments made online”. The BBC has now challenged this reporting, confirming to The Euro Trip Podcast that the act being referenced had not been selected to represent the United Kingdom in Vienna.

The BBC has confirmed that no offer or contract had been made to the act to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. A spokesperson told The Euro Trip Podcast:

 “A rigorous due diligence process is always undertaken before an act is offered the opportunity to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision. We will be announcing this year’s chosen act shortly.”

The BBC is once again internally selecting the United Kingdom’s representative and entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Andrew Cartmell and David May are leading the BBC’s search for the United Kingdom’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. David May was formerly the manager of Sam Ryder, who represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2022, and was Project Director for the BBC in Eurovision in 2025. Andrew Cartmell remains as the Head of Delegation; this will be his eighth Eurovision Song Contest since first holding the role in 2012.

Remember Monday represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2025 in Basel with their song “What The Hell Just Happened?”. They finished in 19th place with 88 points. For the second year in a row, the United Kingdom did not receive any points from the public vote.

Source: The Euro Trip

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest+

The United Kingdom debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 and holds the record for the most consecutive appearances in the contest. To date, the UK has won the contest a total of five times, with their first victory coming in 1967 and their latest in 1997. The UK holds the record for the most second-place finishes in the contest, having been runner-up a total of 16 times. Since 2000 the UK has finished within the top 10 only three times, this being in 2002 with Jessica Garlick, 2009 with Jade Ewen and 2022 with Sam Ryder who finished 2nd in Turin.