BASILDON teenager Josh Dubovie is to represent the UK in the Eurovision song contest after winning a public vote.

The 19-year-old beat five other acts to win the BBC's Your Country Needs You.

He will now take to the stage in Oslo, Norway, in May to fly the flag for the United Kingdom.

Josh, from Laindon, will perform the new Pete Waterman song That Sounds Good To Me.

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