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Eurovision shock as UK’s entrant is secretly AXED after ‘unacceptable comments and behaviour’
EUROVISION 2026 has been rocked by another scandal – this time after BBC bosses were forced to secretly axe the planned UK act.
The Sun can reveal that the BBC were left with no choice but to drop the person after routine checks flagged a string of major concerts relating to historic comments made online.
Bosses hauled the act – who is a solo artist – into a meeting where they were dramatically told they would no longer be representing the UK.
As well as the performer, the song was also ready to go – with the track being played to a number of industry high-flyers to gauge the reaction.
It means that for the past month staff have been desperately trying to find a replacement act in time for the impending submission deadline.
A source said: “The BBC can’t take any chances with Eurovision being such a pressure cooker this year.
“Routine checks brought up past behaviour that just didn’t line up.
“It was brutal but they were dragged into a meeting and told they could no longer represent the UK. “Naturally the person was mortified and devastated.
“It’s been a mess ever since the start of the year trying to find a new act.”
The BBC says: “A rigorous due diligence process is always undertaken before an Act is offered the opportunity to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision. We will be announcing this year’s chosen act shortly.”
The Sun understands the discovery isn’t linked to the Middle East Conflict, and a new act was hurriedly picked this week.
It comes after a rough few months for Eurovision.
In December, multiple countries threatened to boycott the competition after Israel was green-lit to compete.
A planned vote by the EBU resulted in five countries quitting.
This year’s competition will take place in Vienna, Austria.
The final grand final is slated for May 16.
Last year the UK were represented by girlband Remember Monday.
Sadly they failed to repeat the success of Sam Ryder in 2022 and suffered the same fate as 2023 act Mae Muller and 2024 act Olly Alexander.
