Cheryl Baker (born Rita Crudgington, on 8 March 1954, in Bethnal Green, England) is a television presenter. She has appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, both times representing the United Kingdom. First in 1978 as a member of the group Co-Co, they came in at 11th place with the song The Bad Old Days. However it is with the second time she entered the contest with Bucks Fizz, that she is best remembered, with their song Making Your Mind Up, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 for the United Kingdom. Also in October 1988, she started to present a Saturday morning BBC children's show called Eggs 'n' Baker. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the twenty third Eurovision and was held on April 22, 1978 in Paris. ... Bucks Fizz: Cheryl Baker, Bobby G, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston Bucks Fizz is an English pop group, formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. ... Making Your Mind Up is a song by Bucks Fizz who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 4, 1981 in Dublin. ... Eggs n Baker was a Saturday morning Childrens BBC music and cookery show presented by ex-Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker. ...

Baker then went on to stay with Bucks Fizz until 1993, when she left to pursue a career in television presenting. She went on to co-present Record Breakers alongside Roy Castle, and latterly Kriss Akabusi. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... ÆÀÉRecord Breakers was a British Guinness Book of Records themed childrens TV show, originally presented by Roy Castle with twin brothers Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter. ... Roy Castle OBE (born August 31, 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth; died September 2, 1994) was a British dancer, singer, comedian, actor and musician. ... Kriss Kezie Uche Chukwu Duru Akabusi MBE (born 28 November 1958 in London, England) is a former athlete who went on to become a television presenter and motivational speaker. ...

After this she went on to making guest appearances on television, including The Weakest Link, GMTV, and Bargain Hunt. More recently Baker has made appearances on the reality television shows, Drop the Celebrity and I'm Famous and Frightened!. Weakest Link UK Version The Weakest Link (now officially titled Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... Bargain Hunt is a daytime television programme on BBC1, in which two teams (the Reds and the Blues), both made up of two people, are given £300 (originally £200) each with which to buy a number of items from bric-a-brac sales and attempt to make their money back... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Drop the Celebrity is a British television game show broadcast in 2003, in which a group of British celebrities in a Airplane wait for the audience on the ground to vote on who should be dropped from it by parachute. ... Im Famous and Frightened is a Living TV reality TV show in which, 8 celebrities stay for three nights in a haunted castle, they must then do terrifying challenges in order to raise money for charity. ...

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, she read out the points from the United Kingdom. In the BBC's 50th anniversary celebration of the show Congratulations, she introduced the song Waterloo by ABBA. Later on during the same programme, she sung Buck Fizz's winning song Making Your Mind Up live with Mike Nolan and Shelley Preston. The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the fiftieth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Katrina Leskanich and Renars Kaupers (before the contest) On October 22, 2005, the EBU held a celebration contest to commemorate 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest called Congratulations. ... Waterloo is a song by ABBA, with which they won the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974. ... ABBA were a Swedish pop music group active from 1972 until 1982. ... Making Your Mind Up is a song by Bucks Fizz who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Shelley Preston (3rd right) performing as part of Bucks Fizz (Caroline) Shelley Preston (born May 14, 1964), is a professional singer, best known as the replacement for Jay Aston in the 1980s Eurovision Song Contest winners Buckz Fizz. ...

Cheyl's other presenting work includes the satellite and Freeview shopping channel price-drop tv. In 2006, she made was a special guest star on ITV Play's cult late night quiz show The Mint. Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ... price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Currently, Cheryl is playing the role of Vi Moore in the London production of Footloose, the musical based on the 1984 motion picture of the same name, at the Novello Theatre as well as promoting a shampoo which helps thinning hair. Footloose is a 1984 movie that tells the story of Ren McCormick (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago and moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Novello Theatre is a theatre on Aldwych in the West End of London. ...

Cheryl has,so far,released 2 solo singles...'If Paradise is Half As Nice/This Fragile Heart (WEA records) (UK chart peak #95) and 'Sensuality'/Love to Love (OTW records)

She also recorded Anyone Who had a Heart/I know Him So Well/Saving All My Love for you/The Power Of Love for a box set cd called Romantic favourites

She is currently performing selected gigs with Mike and Shelley under the name 'The Original Bucks Fizz'...this name has made a few fans unhappy

A new cd with bonus dvd, 'The Very Best of Bucks Fizz' will be released May 14th 2007

External link

• Unofficial - The World of Cheryl Baker!