A Song for Europe
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Host
David Jacobs (1957, 60, 62-66)
Pete Murray (1959)
Katie Boyle (1961)
Rolf Harris (1967)
Cilla Black (1968, 73)
Michael Aspel (1969, 76)
Cliff Richard (1970-2)
Jimmy Savile (1974)
Lulu (1975)
Terry Wogan (1977-96, 98, 2003-present)
Dale Winton (1997)
Ulrika Jonsson (1999)
Katy Hill (1999-2001)
Claire Sweeney and Christopher Price (2002)
Natasha Kaplinsky (2005-2006)
Fearne Cotton (2007)
Broadcast
BBC1, 1957 to present
(1996-99 as The Great British Song Contest, 2004 to present as Making Your Mind Up)
Synopsis
The UK qualifying competition for the Eurovision Song Contest.
This has followed various formats over the years. In the nineties having one singer sing six-eight songs for the public to choose via phone vote was all the rage, then having different acts sing different songs was "in". The conclusion has been reached via different ways over the years also veering straight phone in popularity contest, Eurovision-esque regional points scoring and back to straight phone voting again.
After the triumphant 0 points scored by Jemini in 2003, it changed it's name to Making Your Mind Up in 2004 in an attempt to look like it was making more of an effort, although it's hardly Melodifest.
Web links
TV & Radio Bits: A Song for Europe results
