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After its victory in 2024, the Eurovision Song Contest achieved its noticeable comeback live in Switzerland with the song The Code of Nemo. It started with its first semi -finals, in which some of the most popular participants returned who fought for a place in the Grand Final.

The second semi -finals will take place on Thursday, May 15th and will appear on Monday with the entry of the United Kingdom together with delegates from Austria, France, Israel and Australia. The British Country pop group consisting of Holly-Ann Hull, Charlotte Steele and Lauren Byrne were able to join the last five acts from Great Britain to bring the coveted trophy home. It is a long -awaited victory because it was 28 years since the United Kingdom lasted the last time, and here is everything that the earlier profit files have done since then.

Sandi Shaw – 1967

The first Eurovision winner in Great Britain was Sandi Shaw, who scored the victorious title with Puppet on a string after 47 votes in Vienna.

The song became a huge international hit and Shaw continued her successful recording career for years with singles like Heaven that I now miss him what inspired the sky of the Smiths that I am now unhappy.

However, Shaw's personal life often made headlines after the claims about their love life damaged after he was described by a judge as a “spoiled child”.

The singer, who was 20 years old at the time, was identified as the other woman who was involved in the breakdown of the marriage of a leading model and her TV husband.

“The BBC wanted to dismiss me because I had a divorce scandal at the time that had come out shortly before the competition,” Shaw announced the Desert Island Discs of Radio 4.

“I was involved in the divorce someone else and she was [the BBC] I didn't think it was the right picture, so it was incredibly uncomfortable … it was very difficult, but I had to take it all in the stages when I sang. “

Lulu – 1969

Just two years later, Great Britain won his second victory when Lulu won with Boom Bang-A-Bang.

However, she was forced to share the performance in a four-way difference with Spain, France and the Netherlands, but later revealed her aversion to the song.

Lulu revealed the BBC Radio 1 moderator John Peel: “I know that it is a lazy song, but I won, so who cares?”

Nevertheless, the victory gave her a successful career when she recorded a bond topic for the man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and famous with Take that on religion my fire.

Lulu has remained in public and published albums until 2015. In 2023 she competed in the masked singer, who was disguised as a child's play.

Brotherhood of man – 1976

Brotherhood of Man was the first group from Great Britain to win Eurovision after the members Martin Lee, Lee Sherid, Nicky Stevens and Sandra Stevens save their kisses for me.

After the victory, her management decided that the group should change for more pop sound, and although the band was not immediately successful, they celebrated their comeback with hits like Angelo and Figaro.

The band briefly replaced a member when Martin took a break in the mid -1980s to study, but they reformed and later toured in the 80s, 90s and 00s.

However, the tragedy hit the group last year when Martin was 77 years old after a short illness.

Among the tributes, the group announced on Facebook that he was “not only a wonderful singer”, but also wrote down “most hits”.

Bucks Fizz – 1981

Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston were the members of Bucks Fizz, who took the trophy home with their unforgettable performance by Make Your Mind Up.

Her best remembered her rock swipping act with her catchy songs, which she brought to victory to victory in Dublin, Ireland.

After the competition, they became one of the best -selling groups of the 80s and achieved number one with the country of Make Believe.

However, cracks were found within the group when Jay went to Jay in 1985 and damned stories about their failures to the tabloid with trained replacement and other outputs.

So far there have been a total of 16 different people who were members of the Bucks Fizz Band.

Katrina and the waves – 1997

It was almost 30 years since Great Britain won the last Eurovision with Katrina and the waves won the title.

The rock band flew into the leading role with its song Love Shine A Light and won the competition with 227 points after he had received a total of 12 points ten times.

Despite its success in the competition, the group was already known for the hit of the Charts 80s, which was walking on sunshine.

The lead singer Katrina Leskanich, born in Kansas, later revealed that she was exposed to the representation of the United Kingdom in the competition, even though she has lived here since her teenager, and claimed that the BBC asked her to weaken her accent.

In 1998 she terminated the group, and while the waves tried to find a new singer, they finally decided to dissolve in 1999.

Leskanich started a solo career after shaping the group and published music in 2024.