Although the UK has, over the years, produced some of the world’s most successful artists, that kind of success has rarely been repeated at Eurovision.
Over the past 15 years, the UK has only come higher than 15th place on one occasion – when Sam Ryder came second with his song Space Man in 2022. He was beaten by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra.
And next year’s event, being held in Burgas in Bulgaria, will mark 30 years since the UK last won the contest, when Katrina and the Waves scored 227 points with their song Love Shine A Light.
Many countries choose their entry through a publicly televised selection process.
The last time this was done in the UK was with the show Eurovision: You Decide in 2019. Michael Rice was selected, but went on to come last at the contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Speaking to the BBC, Dame Caroline referred to the televised selection process that has previously taken place, but questioned how acts were put forward to take part.
“Clearly there have been different approaches tried over the years,” she said. “But who decides who makes it into that shortlist? I think all these things are worth looking at.”
She added: “We need to look at what the process is and what other processes have been tried.”
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