Let Me Be the One (The Shadows song) Let Me Be the One (The Shadows song) "Let Me Be the One" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, written by Paul Curtis and performed in English by the band The Shadows. The song was performed ninth on the night (following Yugoslavia's Pepel in Kri with "Dan ljubezni" and preceding Malta's Renato with "Singing This Song"). At the close of voting, it had received 138 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19. It was succeeded as British representative at the 1976 Contest by the UK's third ever Eurovision champion, Brotherhood of Man's "Save Your
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen. Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the Contest, following Germany. Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points. However, according to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" it was a very unexpected win and BBC TV commentator Terry Wogan described it as "the death knell" for the contest. Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the