There's an extra reason for people from Newcastle to cheer on the UK at Eurovision this year - as our entry has a connection to the city.
After being cancelled last year due to coronavirus, the annual event is back in style this year with 26 countries battling it out in Saturday's final.
And one of the acts this year is the United Kingdom's James Newman, who will hope to get plenty of votes with his track Embers.
The song caused a bit of a stir when it was premiered a few years ago, with plenty of Eurovision fans heralding it as our best entry for years.
James is already a well established songwriter, having penned tracks for the likes of Little Mix, Jess Glynne, brother John Newman and Rudimental, with him having a hand in their Brit winning number 1 Waiting All Night.
And his music career started on Tyneside when he studied for a degree in Popular Music at Newcastle University.
James was meant to be representing the UK at Eurovision last year before Covid got in the way and reacting to his selection, of one his old uni mates tweeted: "Love love love @JamesNewmanUk was the first person I ever recorded when I was studying sound production at Newcastle.
"He was on another course in the same place and his voice stopped me in my tracks as it was just incredible. So proud of you fella."
James had a trip back to the Toon with some of his uni friends at the end of 2016, posting a picture of them together with the caption: "What an awesome weekend reuniting with amazing friends and visiting our old Uni town and Halls!"
Unfortunately for James, bookies aren't tipping him to do too well, with some taking bets on him finishing bottom of the leaderboard and Betfair having him at 250/1 to win.
