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R O W BEST SONG

Hello to our wonderful fan club!

Thank you so much for everyone who voted in our search for our favourite Eurovision song for ROW.  A staggeringly brilliant 55 people voted!!!
We have our 60 songs for round two!
This is going to be tough…
There are now 6 groups of 10 songs each… We have the wonderful (awful) task now of picking just TWO songs from each group.  That’s right… Pick YOUR favourite TWO songs from each of the 6 groups… For round 3, we will then, by the most voted for, reduce our 60 to just 12!!!!
The groups are as follows:
Group A
Séverine – Un banc, un arbre, une rue (Monaco, 1971)
Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up (United Kingdom, 1981)
Nicole – Ein bißchen Frieden (Germany, 1982)
Charlotte Nilsson – Take Me to Your Heaven (Sweden, 1999)
Helena Paparizou – My Number One (Greece, 2005)
Verka Serduchka – Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Ukraine, 2007)
A Friend in London – New Tomorrow (Denmark, 2011)
Ott Lepland – Kuula (Estonia, 2012)
Krista Siegfrids – Marry Me (Finland, 2013)
Il Volo – Grande amore (Italy, 2015) 
Group B

France Gall – Poupée de cire, poupée de son (Luxembourg, 1965)
Brotherhood of Man – Save Your Kisses for Me (United Kingdom, 1976)
Bobbysocks! – La det swinge (Norway, 1985)
Olsen Brothers – Fly on the Wings of Love (Denmark, 2000)
Lisa Andreas – Stronger Every Minute (Cyprus, 2004)
Mihai Trăistariu – Tornero (Romania, 2006)
Lena – Satellite (Germany, 2010)
Loreen – Euphoria (Sweden, 2012)
Zlata Ognevich – Gravity (Ukraine, 2013)
Guy Sebastian – Tonight Again (Australia, 2015) 
Group C
Cliff Richard – Congratulations (United Kingdom, 1968)
Gali Atari and Milk and Honey – Hallelujah (הללויה) (Israel, 1979)
Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now (Ireland, 1987)
Antique – Die for You (Greece, 2001)
Luminiţa Angheland Sistem – Let Me Try (Romania, 2005)
Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland, 2006)
Eric Saade – Popular (Sweden, 2011)
Emmelie de Forest – Only Teardrops (Denmark, 2013)
The Common Linnets – Calm After the Storm (Netherlands, 2014)
Mørland &Debrah Scarlett – A Monster Like Me (Norway, 2015) 
Group D
Sandie Shaw – Puppet on a String (United Kingdom, 1967)
Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras (Luxembourg, 1973)
Carola Häggkvist – Främling (Sweden, 1983)
Dana International – Diva (דיווה) (Israel, 1998)
Željko Joksimović & Ad-Hoc Orchestra – Lane moje (Лане моје) (Serbia and Montenegro, 2004)
Ani Lorak – Shady Lady (Ukraine, 2008)
Yohanna – Is It True? (Iceland, 2009)
Ivi Adamou – La La Love (Cyprus, 2012)
Margaret Berger – I Feed You My Love (Norway, 2013)
Loïc Nottet – Rhythm Inside (Belgium, 2015) 
Group E
Domenico Modugno – Nel blu dipinto di blu (Italy, 1958)
ABBA – Waterloo (Sweden, 1974)
Céline Dion – Ne partez pas sans moi (Switzerland, 1988)
Katrina & The Waves – Love Shine a Light (United Kingdom, 1997)
Kate Ryan – Je t’adore (Belgium, 2006)
Euroband – This Is My Life (Iceland, 2008)
Alexander Rybak – Fairytale (Norway, 2009)
Pastora Soler – Quédate conmigo (Spain, 2012)
Conchita Wurst – Rise Like a Phoenix (Austria, 2014)
Elina Born &Stig Rästa – Goodbye to Yesterday (Estonia, 2015) 
Group F
Vicky Leandros – Après toi (Luxembourg, 1972)
Telex – Euro-Vision (Belgium, 1980)
Gina G – Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit (United Kingdom, 1996)
Sertab Erener – Everyway That I Can (Turkey, 2003)
Ruslana – Wild Dances (Ukraine, 2004)
Marija Šerifović – Molitva (Молитва) (Serbia, 2007)
Hera Björk – Je ne sais quoi (Iceland, 2010)
Kati Wolf – What About My Dreams? (Hungary, 2011)
Sanna Nielsen – Undo (Sweden, 2014)
Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes (Sweden, 2015)I’m very glad no one said this would be easy!!!

Please send your nominations to escvotes@gmail.com by

midnight 27 December Central European Time. Good luck..

ROW…. Start voting….. NOW!

Luc Spencer-Gardner

 

Cheryl, Mike & Jay formerly of Bucks Fizz with Bobby McVey

Cheryl, Jay, Mike formerly Bucks Fizz with Bobby McVey {copyright: embassytheatre.co.uk}
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.

Source: mirror.co.uk