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Join our Eurovision 2021 live chat at 10am with Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker

Join Eurovision winner Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz fame in an unmissable live Facebook interview with The Mirror on Friday, 21st May at 10am.

As Eurovision 2021 is finally upon us, the exciting 65th ceremony is set to take place on Saturday 22nd May in Rotterdam, in The Netherlands, and the theme is Open Up.

Eurovision 2020 was sadly cancelled due to Covid, but this year the organisers were determined to put on a show and make up for lost time, with the same acts returning but with new songs.

Covid measures are in place, with the countries all bubbled up separately and remaining in their hotel rooms unless they are performing or rehearsing.

Cheryl Baker will be taking part in a live Facebook chat with The Mirror (Getty Images Europe)

But despite stringent measures, the contest has not been unaffected by Covid, as Iceland's entry Daði og Gagnamagnið was forced to pull out from performing live after testing positive.

Instead, footage from his rehearsals will be used so he can still remain in the competition.

With the UK sending James Newman to perform his hit single Embers as our entry, the pressure is on as we tend to fare badly in the contest - but could this be our year?

Bucks Fizz won Eurovision in 1981 with hit song Making Your Mind Up (FG/LFI)

Broadcasting live on Facebook, we will be speaking to Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker, who knows what it takes to create a winning entry after she scooped the gong in 1981 with Making Your Mind Up.

Since then, Katrina and the Waves' Love Shine a Light has been our only winner, and that was in 1997 - with our mortifying "nul points" occurring in 2003 for Jemini's Cry Baby, for which it may have been warranted.

Cheryl will be spilling the beans on her Eurovision experience as well as what the band, now called The Fizz and comprising Cheryl along with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston, are getting up to these days.

We will discuss the bookies favourites and the most bizarre entires fans can look forward to seeing on Saturday.

You can let us know your thoughts, predictions, favourites and any burning questions in the live interview, ensuring you sit down in front of the telly to wave your flags with the most informed opinion, which you can share with us during the show with #Eurovision on socials.

* Live chat begins at 10am, Friday 21st May

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