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Emma Booth
Birth nameEmma Louise Booth
Born (1974-08-02) 2 August 1974 (age 50)
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
GenresPop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1990–1991
LabelsBig Wave Records
Musical artist

Emma (born Emma Louise Booth, 2 August 1974) is a Welsh singer, who sang the UK entry, "Give a Little Love Back to the World", in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.

This was the third of four entries representing the UK composed by Paul Curtis. The song finished sixth in the Contest, and climbed to No. 33 in the UK Singles Chart. Her backing vocalists at Eurovision 1990 included Sam Blue and Miriam Stockley.

Biography

Emma was born in Bridgend, Wales. At fifteen, she was the youngest singer to have represented the UK in the contest and only narrowly made the newly implemented age rule in the competition, where all contestants must be 16 in the year they compete. The song had an environmental theme. Many of the 1990 entries chose the momentous events taking place across Europe in the previous twelve months and European Unity as their theme. She released one more single in the UK on Big Wave Records. It was 1991's "Dance All Night" which failed to chart.

Personal life

Booth now lives in Seattle, with her husband and children. Her father, John Booth, is an actor and acts alongside Owen Money in yearly pantomimes. Her sisters, Amy and Kristie, now run a dance school in South Wales. The dance school, KLA, featured on series 1 of The Greatest Dancer where they finished in 2nd place.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
1990 "Give a Little Love Back to the World" 33 Non-album singles
1991 "Dance All Night"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

References

  1. "Emma Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 183. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  4. "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!". Retrieved 10 May 2015.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded byLive Report
with "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?"
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
1990
Succeeded bySamantha Janus
with "A Message to Your Heart"
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection (former; contestants)
Participation
Artists
Songs
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
  • See also: UK Eurovision discography
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "Bandido"
  • "Brandenburger Tor"
  • "Eitt lag enn"
  • "Frei zu leben"
  • "Fri?"
  • "Give a Little Love Back to the World"
  • "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
  • "Há sempre alguém"
  • "Hajde da ludujemo"
  • "Hallo Hallo"
  • "Horis skopo"
  • "Ik wil alles met je delen"
  • "Insieme: 1992"
  • "Keine Mauern mehr"
  • "Macédomienne"
  • "Milas poli"
  • "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"
  • "Quand je te rêve"
  • "Shara Barkhovot"
  • "Som en vind"
  • "Somewhere in Europe"
  • "White and Black Blues"


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