Show 564 – Motiv8 Special | Neon Nights joy.org.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from joy.org.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gina G and her backing band on stage in Wembley Arena
Credit: David Burges
Twenty five years ago this week, one of the UK’s most infectious and incongruous Eurovision Song Contest entries was watched by 300 million people around the world. Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit was a slice of hi-NRG Euro-trance with a galloping bassline and an earworm chorus, performed by Australian Gina G. The flame-haired singer delivered the song wearing a gold disc mini dress initially made for Cher to a stunned crowd in Oslo, a crowd more used to saccharine ballads and soft pop numbers.
The UK ended up finishing eighth in the competition, which takes place this Saturday in Rotterdam. But Ooh Aah went on to become a global smash and earned a Grammy nomination. Gina G became a household name. In the UK alone, Ooh Aah stayed in the charts for 27 weeks, becoming an inescapable anthem in the heady summer of 1996 when England almost triumphed in the Euros. Even Britpop-loving NME called the song a “fren