Steps’ comeback single was basically like ‘Eurovision meets a 70s dancefloor with a disco ball spinning over our heads’ but the band have ruled out ever performing at the annual international TV song competition.

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And it’s all because they refuse to gamble their legacy on the competition that has in recent years seen the UK perform extremely poorly.

‘I love the idea of it but I just think that [Britain’s] track record is not great and I don’t know if I want to add that to our legacy,’ Claire Richards told ITV’s morning magazine show Lorraine after discussion turned to the show and the possibility that the band may represent the UK in 2018.

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Voting on the annual competition is meant to be based on individual performances and song choices, but in recent years European politics has began to play heavily in the competitions, leading to poor results for British acts.




Lisa Scott-Lee added that ‘it’s a gamble, that we are not willing to take’ but Ian H Watkins was more optimisticm revealing that he loves the show: ‘I love cheese, bring on the cheese!’

This year’s Eurovision act for the UK is Lucie Jones, a former X Factor hopeful who was picked by the public as part of the celebration.

The final version of Lucie’s track Never Give Up On You was released on Saturday with an official music video and it features a darker, stronger musical tone.

Metro.co.uk described it as ‘more haunting, more impactful and has more power in the second half of the song’ so fingers crossed for a good result on May 13 this year.

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