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Britain s Eurovision Song Contest entries: where are they now?

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Britain s Eurovision Song Contest entries: where are they now?

1970: Mary Hopkin, ‘Knock, Knock, Who’s There?’ Welsh folk singer Hopkin gave the UK another second place at Eurovision, after a string of hit singles including Goodbye (written and produced by Paul McCartney). After she married top producer Tony Visconti in 1971, she withdrew from the limelight, but still sang on several albums he produced, including David Bowie’s Low. After a late-Seventies comeback, she joined a group called Oasis (not the Gallaghers’ band), and sang on Vangelis’s soundtrack for Blade Runner. She is still recording, and released her last studio album in 2013. In 2018, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her break out single Those Were the Days, produced by Paul McCartney, Hopkin released a new acoustic version of the track.

How Wales has fared when representing the UK in Eurovision

Love Shine a Light. The UK has only won the competition five times, and one of those were when represented by a Welsh artist. In 1976, Brotherhood of Man, featuring Carmarthen’s Nicky Stevens, won the crown with Save Your Kisses for Me. Including Brotherhood of Man, eight Welsh entrants have represented the UK over the years. The first of these was in 1970, where Mary Hopkin finished in seventh place with  Knock, Knock Who s There. Bridgend s Emma Louise Booth, aged 15 at the time, finished sixth in 1990, having performed  Give a Little Love Back to the World. Jessica Garlick, from Kidwelly, came joint-third in 2002 with

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