Ahead of the Scottish Referendum on September 18, politicians are debating the pros and cons of an independent Scotland. As they debate currency, higher education and membership to the European Union, the team at wiwibloggs have more pressing concerns: Who would sing for Scotland at Eurovision? Scottish Eurovision fan Steve McPherson shares his shortlist.

We all know that Scotland has some amazing musical talent, but I’m not going to select anyone who has already hit the big time. I just don’t think that works. Instead, an independent Scotland should follow the UK’s 2014 selection and take a chance on a fresh, relatively unknown artist. Would Scotland suffer the same fate as the UK? Not necessarily. Perhaps not being associated with the rest of the UK might give Scotland a fresh look in the eyes of Europeans. Hold on to your flags: We might get some points!

Emma’s Imagination

No stranger to television music contests Emma, already won the Sky talent show “Must Be The Music”. But she hasn’t had as much recognition as she deserves. She was signed to Gary Barlow’s record label, which, sadly, he closed. We all know Gary can pen a great song so, Gary, come over to the bright side and write a Eurovision entry for the “new” Scotland! Here’s our girl singing “This Day”…

Colin MacIntyre

I’ve followed Colin for years. Most of his stuff is released under the name “Mull Historical Society” and he has charted several times over the years. A multi-instrumentalist, Colin is uber talented and would be a perfect representative for Scottish music. He also had a song called “Watching Xanadu”, so I’m sure there’s some Eurovision link there already…

Astrid

The name might sound Scandinavian but they are not. Or should I say they were not. Sadly, this band split up before they even got going. Maybe Eurovision can bring them back together? I’d love that. Here’s one of my favourite songs from them – “Modes Of Transport”…

Scots Waaahey

Cheese, cheese we need some cheese. I wouldn’t be doing Eurovision justice if I didn’t form the most cheesiest band ever and put them forward to represent Scotland. I would call this band “Scots Waaahey” – they have all been on reality TV shows and then lost, lost forever in the Scottish glens or something. Ladies and Gentleman – a supergroup, well a group made up of lots of individuals anyway…

Step forward, David Sneddon, The MacDonald Brothers, Leon Jackson, Nicholas McDonald, Darius Campbell, Ainslie Henderson. May the cheese be with you.

Karen Matheson

Some people might think us Scots talk another language and it does sometimes annoy me that we get subtitled on the television even though we are speaking English at the time. However, we do have our own language (in your face England!), and it’s called Gaelic. I’m always a big fan of Eurovision songs that are performed in the country’s native language so in my eyes there’s only one person who could do Scotland proud by singing in the mother tongue. Karen Matheson, lead singer of Capercaille…

They’re a real up and coming band in Scotland right now. I only recently discovered them and have watched this video many times over the last few days. They show what Scotland is capable of…

Subo Sande

Okay! I know I said I wouldn’t pick anyone who is already mega famous but hey: it’s my rules and I can do what I like. Can you imagine if Emeli Sandé and Susan Boyle, probably the most famous singers from Scotland right now, teamed up and performed a duet? I think Europe would go into meltdown… I write songs, so I’m happy to pen something for ’em.

There we have it! Whether Scotland votes yes or no remains uncertain, but at least we know who they could send to Eurovision.

What Scottish acts would you like to see at ESC?