Talk:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

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First onstage were Sweet Dreams, two girls and a boy with an uptempo, stereotypical British Eurovision effort called "I'm Never Giving Up". The group had a sport image, all sweat bands and jogging pants but most of the attention was focussed on the dance routine, performed on three kitchen stools.

After this bright start came a low point. Despite having a strong writing pedigree, "I'm going home" was a saccharine ballad given a weak performance by Sam Childs.

Things did not improve with "All Around the World" performed by Stuart Slater and co-written by him with Stephanie de Sykes.This was a slightly miserable offering, sung with the accompaniment of a cellist.

The group Casablanca featured lead vocals from Des Dyer. He had previously appeared in the charts as a member of Jigsaw who scored a memorable hit with the Eurovision-sounding "Sky High". For 1983 he sang "With love", a romantic ballad performed falsetto style. He was aided by two female vocalists dressed as cleaners, complete with mops. Casablanca went on to perform the song on Miss United Kingdom 1983. The original group listed as singing this song were Starkey.

Mirror was another one man-two women ensemble and one which came courtesy of the legendary Paul Curtis. "We've got all the time in the world" was a catchy Eurosong of the UK style. Lots of quirky dance moves and a man pretending to play a guitar - what more could you want? Audio were: Catherine Ann Rae who was in the New Seekers, Tim Clark and Lance Aston. Lance had already been at Eurovision 1980 as part of the group Prima Donna. He is the brother to Jay Aston of Bucks Fizz. Tim was also at Song for Europe 1980 as one of the Aces in the group Duke and the Aces as well as being part of the group First Divisionat the 1982 UK final. Kathy was in the New Seekers until 1979 when she was replaced by Lyn Paul.

New Seekers' Marty Kristian was responsible for the next song, "Love on your mind". This was performed by a trio of two boys and a girl, the latter being another New Seeker, Cathy-Ann Rae. One of the men was Lance Aston, formerly of 1980 Uk entrants Prima Donna. The song itself was well-performed and catchy although the dance routine was a little distracting.

"When the kissing stops" was to have been performed by 1976 Eurovision winners Brotherhood of Man. However, after deciding that it would be better to be remembered as song contest winners as opposed to UK heat flops, they were replaced by a trio called Rubic. The song was given a cute performance.

Finally came three boys and three girls called Ritzy with "Keeping our love alive". To say this was performed with gusto would be an understatement. The singers raced through the song, accompanied by some of the most manic dancing ever seen in the contest. This group consisted of Anthony Markey, Claire Burt, Terry John Wood, Elisa Kern, Kriss White and Wendy Florence. Tony Markey was born in London and is the singing voice for My Little Pony. Kriss is a male model. Elisa is a dancer. Wendy is an actress. Claire was a last minute addition to the group as Frances Rufelle "ESC 1994" hadnt shown enough enthusiasm about joining the group.

--Tuzapicabit (talk) 11:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)