- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
For the
1999 Eurovision Song Contest , theUnited Kingdom entered "Say it Again", performed by Precious. It received 38 points and 12th place.As was usual for the United Kingdom at the time, there was a semifinal on
BBC Radio 2 onFebruary 5th , hosted byTerry Wogan andKen Bruce featuring eight songs. Other than the four songs that made the final, these four songs were played:* All Time High -
Energia
* Fly -Cheryl Beattie
* Separate Lives -Susan Black
* Wait Until The Morning -Leanne Cartwright The British National Final, "
The Great British Song Contest ", was held onMarch 7th , and was presented byUlrika Jonsson , who had presented the previous year's Eurovision.The final result was as follows:
* 1st - Say it again by Precious (52,457 votes)
* 2nd - So strange byAlberta (51,708 votes)
* 3rd - Until you saved my life bySister Sway (51,398 votes)
* 4th - You've taken my dreams byJay (Votes undisclosed)In
Jerusalem , the group finished 12th. They had limited success afterwards and split up in 2000. After they split,Jenny Frost joinedAtomic Kitten , replacing the outgoingKerry Katona .Sophie McDonnell became a children's TV presenter, hostingCBBC and50/50 , andAnya Lahiri returned to her modelling roots, and went into acting as well.
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