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    Who is Olly Alexander, the singer and actor representing the UK at Eurovision 2024?

    by Roisin O'Connor Feb 08, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Getty/Channel 4

    A pop star, actor and LGBT+ activist, Olly Alexander is now set to be the UK’s next hope in the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Malmö, Sweden, in May.

    Aged 33, Alexander is no stranger to the stage, being better known to music fans as the frontman of pop band Years & Years, as well as a star of hit TV shows including Channel 4’s critically acclaimed drama, It’s a Sin.

    Here’s everything we know about him:

    Early life

    Born in Harrogate, north Yorkshire, then raised in Blackpool, . His mum, Vicki Thornton, co-founded the Coleford Music Festival in the Forest of Dean – where the family moved when Alexander was in his

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