Eurovision legend shares secret to winning contest and it's not having best song

Cheryl Baker has revealed the secret to winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

The 71-year-old singer and TV presenter won the competition with her band Bucks Fizz back in 1981 with their catchy track Making Your Mind Up.

During their iconic performance 44 years ago, the group made show history as the boys ripped the skirts off their female bandmates, revealing cheeky mini-skirts underneath for the girls to continue the performance in.

Speaking at the WhichBingo 2025 Awards in Gibraltar, Cheryl explained: "Bucks Fizz wouldn't have won without the skirt rip so thank goodness for that.

"You've got to have the skirt rip moment. Something that makes it different from the others.

"You can have the best singer and have the best song but you've to have that something that makes everyone think wow, I want to see that again.

"It might be special effects, it might be lighting, but it's the something that makes it special."

Remember Monday - a girl group made up of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele, will perform their track What the Hell Just Happened? live to the world on Saturday (May 17) night.

Sharing her verdict on the UK's entry, Cheryl said: ""I think the girls are great, their singing is perfect and I think we'll be on the left hand side of the board, however, I have never yet chosen a winning song.

"I always choose a song I think is the best so I like to think they are going to be a dark horse and come up maybe in the top five but I just don't know.

"The odds at the moment is that Sweden is going to walk it and that's a good song. We're up against quite a few good songs this year but I do think the girls will do well."

Cheryl still watches Eurovision every year and is planning on throwing a party this weekend for her friends and family.

Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2025 airs Saturday, May 17 on BBC One at 8pm