This 17-year-old has displayed a flair for performance from early childhood. By age 11 she and her family moved lock, stock and barrel back from Nottingham to Essex in order for her to attend Sylvia Young’s much-admired stage school. She earned her place with a combination of sheer talent and determination, plus over 500 letters to obtain both the grants and scholarship the family needed to see her through.

“I’m really excited about being in the show and just amazed at how quickly everything has happened,” says Charlotte. “I can’t begin to imagine what it will be like to appear on Saturday night BBC television. I just know I’ll be nervous but I’m determined not to let it get the better of me.”

Charlotte’s favourite Eurovision hit is Gina G’s Just A Little Bit from 1996.