"UK at Eurovision again in 1985 and former ""Grange Hill"" actress Lindy Brill. Beyond were: Steve Stroud (later Cheryl Baker's husband), Adrian Shepherd (later Cheryl Baker's fiancé), Gary Deans, Alan Ashe and Derek Austin. The group Gem featured both Andy Hill and Nichola Martin, who produced and managed Bucks Fizz. They changed their name from 'Paris' for the contest and released the single of ""Have You Ever Been In Love?"" under that name. Unusually for the UK competition, three of the finalists reached the UK singles chart. ""Making Your Mind Up"" spent three weeks at number one, whilst the runner-up,"
"Pops"". On 4 April, the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest was staged in Dublin. In a close contest throughout the voting procedure, ""Making Your Mind Up"" managed to secure a victory with 136 points, beating second-placed Germany by a small margin of four. The song is held in affectionate regard by many Eurovision fans, and is generally considered to be a classic example of a pop song from the Contest. Reaction was less favourable to the group's performance of the song, which was considered to be off-key, and led to much criticism that the members were chosen more for their appearance"
"the group since its formation in 1981. Bucks Fizz operated as a trio between 1990 and 1993. Bucks Fizz Bucks Fizz is a British pop group that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston. They received attention for the dance routine which accompanied the song, in which the male members of the group ripped the female members' outer skirts off to reveal"
"Bucks Fizz Bucks Fizz is a British pop group that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston. They received attention for the dance routine which accompanied the song, in which the male members of the group ripped the female members' outer skirts off to reveal much shorter mini-skirts beneath. The group went on to have a successful career around the world (although"
"thus became one of the few artists to take part in Eurovision to win at their second attempt. According to ""The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History"" by John Kennedy O'Connor, Baker also made the second single biggest improvement by any Eurovision competitor in the contest, moving up from eleventh in 1978 to 1st in 1981. ""Making Your Mind Up"" became a No.1 hit in many countries, including the UK and began a run of success for the group for the next five years. Baker along with the group toured the world and gained many hit singles and albums,"
"winning song in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. Hill experienced his earliest success when he co-wrote and produced the UK's winning 1981 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Bucks Fizz, ""Making Your Mind Up"". Hill took part in the 1981 A Song For Europe contest, alongside his partner (and later his wife) Nichola Martin, with their band Gem, performing ""Have You Ever Been in Love?"" This was released as a single under the name Paris but did not chart. Leo Sayer took his version of the single into the UK Singles Chart. The song been covered by many other musicians. For"
"Bobby G Bobby G (also known as Bobby Gee) (born Robert Alan Gubby, 23 August 1953) is a member of pop group Bucks Fizz, best known for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and for achieving three UK number one hits with ""Making Your Mind Up"" (1981), ""The Land of Make Believe"" (1981) and ""My Camera Never Lies"" (1982). G was born in Epsom, Surrey, England. After leaving school at 14, he began working in a number of trades, the most significant of these being the building trade. In his late teens, he set up his own building business, based"
"the song at the contest and won. On 4 April 1981, Baker represented the UK again at the ""Eurovision Song Contest"". The song went on to win by a margin of four points and Bucks Fizz were catapulted into overnight stardom. By winning the contest, Baker became only the third singer to represent the UK twice, following in the footsteps of Ronnie Carroll and Cliff Richard. This feat, however, was matched once again the following year, by Sally Ann Triplett. When Bucks Fizz went on to win the ""1981 Eurovision Song Contest"" with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"", Baker"
"was intending to enter it for the heats to the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. The demo was recorded by Nolan and Martin and was accepted as one of the finalists. Martin then worked on finding other singers to build a group around him. Nolan along with singers Bobby G, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston became known as Bucks Fizz. In February, they won the 1981 A Song for Europe with ""Making Your Mind Up"". Two months later, they won the Eurovision final itself. The group were catapulted to fame overnight and the song made No.1 in several countries, including the"
"Cliff Richard. When Bucks Fizz went on to win the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"", Baker became one of the few artists to take part in Eurovision to win at their second attempt. According to ""The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History"" by John Kennedy O'Connor, Baker also made the second biggest improvement by a Eurovision competitor in the contest, moving up from eleventh in 1978 to first in 1981. ""The Bad Old Days"" reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart. The group had no further hit singles, and only released one"
"was to be entered into the ""Eurovision Song Contest"". Martin quickly set about bringing a group together to perform it. In January 1981, Bucks Fizz were formed from auditionees Bobby G and Jay Aston along with the already chosen Mike Nolan and Cheryl Baker. The song ""Making Your Mind Up"" not only won the Contest, but went on to reach No. 1 in the UK singles chart, as well as many other countries in Europe. This launched the group on a run of success that would last for much of the decade. In May the follow-up single, also written and"
"at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 by British band Bucks Fizz and the song ""Making Your Mind Up"". It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1981 Contest by Sheeba with ""Horoscopes"". Johnny Logan released a German-language and Spanish-language version of ""What's Another Year"". Side A: ""What's Another Year"" Side B: ""One Night Stand"" Side A: ""Por un Año Más"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 Side A: ""Was Ist Schon Ein Jahr"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 What's Another Year ""What's Another Year"" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving"
"Those Nights"", ""Magical"" or ""You Love Love"" (or non-UK releases). ""Making Your Mind Up"" was a BBC-made production for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 previews. Bucks Fizz discography This is a discography of UK pop group Bucks Fizz. The group, formed in 1981, reached number one three times in the UK and scored 20 chart hits there. Their biggest selling single in the UK is ""The Land of Make Believe"", while worldwide it is ""Making Your Mind Up"" at 4 million copies sold. The group's first week on the singles chart was 28 March 1981, with their last week falling"
"the contest by a margin of four points, beating Germany into second place. ""Making Your Mind Up"" became a major hit around the continent, reaching No.1 in the UK as well as eight other countries. It charted highly in other countries such as Australia, eventually selling four million copies worldwide. With Shirley remaining as the group's manager, Hill as producer and Martin as co-songwriter, they worked with record company A&R head Bill Kimber to continue the group's success, determined that they would not become another Eurovision one-hit wonder. A follow-up single was recorded amid promotional tours and the group's image"
"especially for the UK televised selection contest, ""A Song for Europe"" (a programme which in later years would be renamed to ""Making Your Mind Up""). At Eurovision in Dublin, they defeated Germany's Lena Valaitis by four points. The group went on to continued success, with 13 UK top 40 hits over the next five years. This would be the last UK win for 16 years, although the country continued to be competitive at the contest with four more second-place results during this time. In 1988, Scott Fitzgerald lost to Celine Dion, who was representing Switzerland, by just one point. In"
"1978 and competed in the subsequent ""Miss England"" contest, where she was unplaced. The interval act at the televised ""Miss England 1978"" competition was the group Co-Co who had just been selected to represent Britain in the ""Eurovision Song Contest 1978"" and featured Cheryl Baker in the line-up. Aston was one of the four original members of Bucks Fizz when they were formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. They won with ""Making Your Mind Up"" and the song went to number one in many countries, including the United Kingdom. The group went on to"
"was about to perform on stage. A medley of some of the Eurovision Song Contest's greatest hits were performed in English by all of the participating artists, as a reprise act at the close of the show, including: Anne-Marie David singing 's winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, ""Hallelujah"". Swedish trio, Herreys, sang ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"", which finished in third place at the for 's Domenico Modugno. Bucks Fizz's ""Making Your Mind Up"", the winning entry for in , was performed by Bobbysocks. The reprise concluded with Concita Wurst and Dana International leading all of the"
"""Making Your Mind Up"". Love Enough for Two ""Love Enough for Two"" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in English by Prima Donna. The song is uptempo and about the love between two people. The song was performed 13th on the night, following Germany's Katja Ebstein with ""Theater"" and preceding Portugal's José Cid with ""Um grande, grande amor"". At the close of voting, it had received 106 points, placing 3rd in a field of 19. The song reached No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart. It was succeeded as British representative at the 1981 Contest"
"Cheryl Baker Cheryl Baker (born Rita Maria Crudgington; 8 March 1954) is a British television presenter and singer. She was a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. The group had 20 singles reach the UK top 60 between 1981 and 1988, including three number one hits with ""Making Your Mind Up"" (1981), ""The Land of Make Believe"" (1981) and ""My Camera Never Lies"" (1982). Baker left the group in 1993. She had previously represented the UK at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the band Co-Co. In 2004, she"
"Manton. They married in 2000 and are still together. They have a daughter, Millie Rose (born July 2006, Tiverton, Devon). Bobby G Bobby G (also known as Bobby Gee) (born Robert Alan Gubby, 23 August 1953) is a member of pop group Bucks Fizz, best known for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and for achieving three UK number one hits with ""Making Your Mind Up"" (1981), ""The Land of Make Believe"" (1981) and ""My Camera Never Lies"" (1982). G was born in Epsom, Surrey, England. After leaving school at 14, he began working in a number of trades, the"
"Sweet Dreams (band) Sweet Dreams was a British vocal trio composed of Carrie Gray, Helen Kray and Bobby McVay. This teen trio represented the UK in Eurovision 1983 with the song ""I'm Never Giving Up"". The band was put together specifically to perform ""I'm Never Giving Up"" in A Song for Europe 1983, the United Kingdom's preliminary round to the 1983 Eurovision song contest. Sweet Dreams were often compared to the band Bucks Fizz, because they were both mixed-gender bands. Bucks Fizz was a band from the UK, which won the 1981 Eurovision song contest with the song ""Making Your"
"released in November 1981 and became a top 10 hit in December, being placed at No.5 for the Christmas chart. The following week it was placed at No.2, behind The Human League's ""Don't You Want Me"", before finally taking over at No.1 in January. It remained there for two weeks, before falling out of the charts after 16 weeks - the group's longest run on the UK singles chart. The song became the group's biggest-selling single in the UK, outselling their Eurovision winner ""Making Your Mind Up"", to finish as the 41st biggest-seller of the 1980s. It also reached No.1"
"""Making Your Mind Up"". Furthermore, Antony Costa came second in the 2006 edition of the show with the song ""It's A Beautiful Thing"". Group member Duncan James was a panellist on all episodes of the """" series in 2009, which Jade Ewen won. He also announced the UK votes in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 final. Blue became the first UK representatives since The Shadows in 1975 to have had multiple no.1 singles in the UK chart prior to appearing in Eurovision, and the first since Sonia in 1993 to have had a no.1 at all before entering the competition."
"with Love"" in 1967. Having finished second on three further occasions in the 1970s, with Mary Hopkin in 1970, The New Seekers in 1972 and The Shadows in 1975. The UK achieved their third victory in 1976 with Brotherhood of Man and ""Save Your Kisses for Me"", who won with 164 points, which would remain the highest points total for ten years. In 1977, the UK finished second for the tenth time represented by singer-songwriters Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran. The UK's fourth victory came in 1981, with Bucks Fizz and ""Making Your Mind Up"". The group was created"
"album as well as further singles. None of these found any success. In 1980, the group tried for Eurovision one more time. Now under a new name, The Main Event, their song ""Gonna Do My Best"" came last in ""A Song for Europe"" and soon afterwards, the group disbanded. A few months later, Baker was contacted by Nichola Martin, who was setting up a new group under the name Bucks Fizz, with a view to entering a song ""Making Your Mind Up"" into the ""Song For Europe"" in 1981. Joined by Mike Nolan, Bobby G and Jay Aston, Baker performed"
"winner and the group recorded the song with Hill as producer. Later in the month it was released as a single and entered the charts at No.24. By the time the contest was staged, the single had risen to No.2. On 4 April, Bucks Fizz represented United Kingdom in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Dublin. Although they were favourites to win, the song faced stiff competition and after a vocally unsound rendition, the early votes were poor. Halfway through the voting process, Bucks Fizz took the lead, although they remained close throughout. Ultimately, Bucks Fizz won"
"of 1980. Their final UK Top 40 entry was ""The Night, the Wine, and the Roses"", which hit No. 32 late in the year. In March 1981, the single ""Don't Panic"" was released, and it was also entered into the contest to pick the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, but was beaten by Bucks Fizz with ""Making Your Mind Up"", that year's eventual Eurovision winner. The following year saw the release of the singles ""Where Did We Go Wrong"" (UK No. 56) and ""Turn the Tables"". In 1983, Rothe quit the band, and Twynham left soon after."
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. It was held on 28 February 2004 and presented by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin. The show was called ""Making Your Mind Up"", in homage to the UK's 1981 winner, and was won by James Fox. In the Eurovision Song Contest itself, the song received 29 points and finished in 16th place. Enrap-ture were a 3 girl hip-hop band from Norway, Denmark and England consisting of Stacey, Mercedes and Kelly. Haifa was"
"Fizz, winners in 1981. Irish band Chips lost out in their national finals, which, had they been successful, would have led to the unique situation of two bands in the same Eurovision with the same name (the other being Sweden). There were 18 competitors in this year's final. No year since has had this few competitors in the final of the competition. Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. Germany had the advantage of performing last. After coming second in 1980 and second in"
"microphones got mixed up, with Baker and Jay Aston singing on the lead microphones which had a higher volume. ""Making Your Mind Up"" went to No.1 in the UK following the victory and remained there for three weeks, becoming one of the biggest selling songs of the year. It also saw the group in high demand throughout Europe, with the single hitting No.1 in many countries and charting in the top ten in Australia. The record eventually sold four million copies worldwide. The single began a run of 20 UK hits for Bucks Fizz and was quickly followed up by"
"Bucks Fizz (album) Bucks Fizz is the eponymous debut studio album by the British pop group Bucks Fizz. It was released on 26 July 1981, it features their Eurovision-winning song ""Making Your Mind Up"" as well as the two follow-up singles ""Piece of the Action"" and ""One of Those Nights"". The album was produced by Andy Hill and released on RCA Records. ""Bucks Fizz"" has been re-released twice on CD, first in 2004 with bonus tracks and as a two-disc edition in 2015. In late 1980, songwriter Andy Hill and his partner Nichola Martin came up with a song that"
"they were commercially unsuccessful in the United States), but the UK remained their biggest market, where they had three No.1 singles with ""Making Your Mind Up"" (1981), ""The Land of Make Believe"" (1981) and ""My Camera Never Lies"" (1982) and became one of the top-selling groups of the 1980s. They also had UK Top 10 hits with ""Now Those Days Are Gone"" (1982), ""If You Can't Stand the Heat"" (1982), ""When We Were Young"" (1983) and ""New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)"" (1986). Bucks Fizz have sold over 15 million records worldwide. The line-up of the group has changed a number of"
"her that Bucks Fizz's victory was planned. According to the employee, he had witnessed how BBC technicians had sabotaged the sound checks during the rehearsal of the Danish, the Israeli and the Western German performances. This claim however ignores the fact that the BBC did not host the 1981 Contest. Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra. ""Host conductor in bold."" Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final: Eurovision Song Contest"