The 2010 version of the famous contest will see Waterman behind the UK entrant along with former pop producing partner Michael Stock of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman triumvirate. According to Waterman, Simon Cowell would be insanely jealous if the British team were to walk away with the top gong. For all his entrepreneurial achievements and musical production fame, Cowell apparently harbours this one secret desire.

Cowell and Waterman have collaborated previously, as both have been judges on Pop Idol, but the latter said in a recent interview that if he won the contest then Cowell would be severely irked as he always wanted to win a Eurovision.

The British entrant will be sung by whoever should emerge victorious from yet another forthcoming reality TV/ game show/ public flagellation exercise entitled Your Country Needs You, although producers of this show have declared that it will be a one-off. The search for the Eurovision representative begins in March so time to tone up those vocal chords kids.

Last year’s effort, an Andrew Lloyd Webber penned song sung by the latest member of the Sugarbabes, Jade Ewen, could only manage fifth place at the Moscow showpiece. Waterman claimed that the failure of Lloyd Webber made him more confident of attempting the project, reasoning that if a knight fails that badly then nobody will notice his own try.

Mark the date in your diary now; for May 29 is when the entertainment might really kick-off.

The man who created T in the Park, a hugely successful music festival held annually in Scotland, has launched the first in a series of glitzy F1 rock concerts at Grand Prix races around the world.

Morrison, who brainchild the Scottish event back in 1992 with the idea of a massive music festival, will be staging three concerts at next month’s Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore.

Simple Minds, Beyonce, ZZ Top, Black Eyed Peas, N*E*R*D and Chinese superstar Jacky Cheung will all perform at the shows which will bring the F1 star drivers together with the top names in rock music. F1 drivers, film stars and supermodels will also join the music stars for appearances.

Plans are already underway for massive televised shows at future Formula 1 races and Paul admits the experience gained through T in the Park gave him the confidence and inspired him to create these groundbreaking events.

“It’s a very different thing but in some ways, T in the Park is the blueprint.” Paul said.

“I have a new events company called All The Worlds which is part of the Universal Music Group of companies.

“The global premiere will be at Singapore and it is part of a five year deal”, the 42 year old added.

The 10,000 seat Fort Canning Park in Singapore will host the three-day bash from September 24 to 26, just ahead the Grand Prix on September 27.

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