Sam Ryder’s manager recruited in search for UK’s Eurovision 2025 entry

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Sam Ryder’s manager has been recruited to help find the contestant that will represent the UK at Eurovision 2025.The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland, with the final taking place in May 2025.

This comes after Nemo clinched victory for Switzerland at Eurovision 2024 with their track ‘The Code’. It marked the nation’s first win since 1988, as well as the first-ever non-binary winner of Eurovision.Now, ahead of next year’s instalment, the BBC is searching for the next act who will represent the UK, and have enlisted help from music industry figure David May.May worked closely with the BBC team back in 2022 as the manager of UK contestant Sam Ryder.

At the final of the competition, Ryder pulled the most impressive results in recent memory for the UK – coming in second place, just behind Ukraine.As well as being Ryder’s manager, May has also reached over 200million streams as a writer and producer, has over 17 years of experience in the industry, and was nominated for Music Week’s Manager of the Year in 2023 (as per BBC News).

He also has successes including a chart-topping UK album, two Number Two singles, and nominations for both BRIT and Emmy awards.He will be working with BBC Studios North Executive Producer Andrew Cartmell in leading the UK search ahead of Eurovision 2025.“I’m excited to be working with BBC Studios and the BBC on this journey.