Damien has a track record that started in musical theatre at the age of 12, and has more recently seen him branching out to forge a career playing at some of the top piano bars in London. Damien has also performed backing vocals for Tom Jones and has in the past few months appeared on television shows including Later With Jools, Strictly Come Dancing and Here Come The Boys.

In between gigs Damien can be found on the footy pitch and was even tempted to follow in his father’s footsteps (his father was professional footballer for Brighton and Hove Albion and played for Ireland schoolboy, youth and amateur international teams). He was also GQ Magazine’s Face of 95 and has acted alongside Caprice in the West End stage production of Rent.

He says: “I’d never even thought about Eurovision until now but I’m really excited about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s involvement. I reckon that the competition will be more credible now that he’s writing the song.”

Damien cites Love City Groove singing Love City Groove in 1995 as his favourite Eurovision performance.