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Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971), [1] known mononymously as Sonia, is an English pop singer from Liverpool.She had a 1989 UK number one hit with "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and became the first female UK artist to achieve five top 20 hit singles from one album. [2]
The song was produced by Nigel Wright and was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, finishing in second place. After Eurovision, the song peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the chart for seven weeks. [2] The B-side was a song called "Not What I Call Love", co-written by Sonia and also on her ...
The British branch of the International Eurovision Fan Club (OGAE), had conducted a poll in late 1991, asking the members to nominate which singer they'd like to represent the United Kingdom in the contest. Sonia was the overwhelming winner of that poll, announced in early 1992.
The 1992 participant Michael Ball had enjoyed great success with his album based on the contest when it reached No.1 in the charts, and Sonia's management were keen to see similar results. [3] " Better the Devil You Know" featured four songs from the contest (the top four placed songs: "A Little Love", "Our World", "So Much of Your Love" and ...
(Likewise, Sonia also had her sister perform backing vocals at the 1993 Eurovision final, the second of only three siblings ever to represent the UK at Eurovision.) Sisters Sue and Sunny sang backing vocals in 1969 and 1985, also singing the German backing vocals in 1975.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Liverpool , United Kingdom , as Ukraine , the winner of the 2022 contest with the song " Stefania " by Kalush Orchestra , was unable to host the event due to the Russian invasion of the country .
"Here We'll Stay" is a song written by Tony Colton and Jean Roussel and first recorded by Sonia Jones for the UK pre-selection for the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. The song was then picked up in 1983 by ABBA member Frida and Phil Collins and recorded as a duet from her album Something's Going On and a solo version was released as the final ...
Prior to the 2013 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times. [1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 ...