Emily Reed (singer)
Emily Reed is a British singer who took part in A Song For Europe, the selection process for representing UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.[1] She was one of four finalists, singing "Help Me".[2][3] She finished second to the winning song "Cry Baby" by Jemini. "Help Me" brought in 64 points to the winning song's 68 points. Jemini went on to represent the UK and scoring "nul points" in the contest.
- Results
| Artist | Song | Place | Total | South England | Wales | Northern Ireland | Midlands | North England | Scotland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemini | "Cry Baby" | 1 | 68 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Emily Reed | "Help Me" | 2 | 64 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Mimi | "Ever Since that Night" | 3 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Simon Chapman | "Now and Forever" | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Scores are shown in the order they were awarded on the night | ||||||||||||
In 2006, she was part of the Daz Sampson's group in the 2003 UK entry to Eurovision in "Teenage Life", as one of the girl backing vocalists to Sampson, joining Holy, Leeanne, Ashlee and Gabriella. The other backing vocalists were just amateurs applying for the song. Emily Reed the only one with singing experience in the five was replacing Jessica, an original qualifying amateur girl. Management had decided Jessica could not take part for various considerations, including her age and decided to take in Reed herself. The song finished 19th out of the 24 acts.
In 2009, she was featured vocalist on Insight's single "Heaven Help Me Now".