Cheryl Baker on 40th anniversary of Bucks Fizz win

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12 päivää sitten

On 4 April 1981 Bucks Fizz from the United Kingdom won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Making Your Mind Up.
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PonyClub 22 tuntia sitten

1981 was the first time I watched Eurovision. 2021 will be my 40th year :) My country gave them 12 points. 1981 to this day is the best competition of all times.

Mark R 4 päivää sitten

Cheryl you are SO pretty !!!!! Gorgeous.

Texaslawhorn 7 päivää sitten

05:46 The thought of a young Mike Nolan fresh out of the bath in nothing by a white towel is a nice image indeed 😉

Texaslawhorn 7 päivää sitten

I love how much Cheryl loves the contest. ❤🙂

Texaslawhorn 7 päivää sitten

Bucks Fizz was a great group!

AceStella 7 päivää sitten

I'm a huge fan of Bucks Fizz since 2004 and I have all their albums and singles on vinyl and this is one of my top favourite bands ever. I absolutely love Bucks Fizz and especially Cheryl. She is soooo nice and charming sweetheart. Greetings to Cheryl, Bucks Fizz and all its fans. Joanna from Poland

Fabian81 8 päivää sitten

Something tells me that the Queen has more important things to be worried about than trying to follow a competition called Eurovision that is both ridiculed and watched for mockery purposes in a country that for nearly 40 something years wanted to win all the time just because "we're the UK". So this 11th placing back in 1978 and the 13th placing in 1987 should have been a wake up call for a country that now struggles to not be in the 26th position. But I guess that is the price you pay when you have such an ego, bad blood with the remaining European countries and, sadly, the worst choices of musical entries that puzzles anybody wondering "Is this the same country that gave us The Beatles and The Roling Stones?" Buck Fizz were the 80s equivalent to manufacturted pop that never lasts long and own no credible musical identity ... and look at them now, having nothing else to be proud about but an Eurovision win and performing here and there for nostalgic purposes and with one former member in bad terms with the other 3. How delightful!

AZERI CAUSCAUS 9 päivää sitten

Love and respect from Azerbaijani ❤🇦🇿🇹🇷👍

Luuk Joling 10 päivää sitten

The blue jumper is 100% back in style Cheryl!

David Hall 10 päivää sitten

Lovely interview 😀 Cheryl is a trooper 😘 I remember watching this at my grans house 🙂

maki pizon 10 päivää sitten

I want to thank eurovision and you tube because I discovered Bucks Fizz. As a millenial and from the Philippines, I like most of their songs. Love 80's music. My favourite is Jay.

Daniel Jaek 10 päivää sitten

Daniel Jaek

My Anaconda Don’t 10 päivää sitten

Who tf cares about some grandma cheryl that won eurovision centuries ago

D M 10 päivää sitten

Show respect to all the artists who contributed to the history and the success of Eurovision ! This contest has values and you'd better watch out to be tolerant towards all generations, especially if you expect to be respected too.

GJ Rrr 10 päivää sitten

I just love her - especially for this interview. Rarely does someone give so much oversight into their participation.

William DFR 11 päivää sitten

lovely to hear Cheryl's memories and refreshing to hear how she still loves Eurovision

ESC MADEIRA 11 päivää sitten

👍

Lucy O'Dea 11 päivää sitten

I C O N behaviour

Nicola Gratti 11 päivää sitten

We want Gigliola!

Texaslawhorn 7 päivää sitten

Si si!! ❤

Linda Shaw 11 päivää sitten

Cheryl you are alway good to listen to❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🤎💖💝💓💗

Dover One Foxtrot 11 päivää sitten

I adored cheryl then, I still do now. 40 years on she looks fantastic ! 😘

Dirk Ross 11 päivää sitten

What a wonderful interview with Cheryl who is just so natural, honest and upbeat. Bucks Fizz win in 1981 was my first to watch and the UK won. Been hooked for 40 years and it's a highlight to myself and friends. The ripping of the skirts clinched the deal and then on others copied but never match the stylish simplicity. The vibrant primary colours were a tribute to UK (red, white, blue) & hosts Ireland (green, white, yellow). Go the Fizz ))

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

I forgot to congratate you Cheryl and the former Bucks Fizz.

js js 11 päivää sitten

UK 1978 was one of better song that year, but they ruined their chance for good placement with bad costume on stage. I like more Cheryl Baker song from 1978 than 1981.

js js 11 päivää sitten

For me better song than UK had Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium and Denmark. Thanks to clever staging UK won that year like Latvia in 2002. For me song Dont Panic sang by group Liquid Gold, was better choice for UK but same happened in UK national final like happened in ESC.

Graham Hayton 11 päivää sitten

Not just clever staging. You forget that Making Your Mind Up not only won Eurovision, it also became a MASSIVE hit in the UK and throughout Europe during 1981, and sold millions plus launched Bucks Fizz as a very successful pop group. Clever staging doesn't make all that happen. No other songs in Eurovision 1981 were sizeable hits, they are all long forgotten. The UK clearly had the winning song and the biggest hit in the competition, and for once, it actually won!

Kevin Marsham 11 päivää sitten

Great interview Cheryl think the BBC should make a tv show to celebrate 40 years

Nairda Ollijurt 11 päivää sitten

I've been obsessed with Eurovision since last year at age 26 and just discovered Eurovision at age 24 when I sought foreign music. Better late than never.

Eurofizzer 12 päivää sitten

Fantastic group and still on stage, congrats to 40 years, the Fizz goes on!

SimsMoyal 12 päivää sitten

If she was obsessed she would know there isn’t 9 points in Eurovision

benrgrogan 11 päivää sitten

@SimsMoyal asking questions and inserting prompts (add 15 minutes) Edited out irrelevant content (add 10-15 minutes) Setting up, warm up questions, and closing down (add 10-15 minutes) Slips of the tongue are very easy. If you're telling me you've never done that - particularly when under pressure and fatigued - then you're proving you're just a troll

SimsMoyal 11 päivää sitten

@benrgrogan don't know about that - firstly why a 15 minutes take over an hour to shoot? Was it so heavily unatural and scripted? Secondly, I think that fundamental fact like 9 points wouldn't have slipped over a Eurovision anorak

benrgrogan 11 päivää sitten

@SimsMoyal "with respect" she just gave a 15 minute interview (likely took her an hour to film), very easy to muddle over your words during that time.

SimsMoyal 11 päivää sitten

@Peter Kirby with all due respect i think true fans wouldn’t forget that there isn’t 9 points in the Eurovision- its such a fundamental thing

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

Hi there. Cheeky I believe well knows that as she spoke of her liking for the 1964 Italian entry. She will not forget the first vote from Austria was 4 points and not three. I thought it was a very honest interview and I do believe Cheryl is a true fan hearing her saying so and her knowledge she has demonstrated over the years

Aitor Robles Morillas 12 päivää sitten

I agree many commentator in this interview-video The Bucks Fizz performance is the most iconic and remarkable from 80s decade!!! It's nice these surprising interview of Eurovision Stars of decades ago!!!🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

SimsMoyal 12 päivää sitten

I liked Portugal the best in that year

PonyClub 22 tuntia sitten

Portugal is awesome in any year, but Playback is among the best of their entries.

SimsMoyal 11 päivää sitten

@js js yea both iconic dances and iconic outfits, and the daring songs. Portugal seem to mostly getting the short end of the stick in this contest

js js 11 päivää sitten

Portugal was amazing in 1981, 1982 but both time underrated in points.

A.M. Rifki A. 3rd 12 päivää sitten

1:08 and then 1:18 ; she's kinda right, indirectly equating Eurovision with the Olympics, while actually scale-wise it's more similar to UEFA's Euro (if you're a football fan) or Eurobasket (if you're a basketball fan) than the Olympics, because Eurovision is still continental scale-wise and both Eurovision and UEFA's Euro are still both continental and involving one type of "game" only (singing/song-composing in terms of Eurovision, and football in terms of Euro).

Aretha Franklin Whitney Houston 12 päivää sitten

I remember watching Buck's Fizz win both Song For Europe and Eurovision back in 1981. I was 14 at the time

Daniel Theophanous 12 päivää sitten

Hmmmm isn't she like a real big supporter of Brexit????

Daniel Theophanous 9 päivää sitten

@areatw Yes true. But as I said for some it matters that she is a brexiteer (for what it represents) for others it doesn't. Both points equally valid.

areatw 9 päivää sitten

@Daniel Theophanous Plenty of countries that participate in Eurovision that aren't in the EU. But you already knew that.

Daniel Theophanous 9 päivää sitten

@areatw perphaps something like eurovision brings countries together and Brexit is symbolically the anthithesis of that. Or simply it may matter for some and not for others.

areatw 10 päivää sitten

Does it matter?

GJ Rrr 10 päivää sitten

I think that’s the other female member.

M J Stefánsson 12 päivää sitten

Cheryl Baker. A national treasure for the United Kingdom. With all of our love from Iceland 🇮🇸

Jean 12 päivää sitten

Thanks for doing this interview. Love Cheryl and the winning song

D M 12 päivää sitten

Terry Wogan ! 🙌🙏💖

Heather Owens 12 päivää sitten

"I'm obsessed with the Eurovision." Same Cheryl, same.

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

Another fan. Really nice. Hope you will enjoy this year's contest.

Benjamin Blackburn 12 päivää sitten

I hope France will win Eurovision this year

Benjamin Blackburn 7 päivää sitten

@Texaslawhorn Every Cities in France can host the Eurovision song contest

Texaslawhorn 7 päivää sitten

Yes! It's time for France to host the contest again! ❤🇫🇷

mai 12 päivää sitten

My favourite UK Eurovision entry ❤

Mike Simpson 12 päivää sitten

This is brilliant! Thank you so much for doing this Miss Baker !!!

TheDouzePointe 12 päivää sitten

making your mind...UP!

Dan Frost 12 päivää sitten

These days we'd declare it a public holiday if we came 11th. She looks great here. I loved Bucks Fizz, always loved The Land Of Make Believe.

vik sve 12 päivää sitten

Wow!

Zalkkareita 12 päivää sitten

This was so wrong, everyone knows that Germany should’ve won that year

westendpad 7 päivää sitten

well obviously not!!

Darwin Tano 12 päivää sitten

Get over it. Germany won the following year anyway.

Patrick Collins 12 päivää sitten

Such a classic!

Laughs With Lulu 12 päivää sitten

Cheryl still looks so beautiful!

antidoto1980 12 päivää sitten

Fantastic video. We need more like this from old winners.

AZERI CAUSCAUS 9 päivää sitten

Same love from azerbaijani🇦🇿❤👌

B C 12 päivää sitten

One of the most iconic performances in Eurovision history.

Aysel Kerimova 12 päivää sitten

AZERBAIJAN🇦🇿Land of fire🔥🥂🥳

D M 10 päivää sitten

Stop repeating yourself, parrot !

jesc esc fan 12 päivää sitten

ı hope that one of these countries will win this year : Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 malta 🇲🇹 Switzerland 🇨🇭 cyprus 🇨🇾 Lithuania 🇱🇹 iceland 🇮🇸 Finland 🇫🇮 san marino 🇸🇲

Aysel Kerimova 12 päivää sitten

My winner for Eurovision 2021 Azerbaijan🥳🙏✌👏🇦🇿👏👏

Robert Olszewski 12 päivää sitten

My winners are - Malta - switerzland - Ireland - Azerbejdżan - cyprys - Bułgaria - Romania - San Marino

Erick Alonso Chacón Mata 12 päivää sitten

It’s so sad that Johnny Blue didn’t win that year.

Cillian Burke 12 päivää sitten

Well it was 40 years ago. GET OVER IT!

Gerti Spiller 12 päivää sitten

👉🙌🤩🐁🐓🦋😎🥰

Nathaniel Cuisia 12 päivää sitten

Anyone remembers that velcro skirt

Lorenzo Tucano 12 päivää sitten

Little Englander Brexiteer.

areatw 10 päivää sitten

Bitter European

Adam Jennings 11 päivää sitten

She’s had her vaccine. Lol

Peter Kirby 12 päivää sitten

I was at the A Song for Europe 1981 and a still a Eurovision fans today. I remember thinking it could win but had strong competition from France Switzerland and Germany. I got to the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest as a fan because of Bucks Fizz. I also liked Bad Old Days by co co and their 76 A Song for Europe entry by Co Co Wake Up. Really nice songs. Seems like yesterday and I am now 56 and have been to 9 Eurovisions. Ok turn it into a holiday. A great Contest.

A.M. Rifki A. 3rd 11 päivää sitten

@Peter Kirby Royal Albert Hall is too small now. if BBC is as brave as SVT, they can put the selection into the O2 Arena or Manchester Arena (just like SVT puts the final of Melodifestivalen into the Friends Arena).

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

@A.M. Rifki A. 3rd .Hi there. I agree with you. Sweden does very well in Eurovision because of the effort they put in and good song writers are attracted to that type of selection. The EBU wishes to see all countries have National Selections I read. Arcade though was an internal selection. The MAP used to shortlist from about 500 entries for A Song for Europe. I had a ticket for the 1979 A Song for Europe in the Albert Hall but there was a strike. Some one has commented rightly how good those Song for Europe,s were. Bring the Royal Albert Hall back and a National selection there. Nice to see a comment from another strong fan of Eurovision and the UK.s participation.

A.M. Rifki A. 3rd 11 päivää sitten

@Peter Kirby well, in the 90s and 2000s there were more countries daring to do national selection, and I missed those years. I hope, when the UK goes to hold a national selection again, the format will be similar to that of Melodifestivalen or this year's UMK (50-50 votes from juries and televoters, one-artist one-song only, 7 to 12 songs in the final night, sleek performances and stagings just like what the artists would like the stagings to be in Eurovision).

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

I do agree that the UK should have a national final as the UK public picked picked 3 of the 5 winners and they picked our last 15th 2nd place in 1998. Some early songs were internal selection . I wrote to the BBC about this also. We need to establish more interest or show the interest in the UK for Eurovision. It is so great new fans exiis.t also. Thank you for your comment. I remember Germany,s performance Johnny Blue as very Strong and Switzerland Io Senza Re and Hunanahum from France were so good too that year They did only get 12 points from Israel and Netherlands

A.M. Rifki A. 3rd 12 päivää sitten

so sad that the UK through BBC doesn't hold a national selection again. I hope they will have one in 2022.

Andy Chou 12 päivää sitten

I recommended to watch A Song for Europe 1976, 1978, 1981, then you can know what does she say.

Lisa 12 päivää sitten

Yeah.. Germany should have won that year!! BLUE BLUE BLUE JOHNNY BLUE

js js 11 päivää sitten

I liek more Germany 1981,1980 than Germany 1982. In 1982 Belgium or Portugal deserved to won.

js js 11 päivää sitten

Germany , Switzerland , Israel with ballad, or Portugal, Denmark or Belgium with uptempo song that year. This 6 countries deserved more to won that year.

Inez Feytons 12 päivää sitten

Get over it Germany won in 1982

Cillian Burke 12 päivää sitten

Well they didn't so get over it. It was 40 years ago

PrinterEater 12 päivää sitten

her voice is so british it hurts

Benjamin Blackburn 12 päivää sitten

My winners for Eurovision 2021 France, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, UK, Finland,

Benjamin Blackburn 11 päivää sitten

@Peter Kirby France have the best entry for Eurovision song contest 2021

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

@Benjamin Blackburn yes France do indeed. I like their last winner Loseau st L.enfant back in 1977. I am not keen on their video. I left a comment for the wrong fan in error.

Peter Kirby 11 päivää sitten

Hi Benjamin. Yes I agree France have a great entry. Not so keen on the video. I thought that they would change that. France have had some great entries in Eurovision. I very much like their last winner l.oseau st L.enfant back in 1977. They are due another win for sure.

Benjamin Blackburn 12 päivää sitten

@Cillian Burke France have a chance to win

Benjamin Blackburn 12 päivää sitten

@Peter Kirby France have good entry in the Eurovision song contest 2021

Jonathan Rigby 12 päivää sitten

Hard to believe that it was 40 years ago, Cheryl and Bobby were always my favourites 😉

Alexander V. Nørskov Ibsen 12 päivää sitten

😍

Jelena Matule 12 päivää sitten

Thanks for such an inspiring video! Great story of a road to winning, amazing! More of such kind of videos would be great to have as well.

Главный ценитель 12 päivää sitten

Какого хрена я подписан?....

Millie 12 päivää sitten

Yeeessss we love the uk 🇬🇧 representing!! Live my contry!!

esc nns 12 päivää sitten

Iconic ❤️✨

esc nns 12 päivää sitten

@シkawao hi lol

シkawao 12 päivää sitten

well hello there!

The lily and Clara Adventures 12 päivää sitten

Who is excited for Eurovision?

Else Koaa 9 päivää sitten

I can’t wait... I’ve been waiting for this like 2 fuckin’ years

Florian ESC 11 päivää sitten

@Nairda Ollijurt it’s my fourth time as 13 years old😍

Nairda Ollijurt 11 päivää sitten

Excited to watch my second Eurovision live and for my parents it will be their first time.

M J Stefánsson 12 päivää sitten

jesc esc fan 12 päivää sitten

Sloth Boii 12 päivää sitten

That's nice

Stefan Englishman 12 päivää sitten

*When Eurovision was all about music and having fun unlike today. Amazing winner from United Kingdom!*

M J Stefánsson 12 päivää sitten

I loved the conductor, orchestra and dodgy telephone communication during the voting. There was more decorum back then but everything progresses and I still enjoy the contest each year.

Jamie Pollard 12 päivää sitten

@Stefan Englishman *why are you speaking in bold* Culture via song still definetely persists: it's just that as music has become more worldwide accessible, of course different places will like the same styles and genres

Denis 12 päivää sitten

It's still about having fun. But it's more developed now which is natural since that's what happens when you evolve a contest to fit with the current era!

Frosty 12 päivää sitten

@Stefan Englishman Because Buck's Fizz was the height of British culture and tradition, right? Just quit whining, she even said herself that the contest has only improved!

Mousa Nsour 12 päivää sitten

@Stefan Englishman what are u talking about?!?!?!?!🤨🤨🤨 Nothing's lost AT ALL. It Developed a lot.

Keskin Yılmaz 12 päivää sitten

My Winners; Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Poland 🇵🇱 San Marino 🇸🇲 From Turkey 🇹🇷

D M 12 päivää sitten

@André Pinhão These guys are so obsessed, it's painful, ridiculous and laughable at the same time.

André Pinhão 12 päivää sitten

But your Turkish so obviously you would say Azerbaijan 😑

André Pinhão 12 päivää sitten

Azerbaijan and Poland won't even qualify

Altɘr Ego. Poland 🎧 12 päivää sitten

Wow. Poland, really? Thank you so much 🤩

Altɘr Ego. Poland 🎧 12 päivää sitten

*I hope that one of these countries will win this year:* Switzerland 🇨🇭, Croatia 🇭🇷, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Finland 🇫🇮, San Marino 🇸🇲 , Sweden 🇸🇪, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Altɘr Ego. Poland 🎧 12 päivää sitten

@yesoops Unfortunately not this year 😔

Altɘr Ego. Poland 🎧 12 päivää sitten

@Aysel Kerimova🎶 ma ma ma Mata Hari 🎶

Aysel Kerimova 12 päivää sitten

Azerbaijan🇦🇿

yesoops 12 päivää sitten

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Altɘr Ego. Poland 🎧 12 päivää sitten

@Lil Jezin Roxen is also in my top 10 😉