Eurovision sleuths convinced John Newman is representing the UK in Rotterdam

We’re just a day away from finding out who will be representing the United Kingdom at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

But diehard fans reckon they’ve already figured out who will be unveiled.

The rumour mill has predicted that John Newman will be repping the UK in Rotterdam and we’ve got to say, we’re feeling this.

On Tuesday, the BBC shared a teaser video for the entry – due to be announced on Thursday 27 February – showing a figure walking through a snowy forest, surrounded by towering trees.

And social media sleuths proved they’re basically unpaid detectives as they unearthed clues connecting the video to Newman, 29.

Back in January, the Love Me Again singer shared a picture from a very similar looking forest – albeit without the snow – and captioned it: ‘A walk in the woods takes the stress away! All i need is a sauna and a freezing cold lake to get in then marshmellows by the fire! Jn summed up [sic].’

pic.twitter.com/0eIs0YI6W0

— BBC Eurovision🇬🇧 (@bbceurovision) February 25, 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7yZ4KDBLgY/

And John just added more fuel to the fire with a series of tweets.

One read: ‘Nearly time for a head to head that’s been coming a while’, another: ‘Huge week incoming’ – both of which have now been deleted.

However, a remaining tweet reads: ‘Sush sush whispers. Im locked loaded and ready hahaha’, while another said: ‘Im ready. Take me into next week like……’

Im ready. Take me into next week like…… pic.twitter.com/UxXzKQp6qU

— John Newman (@JohnNewmanMusic) February 25, 2020

And another deleted tweet, reading ‘It’s a family affair’, has Eurovision fans believing John’s brother James Newman is also involved in the UK entry – or could be going it alone.

James is a Grammy nominated songwriter who has written tunes like Blame, by his brother and Calvin Harris, All I Am by Jess Glynne and Waiting All Night by Rudimental and Ella Eyre.

He also has experience at Eurovision – he penned the song Dying For Try for Brendan Murray, which represented Ireland in 2017 but failed to make it to the grand final.

Another piece of the puzzle? James is signed to BMG, who, along with the BBC, were in charge of choosing the UK’s Eurovision entry, in lieu of a public vote.

While nothing has been confirmed, people are pretty buzzing at the thought of John heading to Eurovision, saying it would be the first time in a while that it looked like the contest was being taken seriously in the UK.

if the rumours are true that John Newman is representing UK at #Eurovision… then bring it on. he’s got a fantastic voice and he’s also a great writer. Love Me Again was a massive hit across Europe so that’s promising 🤞 pic.twitter.com/td8VionEZN

— MJ🌚 (@mjritc) February 25, 2020

If the rumours are true and it is John Newman, I’ll be happy with that! 🇬🇧 #Eurovision #ESC

— El Lucendahl – THE ROOP IS ON FIRE. 🇸🇪🇱🇹 (@eurolucington) February 25, 2020

Thought about John Newman with the trophy and now I am not prepared for anything else xx

— harriet (@harriet_minns) February 25, 2020

If the UK sending John Newman there will be no choice but to stan

— Bᴇɴᴊᴛᴀɪɢɴᴇ 🇦🇺 (@icelandistan) February 25, 2020

Some Internet detectives believe it’s James Newman, brother of John Newman who wrote the song. Others believe it’s the other way around. So John or James Newman with one writing and the other singing.

— Olivia. Mac Arthur (@oliviamaca3_mac) February 25, 2020

John’s big break came in 2012 when he provided the vocals for Rudimental’s number one hit Feel The Love, and the following year, he had one of the biggest hits of 2013 with his debut single Love Me Again.

He has also had smashes with Blame with Calvin Harris, Give Me Your Love with Sigala and Nile Rodgers, and his solo songs Come And Get It and Olé.

Last year, speaking to Metro.co.uk about returning to music after being hospitalised for a brain tumour in 2016, John said he was no longer ‘chasing hits’.

The Yorkshire singer said: ‘I was like I either keep doing music this way, and it keeps declining, and I keep going deeper into depression, or I stop and I go live my life somewhere else, I don’t need to live in London. Or the third option was I go see somebody, I deal with this, and I make music that expresses myself and get my heart out and love every second and not give a s*** about the formula like I used to. So I decided to go for that option.

‘If that doesn’t work, I’ll go live on a farm, because I’m not going back to that, I’m not going back to trying to score a goal from the other end of the pitch.’

The UK, which automatically gets through to the Eurovision grand final due to being one of the Big Five, hasn’t had the best luck at the contest in recent years.

Blue had the best showing for the UK in the past decade, coming 11th in 2011 with I Can, but last year, Michael Rice came dead last with his song Bigger Than Us.

And the UK has come 24th three times in the past five years (with Electro Velvet, Joe and Jake and SuRie).

The 2020 Eurovision entrant for the UK will be announced tomorrow on BBC Breakfast with Greg James and on Radio 2 with Ken Bruce.

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