United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 leak of Bonnie Tyler's Eurovision participation, identified the UK representative as musical stage actress Bonnie Langford. The official announcement that Bonnie Tyler would represent the United Kingdom with the song "Believe in Me" was made on 7 March 2013. Tyler is the fifth Welsh-born solo act to represent the UK at Eurovision, following Mary Hopkin (1970), Emma (1990), Jessica Garlick (2002) and James Fox (2004). To date, the only Welsh-born person to sing on a winning Eurovision entrant is Nicky Stevens of Brotherhood of Man, that group having secured Eurovision victory for the UK in 1976 with "Save Your Kisses
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 who won the Song for Europe contest another three times, making him the most successful writer in the history of the UK selection process. He also wrote a further 21 songs that reached the UK finals. "Let Me Be The One" became the record ninth British entry to place 2nd in the "Eurovision Song Contest". The Shadows released all six songs from the final shortly after the contest on the album "Specs Appeal". The top two songs were released on single, peaking at No.12 in the UK singles chart, their first hit single since 1967. Gary Benson released his own