Inside Mae Muller’s secret Eurovision training ahead of the final

UK EUROVISION entry Mae Muller has been rehearsing her song on a treadmill to get fighting fit for Saturday’s grand final.

The London-born singer, 25, will represent the nation with her upbeat pop track I Wrote A Song but admitted it’s a challenge to sing it while moving around the stage.

Speaking to The Celeb Report about her preparations, she said: “I was walking on the treadmill at a fast pace while singing my song.

“It was actually really hard. It’s harder than it looks.”

On wanting to make the performance like “second nature” she continued: “For me, one of the key things to enjoy the whole thing is to just feel prepared, so that when I go up there I can just enjoy it and I’m not thinking about the steps or anything.”

She has rented out a special rehearsal space in Liverpool to repeatedly practise her performance and it’s taking its toll.

Asked how many times she has sung the track, which came out in March, Mae said: “It has to be in the hundreds. It just has to be.

“This song, I hear it in my dreams, I hear it every time I close my eyes, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

The UK has had a difficult track record at Eurovision, having not reached the top ten since 2009 before Sam Ryder, 33, turned our fortunes around last year when he finished second with his song Space Man.

Now Mae wants to keep the UK thriving at the contest.

Quizzed on how she thinks she will do, she said: “I’m being positive.

“I think I’m top ten – that’s doable and I’d be very, very pleased.

Obviously top five is the creme de la creme.

“I really believe in this song and I feel like we’ve all worked really, really hard on the show so I feel like we’ve got a really good chance in doing well. I’m going to say top ten – I think we’ve got a good shot.

“I’m manifesting.”

In total, 26 countries will compete in Saturday’s final, which will kick off at 8pm on BBC One.

Despite the positive experience of taking part, she revealed she has had some abuse online since being announced as the UK act – but is rising above it.

She explained: “Social media can sometimes be a bit tricky.

Everything is so available – all the nice stuff and if anyone wants to be mean, it’s so easy for them to be mean.

“But I think for me, it’s always been a way to control how I want to present myself.

“I can connect with the fans really easily and any time that there has been moments where people are being a bit mean, I’ve found a way to make light of it through social media.

“That has really, really helped me.”

After Saturday’s show ends, she plans to go on a night out in Liverpool with Rylan Clark, 34, who will commentate on the second semi-final on BBC One this evening.

She added: “We’ve got to celebrate somehow and I feel like Rylan is probably one of the best people to celebrate with so we’ll definitely be out on the town, for sure.”