Maggie Moone

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Maggie Moone

Maggie Moone is a singer best remembered for her role on the UK version of Name That Tune
Name That Tune

Name That Tune was a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs.Premiering in the United States in the early 1950s, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife, Roberta Semple Salter....
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In 1980 she participated in A Song For Europe
A Song for Europe

A Song for Europe can mean:*A Song for Europe, the former name of the British national pre-selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, now known as Eurovision: Your Decision....
, aiming to become the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
's entry to that year's Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
to be staged in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
, The Netherlands. Her song Happy Everything, was defeated by Prima Donna

Prima donna

Originally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian language for "first lady". The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given....
singing Love Enough For Two
Love Enough for Two

"Love Enough for Two" was the United Kingdom entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in English language by Prima Donna .The song is uptempo and about the love between two people....
, who won the UK heat A Song For Europe
A Song for Europe

A Song for Europe can mean:*A Song for Europe, the former name of the British national pre-selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, now known as Eurovision: Your Decision....
after a very dubious 'sudden death' countback after the initial regional voting had placed them joint first.

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, Sir Geoffrey Howe, was scheduled to address the nation in a live transmission at exactly 9:00pm. As there was no time for the songs to be performed again, in an unrehearsed panic, host Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish people radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career....
asked each of the 13 regional juries to cast a single vote for which of the two songs they preferred. Some juries voted against the way they had earlier in the show and with the scoreboard unable to keep up, the entire process descended into farce. Regardless, Prima Donna

Prima donna

Originally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian language for "first lady". The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given....
were (correctly) declared the winners and went forward to Eurovision, where they finished in 3rd place.