The UK’s first-ever Eurovision contestant, Patricia Bredin, has died on the age of 88.
Bredin was solely 22 years previous when she carried out on the Eurovision Track Contest in 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany. In line with BBC Information, the Hull-born actress and singer was chosen to take part within the competitors after being noticed on the Savoy Lodge in London by a BBC government.
Her household confirmed that she had handed away at her farm in Nova Scotia, Canada.
In 2016, Bredin instructed BBC Information about her Eurovision expertise: “Singing within the ultimate in Frankfurt, Germany, it was great, as a result of that they had a few 60-piece orchestra and it was like being on clouds.”
Patricia Bredin 🇬🇧 UK’s first #Eurovision entrant has handed away on the age of 88.
On the 2nd ESC in Frankfurt Germany 1957 she carried out “All”, the primary ever english language music that additionally held the title of shortest music within the historical past of the competition till Finland 2015. RIP pic.twitter.com/BFyi7T0MKy— Will O’Regan🌻 (@willovision) August 15, 2023
She continued: “Two songs had been chosen and every one needed to be sung by two totally different performers, however that they had an issue as a result of no one needed to sing that horrible little music known as ‘All’.”
The music aired on tv however was by no means recorded so it by no means entered the charts. Bredin went on to marry Canadian millionaire Charles MacCulloch and moved to Nova Scotia. She remained in Canada after her husband’s demise.
‘All’ recieved a complete of six factors within the Eurovision singing contest which put Bredin forward of Austria, Switzerland and Belgium. The winner of the competition ended up being Corry Brokken with the music ‘Web Als Toen’ for the Netherlands.
All 10 of the collaborating international locations every had 10 jury members who held their very own vote. They had been capable of assist a single music with the artist receiving probably the most votes profitable the competitors.
The Netherlands ended up getting a single vote from the UK jury whereas France, Denmark, Italy and Austria every acquired two. The ultimate UK vote went to Luxembourg.
Although she didn’t win Eurovision, Bredin went on to have an extended profession on each stage and display screen earlier than retiring and shifting to a farm in Nova Scotia to boost cattle. She starred alongside Sid James within the movie Desert Mice and was the lead in Left Proper and Centre, with Ian Carmichael and Alastair Sim.
She additionally grew to become a daily in musicals within the West Finish and on Broadway, as soon as taking up a job from Julie Andrews as Guenevere within the authentic manufacturing of Camelot.
