- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The
United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to theEurovision Song Contest 2005 . It was held onMarch 5 ,2005 and presented byTerry Wogan andNatasha Kaplinsky . The show was called "Making Your Mind Up", in homage to the UK's 1981 winner, and each region of the UK was represented by a special celebrity guest, these were,James Fox forWales ,Fearne Cotton for theSouth East England ,Justin Ryan andColin McAllister forScotland ,Zöe Salmon forNorthern Ireland ,Denise Lewis for theEnglish Midlands andSharron Davies forSouth West England . The contest was won by Javine.The five acts taking part were
Andy Scott-Lee , Australian-bornGina G (who represented the UK in 1996, coming 8th), Javine, Katie Price (better known as glamour model Jordan), and Tricolore. Voting was open to the public, with votes converted into points in a similar way to the actual contest, and the act receiving the most points representing the UK. In the end Javine won and represented the UK with the song "Touch My Fire". The song is written by Javine and composed byJohn Themis &Javine Hylton .Javine Hylton was born on 27 December 1981 and as a yougster, she enjoyed listening to her mother’s collection of soul and reggae albums. At the tender age of 10 Javine was offered an arts scholarship. Modelling and appearances in pop videos followed before, at the age of 18, Javine won the coveted role of Nala in the West End production of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’. In December 2002 she took part hit show ‘Popstars: The Rivals’. Javine has established herself as a leading UK R&B pop star with four hit singles under her belt.Results
Artist Song Place Points Javine Touch My Fire 1 116 Tricolore Brand New Day 4 58 Gina G Flashback 5 20 Andy Scott-Lee Guardian Angel 3 61 Katie Price Not Just Anybody 2 101 The table is ordered by appearance. In the
Eurovision Song Contest itself, the song received 18 points and finished in 22nd place.
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