Ahead of their competing performance on ‘Eurovision: You Decide’, we spoke to the Goldstone girls.

Did you know that it’s been a whopping NINETEEN years since a girl band last represented the United Kingdom in Eurovision? Back in 1999, Precious managed to make it to twelfth place with ‘Say It Again’, which is no mean feat. However, there’s a new girl band on the scene who could be our next entrant. Meet Goldstone.

Goldstone comprise of Aimie Atkinson, Helen K Wint and Rhiannon Porter, and were selected out of thousand of entrants to be part of the final six performers to battle it out on BBC’s ‘Eurovision: You Decide’ on the 7th February.

Their song ‘I Feel The Love’ is an electro-pop barnstormer, co-written and produced by Swedish songwriter Joakim Buddee. Eric Lumiere also helped to write the song, alongside Grammy-nominated and ‘The X Factor’ contestant Laura White.

Ahead of their all-important performance, we caught up with the girls during their busy rehearsal schedule to find out a bit more about them, their Eurovision faves, and what it would mean to represent the United Kingdom.

Hey girls, how are you feeling ahead of your performance on ‘Eurovision: You Decide’?

We are beyond excited! We just want to get out on stage now and do what we do. Rehearsals have been amazing but we are ready now to get up on that stage and sing for our lives.

Can you describe ‘I Feel The Love’ in five words?

Positive upbeat, hopefully, joyful empowering

What was the process like to get onto the show, did you audition or were you selected?

We went through a lot of auditions. It was a lengthy process so when we finally found out we were one of the final six we were so over the moon. We were travelling to a gig up north so we were all in the car together when we got the call. We were all screaming our heads off we were so happy.

What’s the ‘Goldstone’ story? How did you find one another?

Aimie: me and Helen met on the tour of Dirty Dancing we travelled around the country together for a year and we loved singing together so much that when the tour finished we didn’t want it to end. We created Goldstone so we could continue travelling and singing together. We met Rhiannon at a audition and from that moment we’ve not stopped. It’s been a crazy roller-coaster and ‘Eurovision You Decide’ is the icing on the cake.

What is your all-time favourite song from Eurovision history?

Aimie: I loved Blue’s ‘I Can’. I had a big Blue party with my friends and we all had blue face paint on!

Rhiannon: Lordi’s Hard Rock Hallelujah. I’m a rocker at heart and I thought they were amazing.

Helen: I love Katrina and the Wave’s Shine a Light. I did a panto with her just after she won the Eurovision and she was so nice. I was in awe of her.

If you get selected to represent the United Kingdom, you’ll be the country’s first girl band since Precious in 1999. Knowing there has only been one girl band to represent the country in the past, how does that make you feel? A lot of pressure, or excitement?

I think we would be beyond excited. To be the first girl band since precious would be such an honour!

Aimie, we’ve got to talk about your musical achievements! You won BBC Radio 2’s ‘Voice of Musical Theatre’ award and starred in Lin Manuel-Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ musical. What musical is on your dream list to perform in and why?

Daniela in ‘In The Heights’ was a dream role for me! I was so lucky to be a part of such a fabulous show. I love doing new shows as you get to create something completely unique and that no one has ever seen before. I’ve just finished playing Katherine Howard in ‘Six’, a new musical about the six wives of Henry the 8th. My girlfriend played Anne of Cleves and it was such a wonderful experience and such an exciting show!

Rhiannon, you are also a seasoned musical star. How does the musical stage compare to the Eurovision stage?

I don’t think anything can compare to singing on the Eurovision stage. It’s the biggest singing competition in the world with millions of viewers so if we get the chance to represent the UK at Lisbon it will definitely be the biggest performance of my life and I don’t think anything can prepare you for what it will feel like.

Helen, there seems to be a real gap in the market for a new British girlband. What does ‘Goldstone’ represent?

Goldstone represents strong independent women! We truly believe anything is possible if you have faith in yourself and work hard. We have come together as a trio to try and make our dreams come true and we are already so happy and proud to make it this far.

We were all inspired by bands such as the Spice Girls so now they’re back together, we would love to be their support act!!

Best of luck, girls! 🙂

You can watch Goldstone perform their entry ‘I Feel The Love’ on ‘Eurovision: You Decide’ on the 7th February on BBC Two at 7.30pm.

You can follow Goldstone on their Twitter and Instagram pages, as well as on their website.