Cheryl Baker thinks UK is in with a Eurovision chance

She’s made her mind up…

Former Bucks Fizz singer and 1981 Eurovision winner Cheryl Baker has told Heart Bingo that she believes the United Kingdom’s Remember Monday are a dark horse to win this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest.

“I’m really surprised at Remember Monday’s long odds of winning Eurovision,” she said. “They’re deemed to have around a 1% chance of winning the competition, but I don’t know why that is – the song is great, the performance is great, and they look amazing. I hope the bookies are wrong and that they do much better than they’re predicted to do.

“I’d say they’re dark horses for this year’s contest and can put in a really good performance and surprise a lot of people. They need a ‘rip off skirt moment’ like Bucks Fizz did in 1981 – something in their performance that blows people away. That’s what makes people vote for you, because they want to see that moment again.

“I’m hoping they have something special lined up in their production. The song is good, but they need something else to make the whole rendition fabulous and make people remember it. We wouldn’t have won in 1981 unless we had our ‘rip off skirt’ moment – that’s the difference between doing well in competitions and winning them!”

Let’s hope Cheryl isn’t in the Land of Make Believe…

The Eurovision’s second semi-final continues tomorrow (Thursday, May 15th) at 8 pm on BBC One and stream on the iPlayer.