"Jemini Jemini was a British pop group from Liverpool, best known for scoring ""nul points"" and finishing in last place with their performance of ""Cry Baby"" at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia. Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey (born 1982) met in 1995 at Liverpool's Starlight Stage School and toured Liverpool's pubs and clubs with the academy's kids' roadshow. At 16, after leaving college, they formed Tricity, named after the brand of electrical appliances. They changed their name to Jemini (""Gem-and-I"") at the age of 19. They spent the next two and a half years touring pubs and clubs"
"UK's failure the most spectacular in the history of the contest. The exposure the duo received after the contest gave them a No. 15 hit in the UK Singles Chart with the single ""Cry Baby"". Cry Baby (Jemini song) ""Cry Baby"", written and composed by Martin Isherwood, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, and was performed by the duo Jemini. To date, it is the only song ever entered by the United Kingdom to earn no points (""""nul points"""") from any other countries. It was also the first ever English language song to receive no"
"Cry Baby (Jemini song) ""Cry Baby"", written and composed by Martin Isherwood, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, and was performed by the duo Jemini. To date, it is the only song ever entered by the United Kingdom to earn no points (""""nul points"""") from any other countries. It was also the first ever English language song to receive no points. The song is a simple pop ditty about a woman telling her lover that their relationship is over because he does not love her anymore. He sings back saying she is being unfair, prolonging"
"which received no points before the introduction of the scoring system introduced in 1975 are: Entries which received no points since the introduction of this system in 1975 up until the scoring reformation in 2016 are: The first time a host nation ever finished with ""nul points"" was in the 2015 final, when Austria's ""I Am Yours"" by The Makemakes scored zero. In 2003, following the UK's first zero score, an online poll was held to determine public opinion about each zero-point entry's worthiness of the score. Spain's ""¿Quién maneja mi barca?"" (1983) won the poll as the song that"
"a Eurovision special of Pointless Celebrities and have subsequently appeared in several television interviews about Eurovision. Abbey was arrested and sentenced for social security fraud in November 2016. She was claiming as a single mother when she had undergone a wedding ceremony in the Algarve in 2013 and was living with her partner. She overclaimed tax credits for her daughter born in 2009. She was given a 30-week prison sentence, suspended for one year, and put on supervision order for one year. Jemini Jemini was a British pop group from Liverpool, best known for scoring ""nul points"" and finishing in"
"in the UK performing Stevie Wonder, Randy Crawford, Motown covers and ABBA medleys, as well as their own compositions. Abbey stated she has loved Eurovision since childhood and count previous Eurovision entrants such as Sonia, Precious and Dana International amongst her favourites. Jemini and the song ""Cry Baby"" were selected to take part in Eurovision by a public phone poll in the BBC's """" competition. Their performance at Eurovision in Riga in May 2003 was criticised for being off-key, and later earned the United Kingdom ""nul points"". The Eurovision failure prompted both mirth and consternation in the British media. Jemini"
"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"
"UK's worst-ever showing, scoring ""nul points"" and finishing last, due to a very poor performance, although some reports attempted to blame European disapproval of the US-UK invasion of Iraq for the failure of any nation to give the UK even one point. As noted by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor, with 26 entries in the Eurovision field, this made ""Cry Baby"" the least successful song in the entire history of the contest. No song in the Eurovision final scored ""nul points"" again until 2015. The 2004 selection was totally different. Gone was the ""Song For Europe"" name, replaced with"
"This top ten album consisted entirely of cover songs. The album spent 16 weeks on chart peaking at number 6. 1988 the Shadows took a year off with none or very little public or TV appearances, no album and no tour. In June 1989 the Shadows once more reunited with Cliff to celebrate 30 years in show business where the singer filled London's Wembley Stadium for two nights with a spectacular titled ""The Event"" in front of a combined audience of 144,000 people. As a special surprise for the fans Cliff invited onto the stage original and founding members of"
"points, it transpired that it had awarded the UK no points at all, and Switzerland was left with its one-point lead to savour a dramatic triumph. Each performance had a conductor who was maestro to the orchestra, expect for Iceland and Italy. Twenty-one countries took part, after an initial plan of twenty-two, as Cyprus withdrew from the contest after it had already submitted an entry. Cypriot broadcaster CyBC had selected the song 'Thimame' sung by Yiannis Dimitrou, and at a late stage saw that the song was ineligible to represent them as it had been entered into the Cypriot selection"
"Cosey Fanni Tutti Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Carol Newby; 4 November 1951) is an English performance artist, musician, and writer, best known for her time in the avant-garde groups Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey. Her name came about in 1973, before which she performed under the name Cosmosis. According to Throbbing Gristle biographer Simon Ford, ""Cosey Fanni Tutti"" was suggested to her by mail artist Robin Klassnick, and it comes from the opera ""Così fan tutte"", meaning literally ""Thus Do They All."" She was a performer with COUM Transmissions of which she was a founding member in 1969."
"least deserved a zero, and Austria's ""Lisa Mona Lisa"" (1988) was the song most deserving of a zero. In 2012, although it scored in the combined voting, France's ""Echo (You and I)"" by Anggun would have received no points if televoting alone had been used. In that year's first semi-final, although Belgium's ""Would You?"" by Iris received two points in the televoting-only hypothetical results from the Albanian jury (since Albania did not use televoting); Belgium would have received no official points from televoting alone. In his book, ""Nul Points"", comic writer Tim Moore interviews several of these performers about how"
"on an acoustic guitar, which later became the band's breakthrough single. The band's ""low point"" came when they played a concert to 18 people at a popular strip club in High Wycombe. The show took place in a shoddy VIP area, and the management had to unscrew poles used by pole dancers to make space for the band to play, something that Gary would later joke about whilst performing at a sold out Wembley Arena. Quinn calls the show ""horrendous"". Desperate for attention, the band raised £200 to nominate themselves for a Mercury Prize, but failed to get shortlisted. In"
"final time the five original band members would publicly perform together until 2003. Their set saw a weak, off-key falsetto note hit by frontman Simon Le Bon during ""A View to a Kill"". The error was trumpeted by numerous media outlets as ""The Bum Note Heard Round the World"", in contrast to Freddie Mercury's ""Note Heard Round the World"" at Wembley. Le Bon later recalled that it was the most embarrassing moment of his career. The UK TV feed from Philadelphia was dogged by an intermittent buzzing on the sound during Bryan Adams' turn on stage and continued less frequently"
"the relationship and he has his own life to live. Jemini were selected to take part in Eurovision by a public phone poll in the BBC's ""A Song for Europe"" competition. More than 100,000 votes cast in total for the duo. For their Eurovision appearance, Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey were accompanied on stage by three female backing singers, and a guitarist. The Eurovision failure prompted a great deal of mirth and consternation in the British and European media. Jemini admitted that their performance was off-key, and claimed they were unable to hear the backing track due to a technical"
"duo hailing from Liverpool. At Eurovision, the song fared badly and gained the worst result ever for the United Kingdom by coming in last, with the infamous ""nul points"". Some blamed the United Kingdom's involvement in the Iraq War, whilst others put it down to a bad performance. The female half of Jemini claimed that the monitors were switched off, so that she was unable to hear the backing track in her earpiece. The duo's dressing room was also attacked by vandals after the contest had ended. During the ""Liquid Eurovision"" show that was broadcast on BBC Three after the"
"outside the top 20 on nine occasions, including Jemini's infamous 2003 """"nul points"""" result, which was the first time that the country had come last in the contest. The UK also finished last in 2008 with Andy Abraham (14 points) and in 2010 with Josh Dubovie (10 points). It was alleged that the United Kingdom were expected to take part in the first contest in 1956, and that they missed the submission deadline and therefore could not take part. This was later revealed by the EBU in January 2017 to be a mythical fact created by fans of the contest."
"from the musical ""West Side Story"". He also recorded the Lennon–McCartney composition ""That Means a Lot"", a song The Beatles attempted to record before giving it away. Proby's UK career lost momentum after controversial live concert appearances including two trouser-splitting incidents at shows in Croydon and Luton in January 1965 that scandalized the British press and public and led to bans on Proby appearances by the ABC theatre chain, its TV namesake and BBC TV. Minor hits in 1966 were followed by flops, and in March 1968 ""It's Your Day Today"" gave Proby his last UK chart entry for nearly"
"each act performed twice in the first show and performed one of their songs in the results show. The act with the fewest votes was eliminated at the end of the second show. The live shows started on 23 October 2004 and ended on 11 December 2004. Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority.<br> This week did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Rowetta Satchell, was automatically eliminated The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Tabby Callaghan,"
"and looked to the sky when a perfect free-kick was somehow saved by their unorthodox keeper"". No England goal came—the United States won 1–0 in what entered English football history as the national team's most embarrassing upset. Ramsey, who was fiercely patriotic, took the result as an acute personal humiliation. One journalist recalled that on hearing the match mentioned years later, ""his face creased and he looked like a man who had been jabbed in an unhealed wound"". England could remain in the competition if they beat Spain in their last group game, but a 1–0 defeat saw them crash"
"of their debut album, drummer Christian Smith-Pancorvo left the group and was replaced by Andy Burrows. ""Up All Night"" was re-issued in April 2005, including the previously unreleased single ""Somewhere Else"", which peaked at Number 2. In July 2005, the band performed at Hyde Park, London as part of the Live 8 series of concerts. However, the band came under fire for being the only band that did not donate their extra revenue to charity. The band subsequently claimed that due to their ""fledgling status"", they were unable to make such a commitment. Razorlight contributed the song ""Kirby's House"" to"
"Nothing (opera) Nothing is a two act opera by the British composer David Bruce to a libretto by Glyn Maxwell, based on the award-winning book of the same name by Janne Teller. The opera was co-commissioned by the Royal Opera House, London, and Glyndebourne. The original production, directed by Bijan Sheibani, premiered at Glyndebourne in February 2016, featuring Glyndebourne Youth Opera and Southbank Sinfonia. The performances were conducted by Sian Edwards. The opera has five principle roles and three smaller roles that are performed by members of the chorus. The chorus itself is written for young voices. On the first"
"They scored 227 points, which would remain the highest points total of the pre semi-final era. At the 1998 contest in Birmingham, Imaani achieved the UK's 15th second-place finish and 20th top two result, with the song ""Where Are You?"", losing to Israel's Dana International. The UK, as of 2018, has not finished in the top two since. The UK has fared less well in the contest in the 21st century. Since girl-group Precious finished 12th in 1999, the UK has failed to reach the top ten in all but two of the last 19 contests (1999–2017) – the exceptions"
"Stephen Fry—who provides an outro for McDonnell's YouTube videos—was convinced to promote it on his Twitter profile. Episode eleven, the final compilation episode, revealed on ""The Radio 1 Chart Show"" that ""I've Got Nothing"" had reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart, which disappointed the boys. Over the course of the series, several figures from both the music and entertainment industry made an appearance on ""Chartjackers"", usually to offer advice or encouragement to the four boys. The first celebrity to feature on the show was former pop star Chesney Hawkes, who remarked that he felt that the team had"
"members of the United Kingdom jury at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and made a rather controversial decision to rank Spain, who eventually ended last, in 2nd place. However, this didn't affect the results as Spain scored 0 jury points altogether. Mary Hammond Mary Hammond is an English singer, actress, voice coach and Head of Musical Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music. Having trained in both voice and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, Hammond has been teaching and performing in the field of musical theatre for over twenty five years. In 1994, Hammond was a founder of"
"two new tracks, ""I Do"" and the single ""Twenty Years"", which reached number 18 in UK. The compilation was meant to allow the listener to observe Placebo's change of lyrics, music and attitude; Molko was highly critical of his early years, comparing in a 2005 interview the first singles with ""bad teenage poetry you made at college"". On 5 November 2004, Placebo played a one-night-only gig at Wembley Arena, in which Robert Smith of The Cure made a guest appearance on two tracks, ""Without You I'm Nothing"" and a cover of The Cure's ""Boys Don't Cry"". This performance was to"
"Nothing (A song) ""Nothing"" is the first single by rock band A released from their album ""Hi-Fi Serious"". It reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart; to date, A's highest charting single. During the promotion of the single, the band appeared on ""Top of The Pops"" and the Pepsi Chart Show. The promotional video for Nothing was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, mostly around the Artscape Theatre Centre formerly known as the Nico Malan theatre complex, and features extras dressed in the same clothes as each band member - complete with band member masks - to create the"
"act with the fewest public votes. For the first time this series, each contestant performed two songs. The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Union J, were automatically eliminated. After their elimination, Union J reprised their week 5 performance of ""Love Story"". The final, held at Manchester Central, consisted of two two-hour episodes on 8 and 9 December. On 31 October 2012, it was reported that there would not be a charity single released by the finalists this year, as there was in the previous four years, and that the"
"the competition in Ramsey's very first game in charge. As hosts, England automatically qualified for the 1966 World Cup. The first group game, on 11 July 1966, was against Uruguay and despite attacking talent, including Jimmy Greaves and Roger Hunt, playing against a disciplined Uruguayan defence, England were held to a 0–0 draw. This was the first time England had failed to score at Wembley since 1945. Ramsey's statement made three years earlier looked doubtful, but he remained calm and continued experimenting when his side faced Mexico in the next game. Ramsey was using the 4–3–3 system and for each"
"of the Makemakes were the only performers visible on stage, three off-stage backing vocalists were also part of the performance: Chris Coras, Harald Baumgartner and Regina Mallinger. At the conclusion of the voting, Austria finished in twenty-sixth place, failing to score any points. The nation initially tied with Germany as both countries finished with zero points, however, due to a tiebreaker rule that favours the song performed earliest in the running order, Austria was placed twenty-sixth, while Germany, which performed in position 17 during the final, placed twenty-seventh.</small> This marked the fourth time that Austria received ""nul points"" at the"
"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"
"last round of a tournament (Luton, UK, 1975), with Miles needing a draw for first place, and his opponent, Stewart Reuben, wanting a draw for a high placing, he agreed a draw without playing any moves. The arbiter decided to give both players no points for this non-game; the players claimed this ""game"" had been played often, when players prearranged a draw – this was the only time it had been scored 0–0, rather than playing out some anodyne non-moves. This sparked a hefty amount of correspondence in British chess journals. Miles also had his disagreements with chess authorities and"
"No Reply at All ""No Reply at All"" is a song by British band Genesis, from their 1981 album ""Abacab."" This song, like Phil Collins' solo track ""I Missed Again"" (recorded at around the same time), makes prominent use of a horn section, arranged by Tom Tom 84 (i.e. Thomas Washington, horn arranger for Earth, Wind & Fire) and played by that band's wind players, credited on the song as ""EWF Horns"". The song marks a step toward the mainstream pop direction Genesis was taking at the time, yet it still contains elements of their past: complex, melodic bass riffs,"