Cheryl, Jay, Mike formerly Bucks Fizz with Bobby McVey {copyright: embassytheatre.co.uk}
1981 was the year Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest with Making Your Mind Up for the United Kingdom. They went on to have two further number one hits in the UK – Land Of Make Believe and My Camera Never Lies as well as many more hits locally and internationally.
Three of the orginal members Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston and Mike Nolan are together now and touring with Bobby McVey (former member of Sweet Dreams ESC UK 1983 – I’m Never Giving Up). However, they cannot use the name ‘Bucks Fizz’. That is now owned by former member Bobby G‘s wife Heidi Manton. There has a been a continuous legal battle over the name for many years. Bobby G and Heidi tour as their own Bucks Fizz band.
It is probably due to the legal problems that the either of the bands have not been invited to the Eurovision Song Contest 60th birthday celebrations.
Cheryl, Jay, Mike and Bobby McVey now tour as Cheryl, Mike & Jay formerly of Bucks Fizz with Bobby McVey. The band are working on a single for summer release.
The second semi-final of the 2015 Melodifestivalen took place in Malmö last night. Two more acts qualified for the final and two acts have a second hope through the Andra Chansen show.
Sanna Nielsen, who represented Sweden at the Eurovision in Copenhagen in 2014 with Undo, and Robin Paulsson, a comedian, were the presenters.
The seven acts and songs were –
Linus Svenning – Forever Starts Today
Emelie Irewald – Där och då med dig
Samir & Viktor – Groupie
Neverstore – If I Was God For One Day
Marie Bergman & Sanne Salomonsen – Nonetheless
Magnus Carlsson – Möt mig i Gamla stan
Mariette – Don’t Stop Believing
The two acts to qualify directly to final via televoting were Mariette and Magnus Carlsson. Also, Linus Svenning and Samir & Viktor go to the Andra Chansen phase.
The three man pop/opera group Il Volo have won the 2015 Festival di Sanremo and will represent Italy at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is entitled Grand amore. It is not 100% certain yet if this will be the song they will perform in Vienna or if it will be another song.
The top three acts as decided by jury and televoting were –
Il Volo – Grande amore
Nek – Fatti avanti amore
Malika Ayane – Adesso e qui
You can hear and the official video for Grand amore below.
After three quarter finals of the A Dal in Hungary the first semi-final took place. Nine acts competed and four progressed to the final to take place on 28 February.
The nine acts and songs were –
Timi Antal – Woke Up This Way
Karmapolis – The Time Is Now
Vera Tóth – Gyémánt
Zoltán Mujahid – Beside You
Spoon – Keep Marching On
Ádám Szabó – Give Me Your Love
Pankastic! – Kicsi a világ, de nagy világ
Boggie – Wars For Nothing
New Level Empire – Homelights
The expert jury voted for Zoltán Mujahid, Ádám Szabó and Boggie. The televoting decided that Spoon would join them in the final.
The waiting is almost over. Tonight in the first of two ‘finals’ the actual song to go to Vienna for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest would be decided.
The three finalists each performed the final three songs –
This Time
Right Way
Dangerous
The finalists –
Mia
Monika Linkytė
Vaidas Baumila
After a combination of local jury, international jury and televoting the winning song is This Time composed by Vytautas Bikus and Monika Liubinaitė.
The final to decide which act will represent Lithuania in Vienna is on 21 February.
María Ólafsdóttir was victorious in the Söngvakeppnin grand final and will represent Iceland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Unbroken. Tonight María performed the song that in the semi-final was sung in the Icelandic language Lítil Skref.
Seven songs battled it out this evening. The acts and songs were –
Cadem – Fly
Sunday– Feathers
Björn & Friends – Piltur og stúlka
María Ólafsdóttir – Unbroken
Elín Sif – Dance Slow
Friðrik Dór – Once Again
Haukur Heiðar Hauksson – Milljón Augnablik
The expert jury and televoting decided that two songs would make it to the superfinal. They were –
Friðrik Dór – Once Again
María Ólafsdóttir – Unbroken
After televoting only María Ólafsdóttir was declared the winner with Unbroken. The song was composed by the band StopWaitGo (who also wrote the runner up song).
Erika Selin will perform her song Break Me Up in the 2015 Ireland Eurosong final to be held on 27 February. Erika is from Sweden and her upbeat song is composed by Gustav Eurén, Niclas Arn and Danne Attlerud.
Two of the composers, Niclas and Gustav, wrote Kom for Timoteij in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 2010. Infact, Erika made the original demo version of that song.
Erika has appeared in top talent shows in Sweden – Idols and Talang. She is looking forward to taking part in the Irish final and would be proud to represent Ireland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
You can see the video for Break Me Up below and the song is also available on iTunes and other digital platforms.
