Rikki was tipped by the late Terry Wogan to win Eurovision, but it didn't quite turn out that way 😬
As we all know, Glasgow taxi drivers can talk for Scotland, but back in the 1980s, we actually had one who sang for Britain.
In front of a television audience of 250 million at the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Brussels on May 9, a tartan-clad Rikki Peebles belted out his poptastic ballad with all his heart. It was the nation's lowest points total in the competition to date, though future dismal showings by Britain would eventually strip Peebles of that rather unwanted title.
The singer later revealed: "After the show every door slammed in my face. The CBS contract just disappeared."
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