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‘Nobody can prepare you for it’: SuRie takes on Eurovision year after that stage invasion


SuRie has moved on from that stage invasion (Picture: Pedro Gomes/Getty Images)

Michael Rice will be taking to a global stage this Saturday night, hoping he can get the United Kingdom back on the left hand side of the leaderboard in the Eurovision Song Contest.

And nobody knows what he’s feeling more than SuRie.

The songstress represented the UK last year with her song Storm, but while she did the country proud with her performance, her time at Eurovision will be remembered for one thing.

During SuRie’s performance, a stage invader ran on, grabbed her microphone and shouted: ‘For the Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom’ – causing absolute chaos.

SuRie continued on with her performance, and ended up coming 24th – and while the incident was traumatic, she’s moving on.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk, the 30-year-old said: ‘I think enough time has passed. Although because of the time it is, there have been cases of people posting the video online – but it’s in a kind way, with a really positive message or tweet. It has been going around again, but it hasn’t been a problem. 

‘Twelve months later, all the kind responses and the amazing reactions overshadow anything negative I experienced in those 10 seconds.’

Michael is representing the UK this year (Picture: Splash)

Now, she’s passing the torch on to Michael, 21, who is hoping his song Bigger Than Us will impress Europe, and SuRie’s been giving as much advice as she can – to a point.

She said: ‘We’ve been chatting quite a bit, I spoke to him the night before he flew out to Tel Aviv. There’s lots of things that I want him to discover himself and have his experience and his moment, and work it out in his wonderful way. I’d never want him to feel that I was telling him how to do it, or treading on his toes. 

‘But I’ve given him advice on a couple of things that I think he needs to know on the way out there. But until you’re out there, nobody can prepare you for that.’

And while Michael gears up for the biggest performance of his career, SuRie is kicking back and soaking up Eurovision like the rest of us.

‘It’s really exciting to be a punter. I get to be a regular audience member. I watched the first semi-final and I found it so exciting, knowing the amount of energy and emotion and care that goes into each of those three minute mini-shows. It was really thrilling. 

SuRie is releasing her new single tomorrow (Picture: PR)

‘I loved Australia, oh my goodness. I know, thanks to experience, how busy and nerve-wracking it is in the wings, and the fact that she just calmly performed on a seven foot pole while everybody else is freaking out is amazing. I love the whole Kate Bush vibe.

Duncan Laurence from the Netherlands is my absolute favourite, as soon as I heard that song. It really speaks to me as an artist, it’s my cup of tea. I haven’t seen any clips stage wise – Eurovision can have such amazing tracks, but so much of it depends on the night, with all the elements coming together – so I’m intrigued to see how it’s staged. 

‘It’s so good for the world of Eurovision. it challenges the stigma and the attitudes towards the competition that aren’t always so positive or supportive or accepting of the contest.’

But while she’s sitting out Eurovision this year, SuRie – real name Susanna Marie Cork – isn’t disassociating herself from the brand. She will be performing at Bar Pop in Manchester’s big Eurovision party this Saturday, and credits the contest with widening her fanbase.

She told us: ‘It’s given me an international audience of incredibly kind, loyal, supportive fans. I had a particular style at Eurovision with Storm, but the kind of songwriter I am, I’ve been able to offer them original compositions of my own, and they’re willing to listen to them, even if it’s not a banger. They’ve come to shows of mine that have a piano and a string orchestra, and they’ve been so wonderful. I have this new single coming out on Friday, which I wrote before the Eurovision madness took over, so I can’t wait to see what they think of that sound.’

This single is Only You And I, which will give fans a whole new perspective on SuRie.

‘It’s a little bit more of a moody, indie pop song, I love the cinematic soundscape. It’s a special track for me personally and lyrically, it’s about one of those on off relationships we can all relate to, in different strands of our lives.’

Only You And I is out on 17 May and is available on all platforms. 



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