A FORMER X-Factor quarter-finalist from Barnsley narrowly missed out on representing her country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Holly Tandy, from Darton, was one of six hopefuls battling it out to represent the UK on the BBC Two show ‘Eurovision: You Decide’. She sang upbeat tune ‘Bigger Than Us’ last Friday and members of the public cast their vote for who they thought should represent the UK in Israel.

Holly was beaten by Michael Rice, another former TV singing competition contestant who previously appeared on All Together Now on BBC One.