What went wrong to remember Monday? How Girl Group had a night to forget during the Eurovision Songfestival with short opportunities, brutal snubs and the kiss of the death of Graham Norton – but still a megabuck record deal in these!

What just happened?

Those were the words that echoed in Great Britain when the Austrian entry JJ convincingly won the 69th annual Eurovision Songfestival in St. Jakobshalle Arena in Basel on Saturday evening.

Again, it was a night to forget the UK as British access Think of Monday -consisting of Hampshire-featured singers Lauren Byne, Holly-Anne Hull And Charlotte Steele – came nineteenth with a gloomy 88 points.

Not that British Eurovision fans expected good at home in bitter disappointment that they would win this competition with a certain margin.

But there was the first optimism, no matter how vague, that the catchy, rural soaked song of the band that has just happened? Could light a fire under difficult to process European voters.

Unfortunately, their song title became a grim reality when voters throughout Europe set the UK in a humiliating blow for the second consecutive year.

However, their 88 points – awarded by the Eurovision Jury – have indicated a sort of progress for besieged British by improving the disastrous score of 46 Olly Alexander in 2024.

And let’s not forget the silver lining that surrounds this particularly dark cloud, whereby the girls have drawn a potentially lucrative record deal with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The girls chose the positive points from Saturday’s performance in an official statement, said: ‘Three best friends suffered the largest music stage in the world and came out with a top 10 juryscore, massive streaming numbers and memories that last a lifetime.

‘Performance on Eurovision was one of the most surrealistic and emotional moments of our lives. The love we felt of fans, our incredible team and everyone who streamed, voted and believed in us has been overwhelming. ‘

They added: ‘This is just the start for Remember Monday. We have new music on your way, a headline tour in the UK and Ireland this year, a summer full of festivals, and we will hit the stage in Wembley Stadium for the summer ball … not a big deal!

“We are so grateful for the platform, the media support and every new fan who joined us with this wild trip.”

Yet the result of Saturday left a lot to be desired, so where did it all go wrong for this year’s entry?

The Olly Alexander effect

Perhaps the rocks started when the band looked at the advice of Alexander, whose regular success with years and years made him a favorite for last year’s competition – for advice.

Rather asked what his advice would be to the next Eurovision participant, Alexander said: ‘Buy a good therapist. ‘

Spend against Sun While they prepared for Saturday’s showpiece, member Lauren revealed that they had listened to him – despite his bad show in Sweden.

She said: “Yes. I think everyone should have a therapist. And we do that. We are very lucky that we do that. ‘

The singer also stated that they would not let criticism or the scores in the night come online.

She said: ‘As an artist you just have to accept that what you do is not loved by everyone.

There Are people who don’t like Taylor Swift. I think they are a bit crazy, but they do exist. So you know, we can’t be for everyone and that’s fine. ‘

Norton’s Kiss of Death

Show commentator Graham Norton had previously tempted the fate by claiming the group of courageous “has a big advantage in the sense that they are different from any other act this year”.

“Their singing and harmonies are flawless, the song has a very strong hook and the trio is extremely sympathetic,” he said earlier this month.

“With a decent place in the current order, they have to do very well.”

Norton said that successful acts have good songs with a “hook” and “interesting staging”.

He added: ‘It doesn’t have to be complicated, only smart and fresh. Finally, and this is the most difficult of all, the action must be sympathetic and somehow transfer their personality to the audience. Don’t forget great singing. ‘

Short opportunities

Despite the high expectations of Norton and their energetic routine, the chance was not to their advantage that Ladbrokes mainly claimed that they would finish in last place than before.

In a crushing blow to their chances of success, the girls were arranged at only 66/1 to take the trophy home by bookmakers, with nine other countries that rise for them.

Their chances of getting in last place was much closer to only 3/1, while the chance that they scored ‘zero points’ on 12/1.

Prior to the competition, Alex Apati van Ladbrokes said: “Remember that Monday needs nothing less than a miracle to be upset in Switzerland tonight, if the last chances are something to pass by.”

The United Kingdom last ended triumphantly in the competition 27 years ago with the victory of Katrina and the waves in 1997, with their track Love Shine a Light.

Remember that Monday had Fallen far behind Sweden and Austria, who were both the leading favorites of the Bookmakers to win the Songfestival of 2025 Eurovision.

Europe doesn’t really love us

In one of the most politically charged Eurovision -song competitions, Austria rushed to victory, while Israel – whose action was impeded by protests – achieved second place.

Millions of viewers throughout Europe voted to see who would take the crown home, while JJ Die Austria represented the victory in the grand finale of Saturday evening after two semi -final shows earlier this week.

The Yuval Raphael of Israel, who survived the massacre of October 7 in 2023, was the second with New Day, will rise, performed in Hebrew, French and English.

The singer remained ‘shaken and upset’ after two pro-Palestinian demonstrators ran to her during her performance.

In the meantime, the organizers confirmed that a backstage of a crew member was hit with paint but was not injured.

While the UK managed to achieve 88 points from the professional jury, it was again a snub of the European voting public.

HOWEVER…

Despite their failure at the Eurovision Song Contest, the Girl band has signed a contract with seven digits with musical Supremo Andrew Lloyd Webber and will release songs this year.

As reported by Katie Hind voor de Post on Sunday, the £ 1 million deal was awarded because the impresario is convinced that the group can be enormous.

A source said: “Andrew is genuinely enthusiastic by Remember Monday – he really thinks they have something special, both in their vocal possibilities and with their presence on stage.”

The band will be represented by the other songs Music Company that Lord Lloyd-Webber was founded with his sons Billy and Alistair.

The company is aimed at cherishing songwriting talent and it is proud to create unique opportunities for emerging and established artists.

The source added: ‘He is completely convinced that they can take effect as a result of Eurovision.

“For some actions, the competition is a final throw of the dice, but the new label agreement shows how much belief he has with bigger things now.”