By Katie Lamborn

A 20-year-old man from Biggin Hill has narrowly missed out on the opportunity to represent UK at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Alexis Gerred gained second place at the UK Eurovision live finals on Friday. He was one of six acts competing for the opportunity to sing the UK Eurovision entry.

Alexis's first song was 'Never Gonna Give You Up' which Pete Waterman said was "brilliant".

After making it into the final three he sang his version of 'That Sounds Good To Me', which has been written by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman especially for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

However, it was just not meant to be and Alexis was beaten by Josh Dubovie, 19, from Essex.

The 20-yearold's manager, Louise Gubbay said: "I'm confident this will be the start for him. He is also a talented actor with a passion for both singing and acting."

Over the past few months, Alexis has had a lot of near misses.

He has been in the final two for Disney and musical theatre leads as well as an internet drama.

Click here to see Alexis' final song