Michael Rice (singer)


Michael Rice is an English singer. He represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Bigger than Us", placing in 26th with 11 points and getting just 3 points from the public vote. Prior to this, he won the first series of BBC One's singing competition All Together Now in 2018, and also appeared in the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014.

Career

2014–2018: ''The X Factor'' and ''All Together Now''

In 2014, Rice entered series 11 of The X Factor in the United Kingdom. He auditioned for the show with "I Look to You" by Whitney Houston. He was eliminated following the Bootcamp stage. In 2018, he entered the first series of BBC One's singing competition All Together Now, he went on to win the competition.

2019–present: ''Eurovision Song Contest''

In January 2019, Rice was confirmed as one of six artists competing in Eurovision: You Decide, the British national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. On 8 February 2019, he won the show with the song "Bigger than Us", written by Laurell Barker, Anna-Klara Folin, John Lundvik and Jonas Thander, and represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision final in Tel Aviv, Israel and came in last position with 11 points.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist
As featured artist
TitleYearAlbum
"I Won't Stumble Back"
2016rowspan="2"
"Bruised"
2018-