EUROVISION UK entry Remember Monday have a secret TV past after wowing the judges on The Voice six years ago.
The UK’s Eurovision hopefuls are ready to take Europe by storm but it turns out this isn’t their first shot at fame.
Remember Monday are already pretty famous[/caption]
All four judges turned for Remember Monday back in 2019[/caption]
The group went on tour with Jennifer Hudson and have met Katy Perry[/caption]
The pop-country trio, made up of Charlotte Steele, Lauren Byrne, and Holly-Anne Hull, were revealed as the UK’s entry with their song What The Hell Just Happened?
And eagle-eyed fans might remember seeing Remember Monday on TV before.
Back in 2019, the band made all four judges turn their chairs on The Voice UK with a stunning blind audition performance of Seal’s Kiss From A Rose.
They made it all the way to the quarter-finals, mentored by Jennifer Hudson, who was so impressed she even invited them onto her US talk show last year.
The trio first met in sixth form in Farnborough, Hampshire, in 2013 and originally called themselves Houston.
They later changed their name to Remember Monday because they used to sing together during their Monday free periods.
But Holly’s brush with fame started even earlier — at 13, she won a Disney Channel talent show called My Camp Rock and landed a record deal, but was later dropped by the label.
Despite the setbacks, the girls chased their dreams individually too — Holly starred in Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, Lauren lit up the stage in Six: The Musical and Matilda, and Charlotte made her West End debut aged ten as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins before working as a vocal coach and choreographer.
In 2023, the trio decided to go all in, quitting their solo careers to focus on Remember Monday full-time.
Speaking about their Eurovision entry, they told The Sun “What The Hell Just Happened is exactly how we’re feeling right now! It’s all very surreal.
“Our friendship goes so far back, and we definitely never imagined that we’d be doing anything like this.
“When you’re a kid and people ask you what you want to be when you grow up, an absolute classic is, ‘I wanna be a pop star’.
“So the fact that we’re getting the chance to live that dream as three best friends is just wild.
“We’re going to be the first girlband to represent the UK since 1999, which feels like such a crazy honour.”
The song — co-written with Billen Ted (who’ve worked with Little Mix and Anne-Marie) and Thomas Stengaard (who wrote Denmark’s 2013 Eurovision-winning hit Only Teardrops) — has already been compared to Abba and rising star Chappell Roan.
The girls have built a loyal following online, with over 500,000 TikTok followers, and played their first sold-out tour last year.
But despite their determination, the odds aren’t exactly in their favour.
William Hill is offering 20/1 for them to win, while Ladbrokes is even less optimistic at 33/1.
Still, with a powerful song, a decade-long friendship, and a knack for making an impression, Remember Monday are ready to give it their all in Basel, Switzerland, on May 17.
The girls met at school[/caption]
