Following the excellent big NEWS from the ole BBC in UK that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber will
be heading �a Tv Show to Search for a 'Eurovision Star' for Moscow 2009.�
Will it be like "The Cilla Black Show" of 1968 onwards ! with Sarah Brightman as his sexy co-host!! she could bring back her dance group Hot Gossip!! �
Just wishful thinkin'
As I am a Brit' Lad (Birmingham UK home of 1998 Eurovision Contest)�
from way back, I have been checking out the Best of 'Song For Europe' gems.
So I will be bringing you on this blog, the best & even the worst of England's Eurovision Pre-Selections.�
Perhapes even from the 70's & 80's before Videos came to be the norm.�
They was "TV Preview" Clips....
of winning local entry's from a lot of counry's in Europe . I found one from 1980
'Prima Donna' very typical of the Preview Clips of that time.
The band were Kate Robbins, Jane Robbins ( the wonderful) Sally Ann Triplett. Danny Finn Alan Coates and Lance Aston (who was "yes" Jay Aston��Fizzer's brother no less)
Lance Aston tried again to reach Eurovision final performing with a ex-New Seeker�
Kathryn Ann Rae in 1983 after Jay in Bucks Fizz �had won just 2 years before. The band was Audio with "Love on my mind" finished 4th in Song For Europe.�
Be sure check out this 1980 clip above.
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