The same year, Johansson was replaced by Peter Gerrist. On Saturday 3 January 2009, Andrew Lloyd Webber and record company executive Colin Barlow dismissed an attempt by Bearforce 1 to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 on BBC1's Eurovision: Your Country Needs You as "hopeless". The band broke up in late 2009.James, Andrea. "Gone but not forgotten: Bearforce 1", Boingboing.net. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2012. In 2014 Bearforce 1 reformed with three new members, Robert Brown being the only returning member. The band's comeback single 'Action Man' has been entered into the competition to be selected as Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
