"You Want Crying?"" Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves (sometimes written as Katrina and The Waves) were a British-American rock band best known for the 1985 hit ""Walking on Sunshine"". They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Love Shine a Light"". The band's earliest incarnation was as The Waves, a group that played in and around Cambridge, England, from 1975 to 1977 and featured guitarist Kimberley Rew and drummer Alex Cooper. This incarnation of the Waves never issued any recordings, and broke up when Rew left to join the Soft Boys. A more direct"
"last participation being in , along with , , , and , who last took part in , despite having taken part in the non-televised 1996 pre-qualifying round in which they failed to qualify and therefore were absent. , , and had to withdraw from the contest due to the relegation rule. The United Kingdom won the competition, thanks to Katrina and the Waves, led by American-born Katrina Leskanich, making it the second time that the British won the Eurovision on Irish soil (after 1981). It also remains the last time the United Kingdom won the contest (as of 2018)."
"227 points earned by ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina and the Waves afforded the last-named number a landslide Eurovision 1997 victory, ""It's My Time""'s point tally only resulted in a #5 placing at Eurovision 2009.) The UK resurgence at Eurovision would be short-lived as at Eurovision 2003 the UK entry ""Cry Baby"" by Jemini would finish last with zero points. ""Come Back"" debuted at the No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated 25 May 2002: its strong showing on the 25 May night of competition for Eurovision 2002 failed to buoy the popularity of the track which dropped"
"Katrina Leskanich Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich (born April 10, 1960) is an American musician, author and former lead singer of British pop rock band Katrina and the Waves whose song ""Walking on Sunshine"" was an international hit in 1985 and who in 1997 won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song ""Love Shine a Light"". Leskanich was born in Topeka, Kansas. She is of Irish, German and Czech ancestry. Her father was a colonel in the United States Air Force, and Katrina and her five siblings (four sisters and one brother) moved frequently as children. After she"
"summary of all 12-point in the final: Katrina and the Waves, (with lead vocalist Katrina Leskanich) representing the United Kingdom, were the winners of the contest with the song ""Love Shine a Light"", written by that band's lead guitarist Kimberley Rew, and Marc Roberts from Republic of Ireland came second with ""Mysterious Woman"". Despite being the runner-up, it remarkably received only one 12-point score, which came from the United Kingdom. The UK spokesman Colin Berry remarked: ""You're going to like this one: Ireland, twelve points!"" causing Terry Wogan to reply: ""Well, tit for tat!"" The winning song scored an unprecedented"
"first Christmas single, 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love' and her new dog-friendly travel guide, 'Metropoodle: My Cornwall Guide' on Amazon Kindle. Katrina Leskanich Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich (born April 10, 1960) is an American musician, author and former lead singer of British pop rock band Katrina and the Waves whose song ""Walking on Sunshine"" was an international hit in 1985 and who in 1997 won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song ""Love Shine a Light"". Leskanich was born in Topeka, Kansas. She is of Irish, German and Czech ancestry. Her father was a colonel"
"best song?"" Leskanich also stated that Katrina and the Waves Eurovision victory boosted the group's profile on the European cabaret circuit at the expense of their rock band credibility which heavily factored into the band's 1999 breakup. A remix of the song was performed during the UK selection process final of 2008, . Love Shine a Light ""Love Shine a Light"" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed by Katrina and the Waves as the 1997 Eurovision entrant by the UK and the lead single from the album ""Walk on Water"". It is the group's biggest success"
"won with three countries awarding it 12 points and a total of 172 points. The UK's previous entry, Katrina & The Waves' ""Love Shine a Light"", had marked the last time that the United Kingdom won the contest. ""Where Are You?"" was the United Kingdom's last time in the top 2 in the Eurovision contest, and its thirteenth consecutive song to place in the contest's top 10. Chris West, in his book ""Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe through the World's Greatest Song Contest"", posited that the song marked the UK's last time in the top 2 due to a"
"have won by one point. In the end Ireland received the top marks and won by 23 points. Despite only finishing eighth in the 1996 contest, Gina G went on to huge success with her entry ""Ooh Ah Just a Little Bit"", which became only the second non-winning UK entry to top the UK Singles chart. It also reached the US top 20 and received a Grammy nomination. The UK's fifth victory finally came in 1997, when Katrina and the Waves, famous for their 1980s hit ""Walking on Sunshine"", comfortably won the contest with the song ""Love, Shine a Light""."
"in 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a Light"" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" performed"
"the band once again were dropped from their label. Throughout the 1990s, Katrina and the Waves recorded fairly steadily, though most releases were available only in continental Europe and/or Canada, and they issued no charting singles. They also recorded the song ""We Gotta Get Out of This Place"" with Eric Burdon for the TV series ""China Beach"" in 1990. By the late 1990s, however, the band had all but disappeared—until they surprisingly (if briefly) surged back into the limelight by winning the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom on 3 May 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a"
"the song reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart on 13 May 2007, making it the highest charting UK Eurovision entrant since Katrina and the Waves in 1997 and equalling the group's highest charting song, ""More Than I Needed To Know"". After Eurovision, Scooch announced that although they were staying together as a group, they had no plans to produce new material as they were too busy. However, they said they would be performing live performances and in the future, they will not rule out releasing more songs. They also stated that three of the individual members of Scooch"
"Love Shine a Light ""Love Shine a Light"" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed by Katrina and the Waves as the 1997 Eurovision entrant by the UK and the lead single from the album ""Walk on Water"". It is the group's biggest success since ""Walking on Sunshine"" 12 years earlier. The song was composed by the group's guitarist and regular songwriter Kimberley Rew following a request from the brother of the group's drummer Alex Cooper for an anthem for The Samaritans in recognition of that organization's thirtieth anniversary, Cooper's brother being a member of the Swindon"
"ultimately selected six finalists to compete in the national final. The six competing songs were premiered during ""The Ken Bruce Show"" on BBC Radio 2 on 22 February 2016. Six acts compete in the televised final on 26 February 2016. In addition to their performances, guest performers included previous Eurovision Song Contest winners Måns Zelmerlöw, who won the contest for Sweden in with the song ""Heroes"", and Katrina Leskanich, who won the contest for the United Kingdom in as the lead vocalist of the band Katrina and the Waves performing the song ""Love Shine a Light"". The show also featured"
"in Eurovision 1997 (although Rew had accompanied Leskanich on the performance of ""Love Shine a Light"" on the 9 March 1997 broadcast of the ""Great British Song Contest"" final which had not featured any other members of Katrina and the Waves). Don Airey, who played as a session musician on the single recording of the song, arranged and conducted the live version for Katrina & The Waves. He added strings, brass and a vibrato flute, giving the song a more anthemic feel. In a pre-performance interview on the night of the Eurovision 1997 finale Leskanich had stated that Katrina and"
"with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's breakfast presenter (and Head of Music) Dan Chisholm to play the track for him: Chisholm's response was to urge that the number be entered in the ""Great British Song Contest"", and after affording ""Love Shine a Light"" its radio airplay debut Chisholm declared it ""the song which will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest"". In a 2010 interview Leskanich would state that ""Great British Song Contest"" executive producer Jonathan King had in fact initiated Katrina and the Waves involvement in the ""Great British Contest"" as he'd contacted Leskanich to ask if her group had a song"
"10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song ""Storm"" performed by SuRie amassing a total of 48 points. The British"
"night, after Finland's Boulevard with ""Nauravat silmät muistetaan"", and before Turkey's Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan with ""Sufi."" At the end of judging that evening, ""Go"" took the second-place slot with 136 points. Turkey, Belgium and Italy awarded their 12-point designations to the UK that evening. In one of the closest voting rounds up to that time, the UK lost the competition by one point to Switzerland's representative, Canadian singer Celine Dion, with her song ""Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi."" According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor, this was the closest contest yet, with the winning margin being just 0.73%. The strong"
"Canadian club gigs, then teamed up with producers Pat Collier and Scott Litt to record Rew compositions ""Going Down to Liverpool"", covered by The Bangles, and in 1985 ""Walking on Sunshine"", which became the group's first and biggest hit, remaining firmly in the public consciousness through frequent radio plays, appearances in films, advertising, etc. In 1997 Katrina and the Waves won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the Rew composition ""Love Shine a Light"". In 1999 Katrina began her solo career; Rew continued to write, record and release solo albums. From 1988 through to 2004 Rew was"
"""Love Shine a Light"" - Rew being the only instrumentalist onstage -on the 9 March 1997 broadcast of the ""Great British Song Contest"" final which program also featured a taped interview with Rew in which he described Eurovision as ""one of those great institutions of life""; also Rew accompanied Leskanich onstage to be congratulated for ""Love Shine a Light""'s being announced at the UK entrant for Eurovision 1997. However Rew was absent from the Katrina and the Waves performance of ""Love Shine a Light"" at the Eurovision 1997 final held on 3 May 1997. One of eight songs aired in"
"finishing as the 18th-most watched programme of the week. ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" won the national final and ultimately went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest itself. ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs selected by fans to compete in the ""Congratulations"" 50th anniversary special in 2005. In spite of it and another British entry (""Congratulations"") being among the participating songs, as well as the presence of Katrina Leskanich (of the UK's victorious 1997 act Katrina and the Waves) as co-host, the United Kingdom did not broadcast ""Congratulations"" as they felt it wouldn't attract"
""""", a BBC television contest to determine the United Kingdom's entry in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. They were chosen as the UK's entry, beating, amongst others, Justin Hawkins and Brian Harvey. Russ co-wrote the song ""Flying the Flag (For You)"", signed to Warner Bros. Records and released the song to the UK chart. The UK Eurovision entry automatically goes to the final, where the song received only 19 votes, coming joint 22nd out of 24 entries. However, the single was the highest charting Eurovision song in the UK since 1997 when ""Katrina and the Waves"" last won"
"had hit with ""Walking On Sunshine"", to enter a new track, ""Love Shine A Light"". This produced a win in the Eurovision Contest itself for the United Kingdom and for Katrina and the Waves in 1997, and followed with a second place for Imaani in 1998, but disappointment in 1999 for the all-girl band Precious. In 2000, the same format continued, but the final four songs were performed live in ""A Song For Europe"", still shunted to a graveyard Sunday afternoon slot. The result proved disappointing. Nicki French gave what author John Kennedy O'Connor describes in his book The Eurovision"
"Kimberley Rew Kimberley Rew (born 3 December 1951) is an English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as a member of Katrina and the Waves 1981 to 1999 and of Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys 1978 to 1981. Two of his better-known compositions, both written for Katrina and the Waves, are ""Walking on Sunshine"" and ""Love Shine a Light"", performed by Katrina and the Waves as the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, taking the country to its first victory in the contest since 1981. The Rew family is from Bristol, and moved house several times"
"Kimberley Rew Kimberley Rew (born 3 December 1951) is an English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as a member of Katrina and the Waves 1981 to 1999 and of Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys 1978 to 1981. Two of his better-known compositions, both written for Katrina and the Waves, are ""Walking on Sunshine"" and ""Love Shine a Light"", performed by Katrina and the Waves as the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, taking the country to its first victory in the contest since 1981. The Rew family is from Bristol, and moved house several times"
"One Last Breath (Creed song) ""One Last Breath"" is a single by the band Creed, from their 2001 album ""Weathered"". In the United States, it reached number six on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number five on the Mainstream Rock chart, number four on the Pop Songs chart, and number two on the Adult Top 40 chart. Worldwide, the song peaked at number 43 in Australia, number 12 in Brazil, number 29 in New Zealand, and number 15 on Canada's MuchMusic chart. In Europe, the song managed to reach number 89 in Germany, and in the British Isles—where the song was"
"Fizz and in 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a Light"" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come"
"Light"". Reacting to the win, Leskanich said it was the second landslide victory in a week; the song won by a record points margin, and Tony Blair had won the 1997 British general election two days previously. The song won by a then-record margin of 70 points over the Irish runner-up. The song went to No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart (becoming the band's biggest-ever hit) and Katrina and The Waves performed an unprecedented four weeks running on the BBC One TV show ""Top of the Pops"". Katrina and the Waves broke up in 1999. After the Waves broke"
"The Last Goodbye (Atomic Kitten song) ""The Last Goodbye"" is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten. It was composed by Daniel Poku, Espen Lind, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Hallgeir Rustan, and Peter Björkl and produced by Stargate for the band's second album ""Feels So Good"" (2002). The pop ballad was released as the third single from the album in 2002; in Ireland and the United Kingdom it was released as a double A-side with ""Be with You"". The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in December of that year. Two versions of"
"Light"". Reacting to the win, Leskanich said it was the second landslide victory in a week; the song won by a record points margin, and Tony Blair had won the 1997 British general election two days previously. The song won by a then-record margin of 70 points over the Irish runner-up. ""Love Shine a Light"" became Katrina and the Waves' biggest-ever UK hit, peaking at no. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Despite their return to the public eye in the UK, Katrina and the Waves were not able to follow up ""Love Shine a Light"" with another hit, and"
"the Night on Fire' was scheduled for early 2012 and a music video was planned, but due to personal circumstances the video was postponed and never rescheduled. Gina G has been married to Charlie Watson since 2003; she has two children and lives in California. Gina G Gina G (born Gina Mary Gardiner, 3 August 1970) is an Australian singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo 1996, with the song ""Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"", which reached #1 in the UK singles chart. The song remains (as of 2018) the last UK Eurovision"
"being Jessica Garlick, who finished joint third in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" (the UK's only top three result of the century), and Jade Ewen. Ewen in particular, was praised for ending the country's poor run of results for much of the decade, by finishing fifth in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"", written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren. In 2003, the UK finished last for the first time with the duo Jemini, who received the infamous ""nul points"". This remains the only time the UK has failed to score a single point. The country has"
"branch of the Samaritans. In a 1997 interview Katrina and the Waves lead vocalist Katrina Leskanich indicated that it was members of the Samaritans who opined that ""Love Shine a Light"" ""was the type of song which would win the Eurovision Song Contest and [so] at the last minute, [Katrina and the Waves] submitted the song with our £250 [entrance fee]"" for consideration to vie in the """", the national preselection round for the UK in Eurovision 1997. It was also reported that Carmina Cooper, the manager of Katrina and the Waves and the wife of Alex Cooper, met up"