Origin: United Kingdom

Born: October 19, 1985

James Richard Newman is an English retired singer and songwriter. During the 2014 Brit Awards, he won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year as a co-writer of "Waiting All Night", a song by English band Rudimental. Newman was selected to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song, "My Last Breath" before its cancellation. He instead represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Embers”, which came in last place with nul points.

Participations
3
Countries Represented
2
Best Result
26

Eurovision Entries

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2020
Year Country Artist · Song Pos Pts
2021 United Kingdom United Kingdom
James Newman
Embers
  • Performer
  • Lyricist
26 0
2020 United Kingdom United Kingdom
James Newman
My Last Breath
  • Performer
  • Composer
  • Lyricist
2017 Ireland Ireland
Brendan Murray
Dying to Try
  • Lyricist