United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That year's A Song For Europe was hosted on March 29, 1991 and was hosted by Terry Wogan. Following the somewhat negative comments by one member of the 'expert' panel in 1990, the idea was dropped in 1991. For the first time the orchestra was visible in the studio.

The contest was opened by The Ravenscroft Partnership, a group assembled by Raf Ravenscroft, the man responsible for re-working the theme tune to soap opera Crossroads. "We Will Protect You" was an uptempo anthem.

Next on stage was Christopher Ellis with the romantic ballad Straight to your heart.

Eighteen year old Samantha Janus was the performer of the Paul Curtis composition, A message to your heart, an uptempo effort with a memorable hook. Janus was backed by three female vocalists one of whom, Nicky Belcher, was the sister of former New Seekers member Lyn Paul.

Christie was the female soloist singing a mid-tempo ballad called "Nothing on This Earth".

Malcolm Roberts was a well-known face from the 1960s and had previously represented Luxembourg in the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. His 1991 entry was a big ballad called One love.

A little bit of heaven was a typical Eurovision anthem performed by Lorraine Craig with aid of a female backing singer and two men strumming guitars.

Julie Finney had fought off a throat infection to participate in the final and did so with the dramatic ballad, True love.

Finally, a mid-tempo entry in an almost folk style, Lover come in sung by Brendan Faye.

[edit] Results

[edit] Eurovision

Samantha Janus went on to represent United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 finishing 10th with 47 points. Her backing singers on the night included Hazell Dean and former Belle and the Devotions lead singer, Kit Rolfe.