Eurovision 2017: What are the UK's chances of winning?

Lucie Jones flies the flag in the bid to end 20 years of hurt, but will Brexit get in the way?

Lucie Jones
(Image credit: Matt Cardy / Getty)

It's been 20 years of Eurovision hurt for the UK, which hasn't seen a single entry in the song contest win since 3 May 1997, when Katrina and the Waves secured a landslide to match Tony Blair's victory just a few days earlier.

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