"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 The United Kingdom held a national pre-selection to choose the song that would go to the ""Eurovision Song Contest 1975"". The Shadows were selected by the BBC to represent the UK, after BBC executive Bill Cotton had stated that he specifically wanted a group to sing for Britain in 1975. His choice was met with a negative response by the UK media, the song writing community and the general public. Members of the group were responsible for two of the six shortlisted songs, causing a further outcry from the music publishers associations."
"whilst a Danish version, ""Lad Mig Blive Din"" was recorded by ""Eurovision Song Contest 1963"" co-winner Grethe Ingmann. For the Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast on 22 March 1975, Pete Murray provided the BBC Television commentary, having previously presented the contest for BBC Radio in 1968 and 1969, 1972 and 1973. Terry Wogan once again provided the radio commentary on BBC Radio 2. British Forces Radio had been scheduled to broadcast the contest with commentary provided by Richard Astbury, but technical difficulties prevented the broadcast from going ahead. ""Let Me Be the One"" won the national and went on to come"
"22 February was ""Let Me Be The One"" which received 17,477 votes, the lowest published figure known for a winning song in the UK finals that used either voting by mail or telephone. The choice of The Shadows led to calls from the Music Publishers Association for the song writers and composers to be allowed to select the artist of their choice to perform the songs in future UK selections for Eurovision and the low postal vote persuaded the BBC that a new format was indeed needed. This was inaugurated in 1976. The winning song was written by Paul Curtis,"
"have won the UK selection contest with his debut attempt, ""Let Me Be The One"" by The Shadows, doing best at Eurovision, finishing in second place at the final in Stockholm, Sweden in 1975. His second song to go on to the Eurovision final, which he wrote in collaboration with Graham Sacher, ""Love Games"" by Belle and the Devotions, caused a storm of controversy when it was booed from the stage in Luxembourg. Curtis and his co-writer Sacher, were accused of plagiarism, and the singers on stage were largely faking their performance. In addition, Curtis has twice sung his own"
"Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 The Netherlands was represented by six-member group Teach-In, with the song '""Ding-A-Dong"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Stockholm on 22 March. Teach-In were chosen as the Dutch representatives at the national final on 26 February, and went on to win the 1975 contest for the Netherlands. The national final was held at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, hosted by Willem Duys. For the first time since 1970, the Dutch performer had not been preselected by broadcaster NOS, and the 1975 selection consisted of two stages. Firstly each of the"
"Let Me Be the One (Five Star song) ""Let Me Be The One"" is the name of a 1985 hit single by British pop group Five Star, and was the fourth release from their debut album ""Luxury Of Life"", released in the summer of 1985. ""Let Me Be The One"" was the group's second UK Top 20 single of the year, reaching #18. It also reached #2 on the U.S. R&B Billboard chart. The song was later covered by American singer Mandy Moore in 1999 for her debut album. 7"" Single: PB 40193 1. Let Me Be The One (Edit"
"France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 France was represented by Nicole Rieu, with the song '""Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TF1. On the night of the final Rieu performed third in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Germany. ""Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"" was a gentle, melodic ballad, often cited as the most sophisticated song in the 1975 contest. At the close of voting it had picked up 91 points (including maximum 12s from Ireland and Portugal),"
"Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Italy was represented by duo Wess and Dori Ghezzi, with the song '""Era"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. As usual, broadcaster RAI chose both song and performers internally. Wess and Ghezzi had been singing together since 1972 and had enjoyed a string of successful records in Italy. The cadence of their performing name led many outside Italy to assume that they were husband and wife, but this was not the case. For the second consecutive year Italy had drawn the last slot in the"
"the song reached No. 76 on the British pop chart. Let Me Be the One (Exposé song) Let Me Be the One is a single by Exposé, released on May 15, 1987. Written and produced by Lewis Martineé and appears on their debut album, ""Exposure"". The lead vocals on the song were performed by Gioia Bruno. Released as a single in August 1987, ""Let Me Be the One"" became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in October of that year, when it peaked at No. 7. The song also reached No. 2 on the"
"placing France 4th of the 19 entries. The French jury awarded its 12 points to the United Kingdom. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 France was represented by Nicole Rieu, with the song '""Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TF1. On the night of the final Rieu performed third in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Germany. ""Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"" was a gentle, melodic ballad, often cited as the most sophisticated song in the 1975 contest."
"she won for six consecutive weeks in 1975. Her participation resulted in the most recorded votes ever on the show. This produced her biggest hit, ""Let Me Try Again"", which reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1975, Jones was the best selling UK female artist of the year based on her international record sales. In 1976, Jones released a single entitled ""Love's A Carousel"", a song that she performed in BBC TV's at the Royal Albert Hall, a competition to select the UK's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Competing against Frank Ifield and Tony Christie, Jones finished"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1975 The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by Sveriges Radio (SR) and held in Stockholm, Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholmsmässan in Älvsjö in southern Stockholm. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the contest for the first time. The Contest was won by Teach-In, who sang ""Ding-a-dong"" in English, representing the Netherlands. The contest took place in Stockholm, the capital and largest city of Sweden, which has long been one of the country's cultural, media, political, and economic"
"Let Me Be the One (Exposé song) Let Me Be the One is a single by Exposé, released on May 15, 1987. Written and produced by Lewis Martineé and appears on their debut album, ""Exposure"". The lead vocals on the song were performed by Gioia Bruno. Released as a single in August 1987, ""Let Me Be the One"" became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in October of that year, when it peaked at No. 7. The song also reached No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Play chart. In the United Kingdom,"
"1970 at American Sound Studio in Memphis, with ""Let Me Be the One"" being afforded a UK single release in November 1970 with the singer credited mononymously as Nanette. The song was also recorded by Anne Murray for her 1971 album ""Talk It Over in the Morning"" with the track being issued as the B-side of Murray's 1972 UK single ""Destiny"" which spent 4 weeks in the UK Top 50 with a #41 peak on November 4, 1972. Murray also recorded the song as a duet with Glen Campbell on the 1971 Glen Campbell/ Anne Murray album ""Anne Murray -"
"although this would happen again with the United Kingdom the following year and Sweden in 1984. ""Ding-A-Dong"" reached number 3 on the Dutch Singles chart and also became a hit in several other markets, including the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 13, and Sweden where it made number 2. Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 The Netherlands was represented by six-member group Teach-In, with the song '""Ding-A-Dong"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Stockholm on 22 March. Teach-In were chosen as the Dutch representatives at the national final on 26 February, and went"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Ireland was represented by The Swarbriggs, with the song '""That's What Friends Are For"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. ""That's What Friends Are For"" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February. The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. For a second year, RTÉ pre-selected their representatives and The Swarbriggs performed eight songs which were voted on by ten regional juries. On the night of the final The Swarbriggs performed"
"In what would be the first of many examples under the 12 points system of Italian juries voting in a manner very much out of step with the rest of Europe, they awarded only 1 point to the winning song from the Netherlands and only 3 to the United Kingdom, while giving the only 12 of the night to Switzerland, who finished 6th. Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Italy was represented by duo Wess and Dori Ghezzi, with the song '""Era"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. As usual, broadcaster"
"Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Belgium was represented by Ann Christy, with the song '""Gelukkig zijn"", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. Christy was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held on 1 March; she had previously taken part in the Belgian preselections of 1970, 1971 and 1973. Future Belgian representative Micha Marah (1979) also took part. The first stage of the selection process consisted of seven semi-finals at the Amerikaans Theater in Brussels, starting in November 1974. Full details of the semi-finals (dates, hosts, participating"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1976. It took place on 25 February 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. For the first time since 1964 a single act did not perform each of the nominated songs with rather each song being performed by a different act. Michael Aspel acted as presenter for the event. A Song for Europe was watched in 6.3 million homes (giving it a general viewing figure of 12.6 million viewers), and finishing as"
"leak of Bonnie Tyler's Eurovision participation, identified the UK representative as musical stage actress Bonnie Langford. The official announcement that Bonnie Tyler would represent the United Kingdom with the song ""Believe in Me"" was made on 7 March 2013. Tyler is the fifth Welsh-born solo act to represent the UK at Eurovision, following Mary Hopkin (1970), Emma (1990), Jessica Garlick (2002) and James Fox (2004). To date, the only Welsh-born person to sing on a winning Eurovision entrant is Nicky Stevens of Brotherhood of Man, that group having secured Eurovision victory for the UK in 1976 with ""Save Your Kisses"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. It was held on 29 January 1965 and presented by David Jacobs. The BBC internally selected the singer for the second time. They chose a solo female singer, Kathy Kirby, whose looks were compared to Marilyn Monroe and who had just scored four consecutive top 20 hit singles. The song was then selected by viewers of ""The Kathy Kirby Show"" on BBC1, casting votes on postcards via post, with the winner ""I"
"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,"
"""Let Me Be the One"" and preceding Belgium's Ann Christy with ""Gelukkig zijn""). At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 12th in a field of 19. After three entries, and having experienced only modest success, Malta withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest. Interest in a return developed over the 1980s, but due to a restriction on the number of entrants, the country was ineligible to enter. Following The Netherlands' withdrawal from the 1991 Contest, however, Malta was able to take up the vacant position. Thus, the song was succeeded as Maltese representative at the 1991 Contest"
"the 12 points exchange between the two was noted as an oddity, as neither country had received a maximum vote from any other jury. The 1976 contest was a two-horse race with winners the United Kingdom and runners-up France finishing out of sight of the rest of the field, and it was also spotted that Italy and Ireland were the only two countries who did not award a 12 or a 10 to either the UK or France. Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 Italy was represented by Romina Power and Al Bano, with the song '""We'll Live It"
"Gelukkig zijn ""Gelukkig zijn"" (translated: ""Being excited"", English version: ""Could It Be Happiness"") was the Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in Dutch and English by Ann Christy. When performing the song at Eurovision in Stockholm, Christy sang the first verse and chorus in Dutch and the rest in English. The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Malta's Renato with ""Singing This Song"" and preceding Israel's Shlomo Artzi with ""At Va'Ani""). At the close of voting, it had received 17 points, placing 15th in a field of 19. The song deals with the simple pleasures"
"was performed eighth on the night, following Switzerland's Simone Drexel with ""Mikado"" and preceding the United Kingdom's The Shadows with ""Let Me Be the One"". At the close of voting, it had received 22 points, placing 13th in a field of 19. The song is a ballad, with Pepel in Kri calling for a day of love in the whole world that never ends. It was succeeded by Ambasadori with ""Ne mogu skriti svoju bol"", the Yugoslav representative at the 1976 Contest. The song was released as ""A Day of Love"" in English but failed to enter the charts. Dan"
"points (including, as in 1976, a maximum 12 from Israel). United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1976. It took place on 25 February 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. For the first time since 1964 a single act did not perform each of the nominated songs with rather each song being performed by a different act. Michael Aspel acted as presenter for the event. A Song for Europe was watched in 6.3 million homes (giving it a"
"Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 The Netherlands was represented by duo Mouth & MacNeal (Willem Duyn and Maggie MacNeal), with the song '""I See a Star"", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Brighton, England on 6 April. Mouth & MacNeal were internally selected by broadcaster NOS to be the Dutch representatives . The national final was held on 27 February at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, hosted by Willem Duys. Only three songs were performed and voted on by a jury. ""Ik zie een ster"" emerged the runaway winner. The free-language rule applied in 1974,"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1976 The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the contest hosted by NOS and held in The Hague, Netherlands. The arena for the event was the Nederlands Congrescentrum. Teach-In's victory in Stockholm the previous year gave The Netherlands the right to host the contest for the third time. The Contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, who sang ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" in English, representing the United Kingdom. The Hague is the seat of government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the capital city of the province of South Holland. It is"
"the Eurovision Song Contest. The final took place on 9 February 1975 in the studios of TRT and hosted by Bülend Özveren. The winning song was picked by averaging the ranks from the professional jury and people's jury as ""Seninle Bir Dakika"" (literally ""A minute with you"") by Semiha Yankı. At the close of voting the song had received only 3 points from Monaco and placed last. In 1976, Greek entry aroused controversy as it was about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This time Turkey withdrew from the Contest to protest the political background of the entry of Greece, ""Panagia"
"United Kingdom in . Kaupers is the lead singer of Latvian group Brainstorm, who represented Latvia on its debut in the Contest in . Tickets for the event went on sale on 22 August 2005 from 10:00 (CET) and sold out in just over one hour. The event was attended by an audience of 6,000. Fourteen songs would compete in ""Congratulations"". In May 2005 the EBU opened a poll on its website to decide ten songs that would contest the event. Voters chose their two favourite songs from each of five decades: 1956 to 1965, 1966 to 1975, 1976 to"
"that has been ruling the country since the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat led by Augusto Pinochet. Eurovision Song Contest 1975 The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by Sveriges Radio (SR) and held in Stockholm, Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholmsmässan in Älvsjö in southern Stockholm. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the contest for the first time. The Contest was won by Teach-In, who sang ""Ding-a-dong"" in English, representing the Netherlands. The contest took place in Stockholm, the capital and largest"
"to take part. Dani was seen by viewers in the audience at the point the French song should have been performed. For the same reason, the French singer Anne-Marie David, who had won the first place for Luxembourg in 1973, could not come to Brighton to hand the prize to the 1974 winner. In her absence, the Director General of the BBC and President of the EBU, Sir Charles Curran, presented the Grand Prix. Malta had selected Enzo Guzman with the song ""Paċi Fid Dinja"" (Peace in the World) to represent them, but withdrew from the contest for unknown reasons."