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Don't they look a lot more cheerful than they did at the end of the Contest in 2003?

This is Gemma Abbey and Chris Crombey, aka UK nul pointers Jemini, photographed in Liverpool's Chameleon Club last night when they reformed for one night only for the city's Alder Hey Hospital's children's heart charity.

With their interesting interpretation of the song Cry Baby, the pair became the only British representatives thus far to finish the Contest with a great big duck egg on the scoreboard.

Jemini have long since split up, but the good-natured sports that they are, Chris and Gemma, bless 'em, put their non-scoring nightmare behind them for a good cause. If you too would like to help Alder Hey Children's Hospital, there's more information here.

We just can't resist the all-round talent that is '83 hostess Marlene Charell.

Here she is, basically showing off, on a German TV show in 1978.

What you don't see is that, when filming stopped, she told the other acts on the bill that the rest of the show had been cancelled, then proceeded to give a flower arranging demonstration to the audience after they'd all gone home.

Ever since Boom Bang a Blog started digging around the world of hapless 1983 presenter Marlene Charell, a heap of treats have been unearthed.

Here's the first one we have to share. It's Marlene singing with none other than Engelbert Humperdinck in 1972.

What you don't see is that, after filming stopped, Marlene locked Engelbert in a cupboard and then made the producer rename the show The Marlene Charell Hour.

You've gotta love her.

Firstly, has anyone heard Angel sing live? If the answer is 'no', then could she please put her plans to represent the UK at Eurovision on hold until she can prove she can belt out a tune in an arena with 10,000-plus people in it?

There seems to be a habit of Big Brother contestants wanting to enter Eurovision. Regardless of the fact they have absolutely no singing talent/experience whatsoever, they are still under the impression this will be no barrier to them entering a competition where singing talent/experience is vital to you doing well.

As you may have read in the press, Angel, the Russian ex-housemate of the show about seven people are watching this summer, is determined to keep her head above the notoriety parapet by throwing her topper into the ring for next year's BBC ticket to Oslo.

It's just ridiculous. The thing is, if the BBC goes back to its half-hearted approach to Eurovision next year, then there's a very good chance Angel will be inpart of the shortlisted line-up of hopefuls.

The same thing has happened before. Kemal, an entrant of BB past who spent a lot of time flouncing about the house and harumphing dramatically if he didn't get enough attention wanted to 'do' Eurovision. Most insultingly of all, Chanelle - a girl whose only ambition in life was to marry a footballer on the night she entered the house, suddenly decided she was a singer when the public (quickly and quite rightly) lost all interest in her and said she was going to 'do' Eurovision in a duet with her boyfriend and BB housemate, Ziggy.

Is there something pumped through the air conditioning in that house in Elstree which miraculously turns the wannabes within into world class singing talent? If not, then could these ridiculous attention seekers please stay away from our Contest? Thank you.

A member of Ireland's Eurovision selection panel, left, out in Dublin last night with a mystery companion

Bags-of-fun former Eurovision winner, Johnny Logan, has been speaking to the Irish Times about his disappointment in the way the country he has thrice earned the Eurovision trophy for has become rather rubbish at Eurovision, likening those behind the national selection process to "headless chickens".

Can you believe it? Czech Republic has officially announced its withdrawal from the Eurovision Song Contest after its first three entries failed to score 10 points between them. According to one of the bosses of Czech telly, the public just aren't in the slightest bit interested whether the country enters or not.

Tsk, this is disgraceful Eurovision-related insolence - someone play Ding Dinge Dong or Making Your Mind Up on heavy rotation on Czech MTV to show them what they're missing out on. And quickly - there's still time for them to change their mind.

In other news, despite their very naughty dig at President Putin in the lyrics of their most recent entry getting them banned from the Moscow contest, Georgia is back, back, back in 2010. The Tbilisi faithful don't have any political wranglings with the Norwegians, as far as Boom Bang a Blog is aware, so their song-picking team is already planning ahead for Oslo.

It's a birruva shame about the Czech Republic - Eurovision in the beautiful city of Prague would be smashing.

Soraya, Spain's 2009 entrant, who finished last in the final in Moscow

A poll in Spanish newspaper El de Cordoba has shown that 68 per cent of those asked want the country to pull out of the Eurovision Song Contest. Just 20 per cent of those asked think Spanish telly should carry on having a go at the competition and we don't really know what the other 12 per cent thought. Presumably, they're more interested in how the footie team is getting on.

The lack of love for the event appears to stem from Spain's failure to come even close to claiming the trophy since the 1960s. But should winning be the only reason a country continues to enter the Contest? Is it worth staying at home while everyone else goes on a fun jaunt to the host city? If the UK hadn't had a return to form this year - would you have wanted the BBC to withdraw?

As always, we're glad of your comments.

Winner 1966: Udo Jurgens performs Merci, Cherie for Austria

The result of the 1966 Contest sticks out like a sore thumb compared to all its other sixties counterparts.

All of the nations who otherwise dominated in the Contest's first full decade did either badly or mediocre-ly at the Villa Louvigny, the venue for the 1962 event. Italy was last with its only nul points to date, France scored just one point to finish 16th, two-times winners and reigning champ Luxembourg was 10th and the UK a dismal ninth - which could have been an even lowlier 14th/15th were it none for the final vote of the night. Switzerland was the only country with a respectable record to do respectably - finishing sixth.

But the winner was a man who proved that if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again...

Right, I've cleared it all up about Wibbly Wobbly Man.

There was a song with a wibbly wobbly connection in the running to represent the UK at the very first Eurovision (if the BBC hadn't withdrawn from the event).

However, it was actually called Wibbly Wobbly Moon and it was performed by none other than a young Petula Clark in the Festival of British Popular Song - what they called A Song For Europe in those days.

Thank you very much to Nick Deller on the ESC Nation messageboard for his help with my wibbly wobbly crisis.

Apologies to regular reader KMatthews and anyone else who enjoyed A Bluffer's Guide to the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest.

Further research has shown that Shirley Abicair was not set to sing something called Wibbly Wobbly Man if the UK had gone to Switzerland, but the far less interestingly titled Little Ship.

We can also tell you that the other song intended to be sent by the BBC was performed by Denis Lotis and The Keynotes.

So, from which corner of my memory did Wibbly Wobbly Man - possibly the best song title ever conceived - come from? I'm starting to worry.