Tony Ferrino is a fictional character created by Steve Coogan. He is a popular Portuguese lounge singer who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 (the actual winner in real life was Johnny Logan), he made a TV Special called "The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon" which was televised by BBC television on New Year's Day 1997. In reality he only had moderate success compared to Coogans previous creation Alan Partridge, however, fictionally he was a world famous singer with a string of top 40 singles and albums. Jump to: navigation, search Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965 in Manchester, England) is an English actor and comedian. ... Jump to: navigation, search Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ... Johnny Logan can refer to a number of different people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word Alan Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by British comedian Steve Coogan. ...
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Ironically, while Ferrino was portrayed as a huge star, he was only a minor success for Coogan, unlike Alan Partridge, who, while portrayed as a minor celb, was a huge hit in reality.
He had a (real) minor hit in the UK with "Help Yourself" Christmas 1996.
Early indications suggested that TonyFerrino was going to be Coogan's least successful venture since that corporate video he did for Ruffles in 1990.
This song was also performed on 1997's Comic Relief, with Ferrino accompanied by Bjork, but Wilde works rather better in the context of the programme, as she's the sort of slightly low-rent celebrity that you'd expect to see on this sort of thing.
TonyFerrino was considered a flop by Coogan's standards, and despite further appearances with an equally high level of humour, the character never really became an Alan Partridge, a Paul Calf, or even a Duncan Thickett.
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