The musical composer, who has agreed to pen the UK's 2009 entry and is launching a search for a performer, is quoted by the Associated Press as saying: "In my life I have never shied away from the impossible, and this looks like the biggest mission impossible of all time, but with the might of the British public behind me who knows what will happen?"
The talent show, titled Your Country Needs You, will reportedly be hosted by Graham Norton and air in January.
This year's UK Eurovision entrant, Andy Abraham, finished in last place with 14 points, prompting Terry Wogan to quit his long-running commentator role and suggest that voting was politically motivated.
