In which year did the UK last win the Eurovision Song Contest with Katrina and the Waves' Love Shine a Light?
"Eurovision Song Contest 1998 The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, following Katrina and the Waves's win at the 1997 contest in Dublin, Ireland with the song ""Love Shine A Light"". It was the UK's fifth win, and the eighth time that the UK hosted the contest, the last being in Harrogate in 1982. The UK has not won or hosted the contest since. The contest was staged at the National Indoor Arena on 9 May 1998. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest, with making"
"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)."
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"227 points; it received points from all participating countries, including five sets of 10 points and a record-breaking ten sets of the maximum 12 points. ""Love Shine a Light"" is still regarded as one of the most successful Eurovision winners, and was the closing song in the medleys that opened the 50th anniversary show ""Congratulations"" in Copenhagen in 2005, and the ESC 2006 semi-final in Athens. With this victory, the United Kingdom has five Eurovision wins and it is to date the country's last win in the Contest. For the first time, the fansite House of Eurovision presented the Barbara"
"United Kingdom finished in 15th place with 111 points, the country's best result since 2011 As a member of the ""Big 5"", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2017 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by"
"for a place in the final, Katrina was on the judging panel and gave her advice to the finalists and then performed her winning Eurovision 1997 song ""Love Shine A Light"". In May 2016, Leskanich performed at Let's Rock the Moor! in Cookham, Berkshire plus Let's Rock Bristol and Let's Rock Leeds. In July 2016, Leskanich toured Australia on the Totally 80s Tour with Martika, Berlin, Limahl, Men Without Hats, Paul Lekakis and Stacey Q. Leskanich was the United Kingdom spokesperson for the jury vote at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, as a tribute to the 20th anniversary of Katrina"
"with ""Mysterious Woman"" and as Eurovision winner in 1997 by Katrina and the Waves representing the United Kingdom with ""Love Shine a Light"". Lyrically, ""The Voice"" is a very Celtic-inspired song, with the singer portraying herself as ""the voice"" which watches over the world, describing ""her"" effects on the elements, such as the wind, the seasons, in a similar way to Mother Nature. It is of a folk style and is sung at a very high pitch. Quinn was accompanied by traditional Irish percussion, woodwind and string instruments. Beginning in 2006 and 2007 with "","" ""The Voice"" became a staple"
"the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 25, the United Kingdom placed 24th out of the 26 participating countries with 62 points. Prior to the 2016 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks"
"Kingdom was obligated to vote in the second semi-final. In the United Kingdom's fifty-eighth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, ""Still in Love with You"" finished in twenty-fourth place out of 27 competing songs with 5 points. Prior to the 2015 Contest, the United Kingdom had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven times since its first entry in 1957. The United Kingdom has, thus far, won the competition five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your"
"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"
"home and studio, where he recorded much of his most recent album, ""Tomorrow"". Throughout this time, he studied the philosophy of indigenous people, became environmentally active and, in 2008, he received a GreenTec Award (formerly the Clean Tech Media Awards) in Berlin. Following the dissolution of the band, Nocito based himself in Cambridge, England and produced the Katrina and The Waves' single ""Love Shine a Light"", winner of the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest and a top 10 hit throughout Europe. He also produced and wrote for Hepburn, Gina G, and Orson, and continued to work extensively with Katrina and The"
"the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British public broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event each year and organises the national selection for the entry. The UK has won the contest five times. The United Kingdom's five winners are Sandie Shaw with the song ""Puppet on a String"" (), Lulu with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" ( tied), Brotherhood of Man with ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" (), Bucks Fizz with ""Making Your Mind Up"" () and Katrina and the Waves with ""Love, Shine a Light"" (). The UK has also finished as runner-up on a record 15 occasions; with Pearl Carr & Teddy"
"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"
"the BBC's ""Top of the Pops"" and ""Entertainment USA"". In the early 1990s he produced the Brit Awards, and from 1995 he selected and produced the British entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, including the winning entry in 1997, ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina and the Waves. In September 2001, King was convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to seven years in prison, for having sexually assaulted five boys, aged 14 and 15, in the 1980s. In November 2001 he was acquitted of 22 similar charges. He was released on parole in March 2005. A further trial for"
"up with ""That Country Girl"". On 8 February 2014, Matthews launched a tour with a live band to promote his new country music career. In May 2014, he released a charity single in support of the Join Our Boys Trust in Ireland, a charity for those suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The song ""Love Shine a Light, is a cover of a Katrina and the Waves song, the UK entry and eventual winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1997. It appears also on his 2014 album ""A Little Bitty Country"". Matthews has gone on to have five Irish Country download number"
"Hallelujah"" was the first ever hard rock song to win the contest, since Eurovision is normally associated with softer pop music and schlager. This was Finland's first victory in Eurovision after waiting forty-five years. It is also noted that they scored the same amount of points in the semi-final and the grand final. The hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens were Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, the Greek representative at Eurovision in 2004 and 2009, and the Greek American television presenter and actress, Maria Menounos. In the semi-final, both the hosts sang Katrina and the Waves' contest-winning ""Love Shine"
"member of the ""Big 5"", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks Fizz and"
"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 2016 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song ""You're Not Alone"" performed by Joe and Jake. The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 6 October 2016."
"the contest. The show, entitled after Cliff Richard's entry for the United Kingdom, was held in Copenhagen, and featured a competition among fourteen of the most popular songs from the last 50 years of the contest. A telephone vote was held to determine the most popular Eurovision song of all-time, which was won by the ABBA song ""Waterloo"" (winner for Sweden in ). The event was hosted by the 1997 Contest winner for the United Kingdom, Katrina Leskanich, and Latvia's representative on its debut at the 2000 Contest, Renārs Kaupers. In 2015, the EBU had decided again to commemorate the"
"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"
"Records called ""Break of Hearts"", a harder, more rock-oriented effort than their previous releases. The album included ""That's the Way"" which reached No. 16 in the US (written by Leskanich and Rew). Throughout the nineties, Katrina and the Waves recorded fairly steadily, though most releases were available only in continental Europe and/or Canada. They also recorded the song ""We Gotta Get Out of This Place"" with Eric Burdon for the TV series ""China Beach"" in 1990. In 1997, after having somewhat faded into obscurity, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 for the United Kingdom with ""Love Shine a"
"United Kingdom), two-time winner Johnny Logan (Ireland), Gina G (1996, United Kingdom), and Jane Comerford as lead singer of Texas Lightning (2006, Germany). Tying in with the goal of Eurovision—to showcase ""the importance of bringing countries together to celebrate diversity, music and culture"", the 2015 theme of ""Building Bridges"", and arguing that they could not hold ""the world's biggest party"" to celebrate the 60th edition of Eurovision without inviting Australia, the EBU announced on 10 February 2015 that the country would compete at that year's edition as a special guest participant. At a press conference held at the Sydney Opera"
"2006. On 25 October 2004 Copenhagen was confirmed as the host city for the event, which was now scheduled to take place on 22 October 2005. In May 2005 ""Congratulations"" was confirmed as the official name of the concert. A month later DR announced that Forum Copenhagen would host the programme. The chosen venue had previously hosted the first junior edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. On 9 September 2005, DR announced that Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers would present the concert. Leskanich was the lead singer of Katrina and The Waves, who won the Contest for the"
"in 1958. Sweden had won the contest on five occasions: in 1974 with the song ""Waterloo"" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song ""Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song ""Fångad av en stormvind"" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song ""Take Me to Your Heaven"" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, and in 2012 with the song ""Euphoria"" performed by Loreen. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden had, to this point, only failed to qualify to the final on one occasion in 2010. In 2014, Sweden placed third in the contest with the"
"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"
"by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2017 contest, the United Kingdom finished in fifteenth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song ""Never Give Up on You"" performed by Lucie Jones amassing a total of 111 points. The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 on 29 September 2017. Between 2011 and 2015, BBC opted to internally select the British"
"Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Spain has also finished second four times, with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2014, Spain placed tenth with the song ""Dancing in the Rain"" performed by Ruth Lorenzo. The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. From 2007 to 2011, TVE had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Spain, with both the public and a panel of jury"