Biography

Terry Wogan

and, when Radio 1 started, he presented Late Night Extra for two years, flying over from Dublin every week. In 1969, he stood in for Jimmy Young when he went on holiday and later that year, in October, Terry took over his own daily show on Radio 1 and 2. In April 1972 he took over the 7.00-9.30am morning show on Radio 2.

Terry was voted TV Personality Of The Year 10 times by the TV Times. He won the Variety Club Award for Radio Personality Of The Year in 1974, and the Radio Award of the Radio Industries Club for 1974, 1976 and 1978. Terry was also voted Top Radio Personality by the Society Of Authors/Pye Awards in 1980.

His television credits include his live chat show series Wogan which he presented three times a week for seven years on BBC One, Lunchtime With Wogan, Come Dancing, Celebrity Squares, New Faces and Blankety Blank. In recent years, Terry has presented Wogan’s Island, Do The Right Thing, Auntie’s Bloomers, Auntie’s Sporting Bloomers and Points Of View as well Eurovision legend Terry Wogan has lent his as the annual BBC Children In Need unique commentary to The Eurovision Song extravaganza. Contest since 1971. He also presents his own breakfast radio show on BBC Radio 2, Wake Terry rejoined Radio 2 to present Wake Up To Up To Wogan. Ask Terry to sum up the secret Wogan in January 1993 and was awarded an of his success and he’ll reply: “I put it all down honorary OBE in the 1997 New Year’s Honours to clean living and plenty of roughage”. List. Terry’s name has become synonymous with the Eurovision Song Contest which attracts over Terry was born in Limerick, Ireland and 300 million viewers worldwide each year. educated at Crescent College, Limerick. After leaving college, Terry went into banking where He is married and has two sons and a daughter. his innate ability to separate half crowns from two bob bits soon marked him down for greater things. Five years later, he joined Radio Telefis Eireann (the Irish National Radio and TV Service) as a newsreader/announcer.

After two years of interviewing and presenting documentary features, Terry moved to light entertainment as a disc jockey and became the host of television quiz and variety shows. His first regular BBC Radio show was Midday Spin

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Jessica Garlick

Pop Idol Top 10 darling Jessica Garlick is chart-toppers including Samantha Mumba set to represent the UK in this year’s Eurovision and Blue. Song Contest in Estonia on Saturday 25 May. Twenty-one-year-old Jessica, from The project was put together by executive Wales, has been taken to the nation’s hearts producer Rick Blaskey, who also represents since winning her way into Pop Idol’s final singing phenomenon Russell Watson. Rick’s 10 earlier in the year. She had previously won past successes include England’s football the Welsh Final of Star For A Night and anthem Three Lions and work with Whitney featured on Michael Barrymore’s My Kind Of Houston, Cliff Richard, Barry Manilow and Music when she was 16. Tina Turner among others. Jessica was recommended to him by Pop Idol voice coaches Carrie and David Grant. Rick and Carrie had successfully worked together on the 1983 UK Song For Europe winner, I’m Never Giving Up by Sweet Dreams, which featured the young Carrie on her first professional job. Rick was also executive producer for last year’s Song For Europe winner, No Dream Impossible, performed by Lindsay Dracass.

Says Jessica: “My idol is Madonna and my ambition has always been to make records and perform on TV. I’ve been so lucky to have been able to fulfil some TV ambitions through Pop Idol and Star For A Night. Representing the UK in Eurovision and having a hit record with Come Back is another ambition I hope I can achieve.

Such is her popularity that she was immediately invited to perform one of the final eight songs in the BBC’s Song For Europe contest. The final four were chosen on BBC Radio 2 in March the public voted by a landslide for Jessica to represent the UK in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest.

Jessica’s song, a power-ballad called Come Back, was written by Birmingham airline pilot Martyn Baylay. It is produced by the hit-making team of Bill Padley and Jeremy Godfrey, who produced one of last year’s biggest hits, Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again. They also produce other

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