With the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn, Estonia, drawing ever nearer, the time has come for the UK to choose its entry, with 'A Song For Europe' being shown on BBC1 on Sunday 3rd March.

There are four finalists, which have been chosen from the original eight on Terry Wogan's and Ken Bruce's Radio 2 shows. They are listed here, with links to the streamed RealAudio files of the songs on the BBC Eurovision website, so you can listen to them if you want to.

'Come Back' - Jessica Garlick
Nice, but rather dreary, Eurovision-by-numbers ballad

'DJ Romeo' - Tricia Penrose
Cheesy, but catchy, Europop-sounding song (bit like the Vengaboys)

'I Give In' - Surf N' Turf
Subtle country song; bit like the songs that Denmark have turned in in recent years

'Never In A Million Years' - Zee
Dance song, in the same style as last year's 'No Dream Impossible'; sounds a bit like the dance songs that Cher has been releasing in recent years

Having heard the four songs, I'd say the one with the best chance of winning is 'DJ Romeo', due to the song being catchy and having the potential to stick in the minds of the viewers who vote to decide the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, as opposed to the other three, which are rather boring and forgettable.

Trouble is, the song chosen by the viewers who vote in the Song For Europe poll isn't always the one with the best chance of winning.

Why don't we enter famous artists in the eurovision? We would be guaranteed to win.

Too embarrassing, that's why!

Didn't Cliff Richard enter in the 70s?

The reason established acts aren't entered into the Eurovision is that the BBC see it more as a showcase for up and coming music acts; seemingly, that fact means more to them than winning the contest or at the very least gaining a respectable position at the end.

Cliff Richard did indeed represent the UK twice in the 1970s, and finished second on both occasions.

The Eurovision Song Contest is rubbish anyway and is fixed.

You always get neigbouring countries bumming each other awrding themselves maximum points!! What a joke!

Terry Wogan enjoys ripping the piss out of the dodgy presenters too!!

The worst example of this is Cyprus & Greece. They will each give each other 12 points no matter how awful the songs are.

Ahhhhhhhh.........the points giving........best part of Eurovision IMO!!!

But when we won it in 97(?) didn't you feel proud to be british?

Ok, so the singer was american but that doesn't matter

I never thought I'd see the day when that sort of opinion would be voiced I'm shocked and hope we'll see no more of that sort of extreemist viewpoint. (I absolutely love it by the way (and I really do))

There's been a change in the list of UK finalists, as 'Never In A Million Years' by Zee has been disqualified; Song For Europe rules say competing songs cannot have been heard publicly or released before the competition, and 'Never In A Million Years' was included on an Hungarian compilation album last year.

It has been replaced by 'Every Step Of The Way' by Level Best.

Which is in my opinion far better than 'No Dream Impossible - part 2'; otherwise known as Never In A Million Years!

Thought I'd up this as today's the day when the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen.

A Song For Europe, hosted by Claire Sweeney and Christopher Price, is on BBC1 this afternoon at 4:35pm.

Well, in the end, the winner by some considerable margin was 'Come Back' by Jessica Garlick.

I'm not surprised that that song was chosen, and it's the first ballad to represent the UK in over a decade; the trouble is though, that the UK is second in the order of performance in the ESC, and traditionally ballads early in the show don't score highly as the televoters simply forget about them.

So, all in all, it's disappointing that a song that has very little chance of winning the contest has been chosen to go through to Tallinn on May 25th.

Do you think Jessica Garlick would have won if she hadn't been on Pop Idol - probably, but i did love that Disco DJ song thing.

Difficult to say; it undoubtedly helped with the song's publicity, but I do think the song was the best one of the four musically, and she did turn in a very good live vocal performance of it.

I voted for DJ Romeo, as I thought it had the best chance of winning the contest due to its catchiness; that's the trouble, too many people vote for their favourite song as opposed to the one with the greatest chance of winning, which aren't always the same.

Couldn't agree more Jason, i too voted for DJ Romeo for the same reasons as you. Also it was so camp it made me laugh. There's not enough campness in Eurovision