Scott Fitzgerald (singer)

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Scott Fitzgerald (born William McPhail, Glasgow, Scotland) was the UK entrant in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, "Go". It was written and composed by Julie Forsyth, herself a former member of singing group Guys n' Dolls and daughter of the entertainer, Bruce Forsyth.

Forsyth joined Fitzgerald on stage at the contest in Dublin, alongside her husband Dominic Grant (also of Guys n' Dolls) and Des Dyer (formerly of Jigsaw) to perform backing vocals. Ronnie Hazlehurst conducted the live orchestration. Scott lost the contest, by one point, to Switzerland's entry performed by Celine Dion. According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, this was the closest contest yet. The winning margin being 0.73%. ^[1] "Go" climbed to a modest #52 in the UK Singles Chart.

Fitzgerald had previously hit the UK Singles Chart in 1978, singing "If I Had Words", a duet with Yvonne Keeley; this version was used in the film, Babe.