British-American rock band best known for Walking on Sunshine and Love Shine a Light
Parliamentary committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage is bringing BBC chiefs and music-industry experts before MPs to question how the UK selects its Eurovision entrant and why the country has endured a string of poor results. Bulgaria won in 2026; the UK finished last with Look Mum No Computer in Burgas next year’s contest will be hosted in Bulgaria.
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died in a hospital in Portugal after an illness. She rose to fame with Total Eclipse of the Heart in 1983 and later hits such as Holding Out for a Hero. She had been hospitalized for emergency intestinal surgery in Faro and was in an induced coma earlier this year; her family confirmed the death.