Smitten-Downes was discovered for her work on BBC Introducing and was invited to compose a song especially for the 59th Eurovision Song Contest . The song has been described as a powerful , contemporary , anthemic and uplifting track specifically written with live performance in mind . Talking to the BBC she said , " I 'm so excited for everyone to hear ' Children of The Universe ' . I 'm so happy with it . To represent the United Kingdom in such a huge competition , not only as a singer and performer but as a songwriter is an unbelievable honour . I hope I can do us proud " . The song was inspired by Max Ehrmann 's poem , Desiderata
59th Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Children of the Universe