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The UK had to wait 11 years after the contest began to bag its first win.
Sandie Shaw brought home the trophy with a total of 47 points in Vienna, the second highest winner’s score Eurovision had seen at that point.
Puppet on a String s win brought Eurovision hosting duties back to the UK for the first time as reigning champion, although London had already hosted it in 1960 and 1963 on behalf of the Netherlands and France.
The song also became a No.1 hit in the UK, but Shaw, who had already topped the chart with with (There s) Always Something There to Remind Me and Long Live Love, said that she was no fan of Puppet on a String, which was chosen from five potential UK song entries.
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Blas Cantó will perform for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
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Spain chooses Voy a quedarme for Blas Cantó
21 February 2021 at 00:12 CET
España has spoken! Blas Cantó will take Voy a quedarme ( I Am Going To Stay ) to the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in The Netherlands.
During a star-studded
Destino Eurovisión featuring former Spanish Eurovision icons Pastora Soler (2012) and Edurne (2015), viewers were tasked with choosing Cantó s song for Rotterdam.
It was a straight fight between
Voy a quedarme and
Memoria. The former
(a modern ballad which showcases the Spaniard’s impressive vocal registers) won with 58% of the public vote and will be performed by Blas at the Grand Final on Saturday 22 May.