Ashley Hicklin achieves success at this year's Eurovision Song Contest

Leeds College of Music alumnus Ashley Hicklin achieved success this weekend when the song he co-wrote for this year's Eurovision Song Contest came 6th in the competition. Alongside Jeroen Swinnen, Ashley wrote the song Me and My Guitar for Tom Dice, runner-up of Belgium's version of the X-Factor and the person selected to perform in this year's Eurovision Song contest for Belgium.  The song reached number 1 in the Belgium charts and was extremely well received during the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 6th overall. Watch an interview filmed at Leeds College of Music featuring Ashley discussing the Belgium Eurovision entry here. After graduating from the BA Music degree in 2007, Ashley Hicklin signed a worldwide publishing deal with EMI which has led to him collaborating with and writing songs for a number of hit artists across Europe. Ashley has also signed a record deal with Ferryhouse Production (Warner Music) for his own music and his debut single, Eskimos to Astronauts is due to be released next month. www.myspace.com/ashleyhicklin