It's My Time

"It's My Time" is a song by Jade Ewen, the entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia, in May 2009. The song was composed and written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren and became the UK's most successful Eurovision entry since by coming fifth, and a significant improvement on the previous and following year's entries ("Even If" and "That Sounds Good to Me"), which came last in the contest. Ewen remained the one with the highest score for the UK since their victory in , until 2022 when Sam Ryder finished in 2nd place with the song Space Man. Writing and inspiration The song, intended specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest, was written in just two hours. Diane Warren talked about this in an interview for the BBC: "I don't usually co-write much, I tend to write by myself, so that was quite scary – especially with someone like Andrew Lloyd Webber who's a legend!" Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Selection Ewen won the right to sing the song as a result of her winning the United Kingdom's Eurovision selection process Eurovision: Your Country Needs You on 31 January 2009. Lloyd Webber also announced that he would accompany Ewen, by playing the piano on stage with her in Moscow. The official version of the song was first broadcast on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on 23 March 2009.