Olly Alexander
| Born | July 15, 1990 |
| Hometown | Harrogate, England |
| Parents | Vicki Thornton |
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2022 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Leading Actor | It's a Sin | Nominated |
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- SportsDigital Spy
Olly Alexander speaks out after his disappointing Eurovision result
Olly Alexander has spoken out following his disappointing result at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
- SportsThe Telegraph
Nemo wins Eurovision for Switzerland after controversial grand final
Switzerland’s Nemo has won Eurovision in a triumph that caps off one of the most fraught weeks in the feel-good competition’s long history.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Eurovision 2024 review: Nemo brought the woh-ho-ho, everyone else the ho-hum
In the end, it was just another Eurovision Song Contest. Overshadowed through the week by controversy over Israel’s participation and rattled by the expulsion of Netherlands representative Joost Klein hours before the grand final, it seemed the world’s most outrageous musical party might be about to crash in dramatic fashion.
- WorldDigital Spy
Where did the UK place in Eurovision 2024?
The placing for the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been revealed following Olly Alexander's performance.
- WorldThe Telegraph
What time does Eurovision start and how to watch it: Your questions answered
The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, the biggest and longest-running music competition in the world, is underway – and it promises to be as brilliantly bonkers, and as politically fraught, as ever. The Brits will watch with caution after a bruising result for UK entry Mae Muller last year.
- EntertainmentYahoo Entertainment
Eurovision finale 2024: How to watch the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in the US
It's time for the Eurovision Song Contest! Here's everything you need to know about the international music competition.
- WorldThe Telegraph
Why the UK can’t win Eurovision (according to the data)
If Eurovision was a popularity contest, the UK should probably have taken the hint by now. Other than Germany, we have come last more times this century than any other country. And the dreaded “nul points” has become a painfully familiar feature in any conversation about the contest. But, are the politics of popularity all to blame – or are we simply not good enough?
- SportsYahoo TV UK
What time is Eurovision 2024 and who is Olly Alexander?
The Years & Years singer is representing us at Eurovision with his track Dizzy. Read on for details about the date, start time, running order and more.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Olly Alexander’s Dizzy is not the Eurovision banger the UK needs
Olly Alexander must love the Eurovision very much to risk his career with something as pleasantly unexceptional as this. It is not nul points for Dizzy, but I just can’t see it as a take no prisoners banger to put Britain back on top of the Euro pile.
- EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK
How does Eurovision voting work?
Get up to speed on how the contest works ahead of Saturday's grand final.
