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In 1999, the eight songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest competed in a semi-final round on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 5th February 1998, having been previewed on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 between Monday 1st February 1999 and Thursday 4th February 1999. Following a phone vote, the top four songs were previewed on Top of the Pops on BBC One between Friday 12th February 1999 and Friday 5th March 1999. and went forward to The Great British Song Contest on Sunday 7th March 1999 with the result of a further phone vote being announced on Top of the Pops on BBC Two on Friday 12th March 1999. |
Transmission Date: (Final) | Sunday 7th March 1999 |
Channel: | BBC One |
Time: | 14:40-15.10 |
Presenter: | Ulrika Jonsson |
Director: | Ben Kellett |
Producer: | Kevin Bishop |
Result: | Top of the Pops Friday12th March 1999 |
Voting: | Public phone vote |
Winning Song: | Say It Again Precious |
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Scoreboard
Semi-Final Round | No detailed voting information is available; the names of the four qualifying songs only were revealed |
SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Result | |
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1 | All Time High | Marc Andrewes | Energia featuring Ann McCabe | Unknown | Eliminated |
2 | Fly | Cheryl Beattie & Kit Hain | Cheryl Beattie | - | Eliminated |
3 | Say It Again | Paul Varney | Precious | Louise Rose, Jenny Frost, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg & Anya Lahiri | Qualified |
4 | Separate Lives | Susan Black | Susan Black | - | Eliminated |
5 | So Strange | Mike Connaris & Paul Brown | Alberta (Sheriff) | - | Qualified |
6 | Until You Saved My Life | Peter King & Lee Monteverde | Sister Sway | Nikki Jackson & Mandy Jackson | Qualified |
7 | Wait Until The Morning | Scott English, Matteo Saggese & Debbie Ffrench | Leanne Cartwright | - | Eliminated |
8 | You've Taken My Dreams | John Miles Junior & Bob Marshall | Jay | - | Qualified |
Final |
SONG | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Group Members | Votes | Position | |
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1 | Say It Again | Paul Varney | Precious | Louise Rose, Jenny Frost, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Anya Lahiri | 52,457 | 1 |
2 | Until You Saved My Life | Peter King & Lee Monteverde | Sister Sway | Nikki Jackson & Mandy Jackson | 51,398 | 3 |
3 | So Strange | Mike Connaris & Paul Brown | Alberta (Sheriff) | - | 51,708 | 2 |
4 | You've Taken My Dreams | John Miles Junior & Bob Marshall | Jay | - | 43,765 | 4 |
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Precious at The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 |
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At The Eurovision Song Contest 1999
At the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel on Saturday 29th May 1999, Say It Again finished in equal 12th place with 38 points. This was the first year that backing tapes were used exclusively without an orchestra. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Ken Bruce provided the commentary for BBC Radio 2. |