British Eurovision Song Contest entrants

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Chapters: Olivia Newton-John, Cliff Richard, Lulu, The Shadows, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz, Sandie Shaw, James Fox, Scooch, Michael Ball, Lynsey de Paul, Mary Hopkin, The New Seekers, Black Lace, Clodagh Rodgers, Samantha Womack, Matt Monro, Javine Hylton, Katrina and the Waves, Nicki French, Daz Sampson, Josh Dubovie, Sonia, Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston, Katrina Leskanich, Jade Ewen, Blue, Frances Ruffelle, Bobby G, Natalie Powers, Gina G, Kathy Kirby, Lee Sheriden, Kate Robbins, Mike Nolan, Andy Abraham, Jenny Frost, Carrie Grant, Nicky Stevens, Terry Dobson, Sandra Stevens, Kenneth McKellar, Russ Spencer, Jessica Garlick, Sally Ann Triplett, Co-Co, Precious, Anya Lahiri, Jemini, Bardo, Martin Lee, Scott Fitzgerald, Prima Donna, Ronnie Carroll, Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson, Mike Moran, Kimberley Rew, The Allisons, Sophie McDonnell, Patricia Bredin, Aeone, Belle and the Devotions, Imaani, Lindsay Dracass, Love City Groove, Bryan Johnson, Sweet Dreams, Emma, Stephen Fischer, Richard Peebles, Live Report, Bobby McVay, Jay Williams. Excerpt: Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary and has sold an estimated over 100 million albums worldwide. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history. Newton-John has been a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues. Since surviving breast cancer in 1992, she has been an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia. Newton-John has been married twice. She currently lives with her second husband, John Easterling, in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida. She is the mother of one daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, with her first husband, actor Matt Lattanzi. Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to a Welsh father, Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John, and a German-born mother, Irene Born, the eldest child of the Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist Max Born. Her mother's family had left Germany before World War II to avoid the Nazi regime (Newton-John's maternal grandfather was Jewish, and her maternal grandmother was of paternal Jewish ancestry). Her maternal great-grandfather was jurist Victor Ehrenberg and her matrilineal great-grandmother's father was German jurist Rudolf von Jhering. Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a d