Mae Muller says she was 'thrown to the lions' at Eurovision 2023
The London-born singer-songwriter, 27, performed her tune I Wrote A Song on stage in Liverpool, with the UK hosting on Ukraine's behalf that year.
Sadly, Mae didn't get close to emulating Sam Ryder's runner-up position from 2022, finishing second-last on 24 points, only above last-placed Germany.
I Wrote A Song went down well in the hall at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena, but didn't quite translate to the viewing public watching around the continent.
Two weeks on from the Grand Final, Mae described her vocals on the big night as 'trash' and confessed later that she worried her career was over in the immediate aftermath.
That proved to be very much not the case, with I Wrote A Song hitting the UK top 10 and her debut studio album Sorry I'm Late reaching the UK top 40.
However, it seems she does still look back at that night with some regret over how things went, especially if her latest comments on social media are anything to go by.
Speaking on X on Thursday night, Mae admitted: 'Sorry, but they put me up there to sing a song which is meant to be sung with heavy autotune (just the vibe of the song) with no proper background vocals.
'I was nervous as hell,' she added, 'which didn't help, but like they fed me to the lions.'
In response, @FluffyPlayery argued that maybe Mae shouldn't have chosen to sing a song that required heavy autotune to complete the aesthetic and cap off the performance.
However, instead of shooting back, Mae held her hands up and said: 'I agree with you,' prompting some fans to insist that Mae had still been 'great' on the night.
@TweetMeRyan chimed in, saying, 'Remember the rehearsal where they made a man sing your backing vocals?' to which Mae sarcastically said she 'loved'.
In later messages, Mae teased that new music was coming and that any new tunes from her should be considered as something of a 'palate cleanser'.
A year after her Eurovision performance, she slammed the competition, accusing it of not doing enough to protect each performer's mental health.
When asked why she doesn't engage much with Eurovision anymore, she responded: 'The pressure is just too much, it's a shame cos I love performing and I love music but the fans were the only thing that made it enjoyable. More Trending
'More needs to be done to protect the artist's mental health,' she added, 'because it's not actually normal what they go through'. Her post received thousands of interactions.
Aiming to finish in a higher place than Mae and 2024 entrant Olly Alexander are vocal trio Remember Monday, who are bringing their song What the Hell Just Happened? to the contest for 2025 as it takes place in Basel, Switzerland.
The running order was announced on Friday, with the three girls set to take to the stage in eighth position. The last winner to perform eighth on the night was Israel in 1998.
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The Grand Final of Eurovision 2025 airs tomorrow night on BBC.
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