WHERE WERE YOU WHEN Bucks Fizz won Eurovision - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity WHERE WERE YOU WHEN Bucks Fizz won Eurovision By You Magazine - May 12, 2019 Michael Hogan recalls the quick costume change that popped the judges’ corks. The performance that took Cheryl, Mike, Bobby and Jay from nul to nailing it. Image: REX/Shutterstock. ‘Try to look as if you don’t care less, but if you wanna see some more!’ they sang and cue: rip off those skirts and claim victory. Midway through their hip-wiggling dance routine to ‘Making Your Mind Up’, the Bucks Fizz boys reached over to the girls and whipped away their knee-length skirts – to reveal minis underneath. It would become an iconic moment in Eurovision Song Contest history – and one that swung the competition in their favour. I was a ten-year-old schoolboy at the time and can vividly remember my mum letting me stay up late to watch it. With their catchy song, cheesy smiles and those brightly coloured outfits, Bucks Fizz were a friendly quartet – with a hint of cheekiness, courtesy of that routine. It felt as though the whole nation was cheering on Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Bobby G and Jay Aston that night in Dublin. The skirt stunt wasn’t a surprise to us Brits. We’d already watched them do it on A Song for Europe (where viewers chose the band to go through to Eurovision), then on Top of the Pops. For foreign audiences, though, it would be brand new. Hopes were high it would propel Bucks Fizz all the way. Thank goodness for that distraction, as even my young patriotic ears could hear that the band’s live vocals were creaky (which they later blamed on a mic mix-up). When the jury votes came in, the early scores weren’t exactly ‘nul points’ but erred on the low side. Soon, though, Bucks Fizz took the lead and clung on, eventually edging out runners-up Germany by just four points. I leapt to my feet in celebration, sending Wagon Wheels crumbs into the air, and hugged my mum. This would be the UK’s fourth Eurovision triumph after Sandie Shaw, Lulu and Brotherhood of Man. Little did I know that a win by Katrina & The Waves in 1997 would be the last before decades of Eurovision disappointment set in. Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images Also that month… The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe admitted to killing 13 women. Britain was struck by the worst April blizzards for a hundred years. Ringo Starr and actress Barbara Bach married at Marylebone register office. More than 300 people were injured during the Brixton riots, sparked by racial tensions between police and the community. Steve Davis won his first World Snooker Championship title in Sheffield. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved