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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Index United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The 1985 edition of A Song for Europe was held at the BBC Television Centre on 9 April, hosted by a suited Terry Wogan. [1]

31 relations: Aeone, Alvin Stardust, BBC One, BBC Radio 2, Bobbysocks!, Bonnie Tyler, Boom Bang-a-Bang, British Forces Broadcasting Service, Clive Scott, Colin Berry, Congratulations (Cliff Richard song), Eurovision Song Contest 1985, Fiona Kennedy, Gothenburg, John Coleman (musician), La det swinge, Lena Zavaroni, Love Is (Vikki Watson song), Making Your Mind Up, Paul Curtis (musician), Peter Beckett, Puppet on a String, Record Breakers, Save Your Kisses for Me, Te Deum, Television Centre, London, Terry Wogan, UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, United Kingdom, Waterloo (ABBA song), Wogan.

Aeone

Aeone Victoria Watson (born 1959, Liss, Hampshire, England), best known as her mononym Aeone (pronounced ay-own), is a British musician and composer, who now lives in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Alvin Stardust

Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Bobbysocks!

Bobbysocks! is a Norwegian pop duo consisting of Norwegian Hanne Krogh and Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andreassen.

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Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins; 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer, known for her distinctive husky voice.

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Boom Bang-a-Bang

"Boom Bang-a-Bang" was the United Kingdom entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969.

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British Forces Broadcasting Service

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide.

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Clive Scott

Clive Scott (born Clive Kenneth Scott; 24 February 1945 – 10 May 2009) was a keyboard player of the British 1970s pop / rock group Jigsaw as well as the composer of most of the group's recordings, together with the singer, Des Dyer.

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Colin Berry

Colin Berry is a British radio disc jockey/presenter and newsreader, best known for his many years at BBC Radio 2.

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Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)

"Congratulations" is a song written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, as the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 on 6 April with Cliff Richard performing.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Fiona Kennedy

Fiona Kennedy Clark, OBE, DL is a Scottish singer, actress, and broadcaster, and the daughter of Scottish and Gaelic singers Calum Kennedy and Anne Gillies.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

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John Coleman (musician)

John A. Coleman (born 9 August 1934) is a British conductor and music arranger.

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La det swinge

"La det swinge" ("Let it swing") is a song in Norwegian, sung by the pop duo Bobbysocks!.

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Lena Zavaroni

Lena Hilda Zavaroni (4 November 1963 – 1 October 1999) was a Scottish singer and a television show host.

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Love Is (Vikki Watson song)

"Love Is …", written and composed by James Kaleth and Vikki Watson, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by the latter composer, Vikki Watson, credited at Eurovision and on the single as Vikki.

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Making Your Mind Up

"Making Your Mind Up" is a song by the British pop group Bucks Fizz.

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Paul Curtis (musician)

Paul Michael Curtis (born 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer from London, who holds the record for the highest number of songs to make the finals of the A Song for Europe contest, the BBC's annual competition to choose the UK's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, competing with 22 separate songs from 1975 to 1992.

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Peter Beckett

Peter Beckett (born 10 August 1948) is an English musician and songwriter who has written songs for many prominent recording artists, his own bands and solo work, and for several films.

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Puppet on a String

"Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw.

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Record Breakers

Record Breakers is a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC.

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Save Your Kisses for Me

"Save Your Kisses for Me" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed for the United Kingdom by Brotherhood of Man in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Te Deum

The Te Deum (also known as Ambrosian Hymn or A Song of the Church) is an early Christian hymn of praise.

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Television Centre, London

Television Centre is a building complex in White City, West London that was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013.

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Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan (3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career.

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UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC TV show broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Waterloo (ABBA song)

"Waterloo" is the first single from the Swedish pop group ABBA's second album, Waterloo and their first under the Epic and Atlantic labels.

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Wogan

Wogan was a British television talk show which was broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1992, presented by Terry Wogan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985

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