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Listeners of BBC Radio 2 have voted Bucks Fizz’s “Making Your Mind Up” as their all-time favourite UK Eurovision song. Listeners voted from the full list of UK entries spanning 57 years.

Bucks Fizz won the contest in 1981 and subsequently topped the charts with the winning song. They would follow this up with a number of other big hits, including “The Land of Make Believe,” “My Camera Never Lies” and “If You Can’t Stand the Heat”.

The 20 most popular UK Eurovision songs were:

1. Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up (1981)
2. Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String (1967)
3. Katrina and the Waves – Love Shine A Light (1997)
4. Gina G – Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit (1996)
5. Brotherhood of Man – Save Your Kisses for Me (1976)
6. Michael Ball – One Step Out of Time (1992)
7. The New Seekers – Beg, Steal Or Borrow (1972)
8. Cliff Richard – Congratulations (1968)
9. Scooch – Flying The Flag (For You) (2007)
10. Blue – I Can (2011)
11. Bardo – One Step Further (1982)
12. Lulu – Boom Bang-A-Bang (1969)
13. The Allisons – Are You Sure? (1961)
14. Jade Ewen – It’s My Time (2009)
15. he Shadows – Let Me Be The One (1975)
16. Sonia – Better The Devil You Know (1993)
17. Daz Sampson – Teenage Life (2006)
18. Mary Hopkin – Knock, Knock Who’s There? (1970)
19. Imaani – Where Are You? (1998)
20. Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Will Set You Free (2012).

This year’s contest takes place on Saturday in Malmo, Sweden. The UK is represented by Welsh rock and pop legend Bonnie Tyler, who will sing “Believe in Me” from her latest album “Rocks and Honey”.

“Believe in Me” – Bonnie Tyler

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