bucks fizz won the eurovision song contest in 2005.
bucks fizz won the eurovision song contest in 2005.
when did bucks fizz win the eurovision song contest?
2005
cheryl baker (born rita maria crudgington; 8 march 1954) is a british television presenter and singer. she was a member of 1980s pop group bucks fizz, who won the 1981 eurovision song contest. the group had 20 singles reach the uk top 60 between 1981 and 1988, including three number one hits with "making your mind up" (1981), "the land of make believe" (1981) and "my camera never lies" (1982). baker left the group in 1993. she had previously represented the uk at the 1978 eurovision song contest as a member of the band co-co. in 2004, she began performing alongside shelley preston and fellow original bucks fizz member mike nolan as the original bucks fizz. preston was replaced by original bucks fizz member jay aston in 2009. due to a legal dispute in 2011, the group renamed themselves cheryl baker, mike nolan and jay aston, formerly of bucks fizz. with the addition of robert (bobby) mcvay they are now "the fizz" and are working on new material.
cheryl baker
the "bucks fizz" album received average to good reviews from magazines. "record mirror" gave the album three out of five stars and said; "i think bucks fizz are bunch of gutless wonders who can perhaps sing in tune but don't know the meaning of singing with emotion...[the album] is a big production job with slick session musicians, ten ready-made songs for them to warble, and yet the whole shebang still can't spark bucks fizz into action...bucks fizz could be good if they only learned to feel their songs", citing track "shine on" as the only song to display any feeling. the same journalist went on to review their following album a year later saying that the songs had "a generous dash of emotion, something that was conspicuous by its absence on their debut". short-lived music magazine "chart songwords" said in another three out of five review; "whether they'll be in the public eye as long as kim wilde or duran duran, to name just two recently emerging stars, is difficult to decide, but on the strength of their debut lp, they have a fair chance", but also complained that some songs sounded like "sub brotherhood of man, or even worse - guys 'n' dolls". irish magazine "rte guide" was more favourable by giving the album five out of five and said ""bucks fizz" is an excellent pop album. of the seven non-single tracks, about four would easily make top-class single releases... "bucks fizz" is an instantly appealing album with some tracks registering immediately and other tracks growing on you".
bucks fizz (album)