We'd Do Anything... for a point or two

September is a notoriously sparse month for Eurovision news, but here in the UK we've had two Contest-tastic nuggets in less than a week.

Hot on the heels of the news of the juries' return in Moscow, today (Wednesday), several newspapers are reporting that HRH Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (thank you to Look Around You for that joke) is playing a key role in next year's selection process for the United Kingdom.

It's unlikely Sir Andy will be penning our 2009 tune (he's not too hot at bringing songs to a close in under three minutes), but he could be taking on a mentor-type role in an I'd Do Anything/Any Dream Will Do-type primetime selection process which will marry up a singer with a song.

Nothing has been confirmed by the BBC yet - but it sounds encouraging.

(NOTE: In 1969, the not-yet-famous Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice submitted a song called Try It and See for the BBC's Eurovision panel to consider as a potential entry for Lulu to perform in Madrid. The tune never made it through the first sift. You can now hear a reworked version of that entry throughout the world in productions of Jesus Christ Superstar. It's called King Herod's Song).