'Eurovision' hopeful gets Barlow help

Gary Barlow has been enlisted to help Jade Ewen achieve Eurovision glory at this year's contest in Moscow.

The 21-year-old Londoner was selected as the UK's entry last month after triumphing on the BBC show Your Country Needs You.

Ewen has been taken under the wing of theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has promised to play the piano for the hopeful when she performs at the event on May 16.

However, Barlow has now been added to the team to help with Ewen's performance techniques, according to the Daily Star. Lloyd Webber said: "Gary is the man to do the job on the pop front."

The sessions may have to wait until the Take That singer returns from a charity hike up Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Barlow has been resting after sustaining a back injury in training for the 19,330ft ascend.