Love Shine a Light with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's breakfast presenter (and Head of Music) Dan Chisholm to play the track for him: Chisholm's response was to urge that the number be entered in the "Great British Song Contest", and after affording "Love Shine a Light" its radio airplay debut Chisholm declared it "the song which will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest". In a 2010 interview Leskanich would state that "Great British Song Contest" executive producer Jonathan King had in fact initiated Katrina and the Waves involvement in the "Great British Contest" as he'd contacted Leskanich to ask if her group had a song
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Italy returned to the Eurovision Song Contest at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, after withdrawing in 1994. The Italian entry was "Fiumi di parole", performed by Jalisse. The Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, held in Dublin, Ireland, was the winner of the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy. The winner was Jalisse with the song "Fiumi di parole" (River of words), composed by Fabio Ricci and Alessandra Drusian (the members of Jalisse) with Carmen Di Domenico. Jalisse performed 9th on the night of the contest, following the Netherlands and preceding Spain.