Lulu

Lulu Goes Out With a Boom-Bang-a-Bang

Posted 7 November, 2011 - 01:08 by Steve Paxton

Lulu Eliminated From Strictly Come Dancing

Despite achieving her highest score of the series, former Eurovision Song Contest winner, Lulu, was voted off Strictly Come Dancing this evening. Her fate hung in the balance from the moment she was third from bottom on the scoreboard after the judges had given their votes on the live show yesterday.

Lulu’s Kiss with a Bit of Dirty Dancing on Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 5 November, 2011 - 23:08 by Steve Paxton

Lulu didn’t have to wait long to strut her stuff on the latest instalment of the BBC1 dancing show. She was the first of the celebrities to dance in front of a slightly revised panel.

Lulu Continues to Impress on Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 29 October, 2011 - 22:47 by Steve Paxton

There was a suitably spooky theme to the BBC1 show tonight, as the dancers aimed to avoid the nightmare of being eliminated from the competition. Lulu looked the part as she aimed to continue her steady progress in the dancing show with risk taking partner, Brendan Cole in a Halloween special.

Lulu wants to break Brendan's curse in Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 23 October, 2011 - 01:04 by Charlotte Jensen

Lulu and Brendan dancing Samba in Strictly Come Dancing © BBC

Saturday evening it was time for Lulu's fourth dance in the 9th season of the British Strictly Come Dancing. The 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winner had to improve if she wanted to stay much longer in the tough competition. With plenty of energy she was hoping to break a curse.

Lulu Does All That Was Asked Of Her In Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 15 October, 2011 - 22:13 by Steve Paxton

Lulu on the dancing floor, week 3 of UK Strictly Come Dancing season 9 © BBC

Last week, Eurovision winner, Lulu, won enough votes from the public on the BBC1 show, Strictly Come Dancing to stay out of the dance-off. Tonight, she hoped to do the same when she performed her third dance on tonight’s show, which had a Broadway theme.

Lulu Gives Judges Something to Shout About in Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 8 October, 2011 - 23:42 by Steve Paxton

This evening on BBC1 show, Strictly Come Dancing. Lulu performed her second dance of the series as she faces the very real prospect of being the first celebrity to leave the popular show.

Lulu gets an explosive start in Strictly Come Dancing

Posted 12 September, 2011 - 13:24 by Charlotte Jensen

Lulu in Strictly Come Dancing 2011 © BBC

BBC launched their 9th series of Strictly Come Dancing Saturday evening. Among the non professionals who will be competing on dancing skills over the next few months is 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winner Lulu. Together with New Zealand dancing partner Brandan Cole she will try to beat, among others, Australian's '80's pop star Jason Donovan.

Brendan Cole with Lulu on his shoulders

1969

Basic information

Date:

29 March 1969

Venue:

Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

Broadcaster:

TVE

Presenter(s):

Laurita Valenzuela

About the contest:

Everyone’s a winner! Well, almost. A quarter of the songs in the contest can claim to have won. As there was no rule for two or more songs scoring the same points, there was no way of splitting them, so all four were declared the winner.

Feminism reached Eurovision. All the winning songs were sung by women, and three of the songs have a lady’s name in the title. Sixteen countries travelled to Madrid, one less than in 1968. Austria withdrew and Denmark stayed out, and wouldn’t return until 1978.

Tommy Körberg and Paola del Medico made their Eurovision debuts, Romauld appeared in his second contest, while Louis Neefs and Kirsti Sparboe both sung for the third and final time.

The winners were decided by ten jury members in each country, who all gave one point to their favourite song.

About the songs:

Ivan	Yugoslavia - Ivan - Pozdrav Svijetu (Serbo Croat) Music/Lyrics: Milan Lentic/Milan Lentic Conductor: Miljenko Prohaska Once the idea for the song was established, the lyrics couldn’t have taken long to write. Ivan sings ‘hello’ in various languages. A clever tactic or laziness? You decide.
Romuald	Luxembourg - Romuald - Cathérine (French) Music/Lyrics: Paul Mauriat & André Borly/ André Pascal Conductor: Augusto Augueró Five years after representing Monaco, Romuald hopped over the border, strolled through France, and found himself representing another small principality. He sung with French passion about Catherine.
Salome	Spain - Salome - Vivo Cantando (Spanish) Music/Lyrics: Maria José de Cerato/Aniano Alcade Conductor: Augusto Augueró The hosts won again (sort of) with a song from the same mould. While only proper words are used this time, the verses are slow and the chorus’ are more up-tempo.
Jean Jacques	Monaco - Jean Jacques - Maman Maman (French) Music/Lyrics: Jo Perrier/Jo Perier Conductor: Hervé Roy Jean was easily young enough to get away with singing about his mother. It’s a happy sounding, up-tempo song, which slows down occasionally to sound all military.
Muriel Day and the Lindsays	Ireland - Muriel Day and the Lindsays - The Wages of Love (English) Music/Lyrics: Michael Reade/Michael Reade Conductor: Noel Kelehan Two firsts for Ireland - the first woman to represent them and the first up-tempo song for the Irish. No-one could accuse her of underselling the song.
Iva Zanicchi	Italy - Iva Zanicchi - Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche (Italian) Music/Lyrics: Piero Soffici/Daiano Conductor: Ezio Leoni In a year that produced four winners, Italy could have been the fifth. Experienced Iva delivered this beautiful and emotional song perfectly.
Lulu	United Kingdom - Lulu - Boom Bang-a-Bang (English) Music/Lyrics: Alan Moorhouse/Peter Warne Conductor: Johnny Harris After Cliff Richard, the BBC commissioned another well known and popular singer. Elements of the song could be compared with Puppet on a String, but it’s aged quite well. Aware of her surroundings, Lulu added an ‘Ole’ at the end.
Lenny Kuhr	The Netherlands - Lenny Kuhr - De Troubadour (Dutch) Music/Lyrics: Lenny Kuhr/David Hartsema Conductor: Frans de Kok Another of the winners, and in many people’s eyes, possibly the most unworthy of the four. Never mind Ziggy, Lenny played guitar, which is as prominent as the ‘la la la’s’ throughout the song.
Tommy Körberg	Sweden - Tommy Körberg - Judy, Min Vän (Swedish) Music/Lyrics: Roger Wallis/Britt Lindeborg Conductor: Lars Samuelson Nineteen years before his second appearance in the contest, Tommy’s voice is already mature enough to deliver a very solid performance of this melodic, mid-tempo song.
Louis Neefs	Belgium - Louis Neefs - Jennifer Jennings (Flemish) Music/Lyrics: Paul Quintens/Philippe van Cauwenbergh Conductor: Francis Bay The brass section of the orchestra added a bit of ‘oomph’ at appropriate moments, creating a bit of life for the chorus after fairly uneventful verses. Louis finished one place higher than his previous entry two years previously.
Paola del Medico	Switzerland - Paola del Medico - Bonjour, Bonjour (German) Music/Lyrics: Henry Mayer/Jack Stark Conductor: Henry Mayer Another singer making her first appearance, Paola sings in German. The song moves along steadily. The use of brass towards the end lifts the song.
Kirsti Sparboe	Norway - Kirsti Sparboe - Oj, Oj, Oj, Så Glad, Jeg Skal Bli (Norwegian) Music/Lyrics: Arne Bendiksen/Arne Bendiksen Conductor: Øivind Bergh Appearing for the third and final time, Kirsti sang a feel good song and left the contest with her worst result.
Siw Malmkvist	Germany - Siw Malmkvist - Primaballerina (German) Music/Lyrics: Hans Blum/Hans Blum Conductor: Hans Blum In an early example of the international nature of the contest, Swede Siw represented Germany with a song that was a possible winner. Primaballerina contains elements of the fairground.
Frida Boccara	France - Frida Boccara - Un Jour, Un Enfant (French) Music/Lyrics: Emile Stern/Eddy Marnay Conductor: Franck Pourcel In many people’s opinion, France supplied the best of the four winners. A classy, gentle ballad sung with feeling by Frida.
Simone de Oliveira	Portugal - Simone de Oliveira - Desfolhada Portuguesa (Portuguese) Music/Lyrics: Nuno Nazareth Fernandes/José Carlos Ary dos Santos Conductor: Ferrer Trindade While this sounds jollier than their entries to date, there is still a melancholy undercurrent to the song. Perhaps taking its cue from the winner from the previous year, there are a few ‘la la la’s.’
Jarkko and Laura	Finland - Jarkko and Laura - Kuin Silloin Ennen (Finnish) Music/Lyrics: Toivo Kärki/Juha Vainio Conductor: Ossi Runne This is a chirpy little number in a style which was starting to become typical of the Finnish entries. No surprise then that the result was typical as well, although Jarkko’s Boater hat and the little dance they both did during the instrumental couldn’t have helped.

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1969uk Lulu - Boom Bang A Bang

Posted 21 February, 2008 - 06:24 by Charlotte Jensen

This was one out of four winning songs from the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest. United Kingdom, Spain, The Netherlands and France all recieved the same amounts of votes.