UK NATIONAL FINAL 1997

The UK Final was held at the BBC TV Studios in London on March 9th, hosted by Dale Winton. Before the final there had been a semi-final on BBC Radio 2 on February 7th which resulted in the following 4 songs being eliminated „Can’t you see I’m crying“ – Paul Varney, „Heart of stone“ – Dave Black, „Lighten up“ – B-Yond, and „Room for change“ – Laura Pallas. Televoting was used in both the semi-final and final.

1Love shine a lightKatrina and the Waves698301st
2Yodel in the canyon of loveDo Re Mi featuring Kerry586962nd
3You stayed away too longJoanne May515843rd
4For the life you don’t yet knowSam Blue?4th
Sam Blue

Katrina and the Waves went on to win the ESC. Sam Blue was a backing singer for the UK in the 1990 ESC and was one half of the group Esseness who were eliminated in the 1996 UK semi-final.