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Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson. From its origin on BBC Radio in 1949 the show provided a platform to fame for acts such as Spike Milligan and Frankie Vaughan. One of the most popular ...
Opportunity Knocks (British TV series), a 1949-1990 UK television and radio talent show; Opportunity Knocks (Australian TV series), a 1976-1978 Australian game show; Opportunity Knocks, a 1990 comedy film; Opportunity Knocks (2002 TV show), a 2002 US TV show hosted by Dave Coulier and Shaune Bagwell; Opportunity Knocks, a 2008 US television ...
After finishing his career as a professional footballer, Rawlinson adopted the stage name of Spike Rawlings. His early career was spent warming audiences up on local TV show Those Wonderful TV Times. [2] Rawlings achieved fame by winning the 1976 edition of TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, which allowed him to have his own TV show. [2]
Known also as "Wee Neil Reid", he was eight when he was discovered singing at a pensioners' party in 1968. [2] Reid won Opportunity Knocks on 13 December 1971 singing his version of "Mother of Mine", [3] which, when released commercially by Decca Records shortly afterwards, went to number two on the UK Singles Chart following a performance on Top of the Pops.
Opportunity Knocks New Faces is a British television talent show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. It has been hosted by Leslie Crowther , Derek Hobson and Marti Caine .
The duo entered the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in feb. 1973, which they won for a then-record seven times, the second biggest winners of the show of ever, with such songs as "All Change Places", "I'm Confessin'", "Let It Be Me" and "All I Ever Need is You". Following their TV success, a record contract was soon signed with Philips Records.
After being propelled to fame by the show, Flint enjoyed a degree of success for a number of years. In terms of record sales, the highpoint of his career was reached when his single, "I Don't Want to Put a Hold On You", rose over a period of six weeks to number three in the UK Singles Chart , in the week ending 23 April 1977. [ 3 ]
This was followed up by Jones winning the first Opportunity Knocks satellite show via a TV link up with Australia. She had albums released in the UK with 30 piece orchestral backing and, in 1976, was voted the second best female vocalist in Britain. [citation needed]