Olly Alexander’s fans believe they have deciphered the title of his Eurovision song based on clues from his social media announcement

Olly Alexander’s fans believe they have worked out the name of the singer’s Eurovision song after he was revealed as the 2024 UK entry.

The Years & Years star, 33, took to Twitter to share a video after it his place in the competition was announced during the Strictly Come Dancing final.

Olly confirmed the news on his page, while stood against the backdrop of a scene which included Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, a red telephone box and a bus.

In the video, he said: ‘Hello Europe and Australia! This is Olly Alexander calling, I can’t believe I’m about to say this but I am the UK entry for Eurovision. 

‘I can’t believe it, I’m so so excited! This is a dream come true, I can’t wait and I’ll see you all in Sweden next year.’

After the clip dropped, eagle-eyed fans got to work on guessing what all of the clues in the video meant and concluded that it could be the name of the track.

One person on Twitter gathered all of the ‘easter eggs’ and shared his thoughts online, as many declared him a ‘genius’ for working it out.

They wrote: ‘The Olly Alexander video features the number 4, 26, 26 and 25. The correlating letters are D Z Z Y. The big hand of the clock is a 1. The [dizzy] emoji is on the phone box. The UK’s entry is called Dizzy.’

Many applauded the person’s efforts, but one person pointed out their own theory, which they claimed made more sense.

They wrote: ‘Also there’s 9 [dizzy] emojis. 9 + I which makes more sense than the big hand theory. I think you’re onto something here!’

Another said: ‘Clock is 5 past 4. Could that be the release date? 5 days past (4) April – 5th April? It’s a Friday, which is typically when new music is released.’

Congratulating the detective work, one person said: ‘First Girls Aloud, now this… you’re a pop culture Poirot.’

The user – whose name online is Shane Reaction – replied: ‘A pest to pop girlies and gays everywhere.’

Another person joked: ‘Have you ever considered a job at Her Majesty’s MI5.’

One other said: ‘If this is correct I’ll be extremely impressed wow.. MI6 should hire you!’ 

A different person said: ‘Dua did something very similar for Houdini so has potential to be true. Her management team are involved with Eurovision as well right? 

The UK could finally be set for another Eurovision win after Olly was announced as the nation’s performer.

The odds of the UK winning suddenly shortened to become the favourites for the first time in 27 years.

The United Kingdom have not won Eurovision since Katrina & The Waves performed Love Shine a Light in 1997. 

Prior to that, the UK stormed to victory in 1981 with Bucks Fizz’s Makin’ Your Mind Up, and in 1976 with Brotherhood of Man’s Save Your Kisses for Me. 

In 1969, Lulu, who performed Boom Bang-a-Bang came first in a four-way joint tie with France, the Netherlands and Spain. 

The UK’s first ever Eurovision victory came 11 years after the annual competition launched with Sandie Shaw’s Puppet on a String in 1967. 

Yet there is now potential for a sixth UK win if the odds are to be believed.  

A KingCasinoBonus.uk spokesperson told Metro: ‘The UK has leapt to become the favourite to win Eurovision 2024 after announcing that Olly Alexander [as their representative].’

‘Bettors raced to back the UK to win the song contest following the news and the odds of the UK winning were slashed to 6/1. Sweden, Israel and Ukraine are the joint 7/1 second-favourites, followed by 8/1 shots Italy and Norway at 10/1.’

‘The popular Olly Alexander may think It’s A Sin if he doesn’t do better than Mae Muller’s disappointing 25th finish last year – the UK will be quietly confident that their years without a victory in the song contest are over.’

Eurovision fans were quick to react on X, formerly Twitter, sharing: ‘never in my lifetime did I ever vision the UK leading the odds to win eurovision LMFAOOO’;

Olly will be hoping to turn the UK’s fortunes after 2023’s entrant Mae Muller failed to impress audiences  this year at the contest in Liverpool where she finished second from last.

Mae was picked to perform in Eurovision by global management company TaP Music, who also chose 2022 entrant Sam Ryder, who finished second.

Doubts over the singer had been growing before the final, with her voice criticised as not being strong enough to carry the track she performed, I Wrote A Song. Her rehearsal was littered with errors and hit by sound issues.

A series of old quotes, in which she suggested she hated the UK, alienated some.

The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the UK after last year’s winners Ukraine were unable to hold it in their home country amid the war with Russia. 

The 2024 ceremony will take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country’s victory this year with the song Tattoo by Loreen.