Sally Ann Triplett (born 15 April 1962, London, United Kingdom) is a British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and many West End productions. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland"
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Triplett first represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 as the lead female vocals of the six-piece band Prima Donna. The United Kingdom first participated at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957, the second contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 19, 1980 in The Hague. Prima Donna were the United Kingdom representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. Other band members included Danny Finn from The New Seekers and Lance Aston, brother of Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston. The New Seekers were a British / German / Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the Bucks Fizz are a British pop group formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year Jay Aston (born 4 May 1961, London) is a singer who was formerly with the British pop group, Bucks Fizz Prima Donna finished a moderately successful third with their pop-ballad "Love Enough For Two"; however the song was a flop in the charts, and the group disbanded after their second single.
Two years later, she again represented United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, this time as part of a double act Bardo. A Song for Europe 1982 Terry Wogan once again hosted the contest held on March 24th Bardo was a male/female Pop music duo ( Sally Ann Triplett and Stephen Fischer) formed to represent the United Kingdom in the 1982 Their song, "One Step Further", was a frantic pop number with a complex dance routine. The poorly-performed vigorous choreography noticeably affected the vocals, and the song finished 7th. Author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in his The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History that Sally-Ann Triplett is one of only four singers to have sung for the United Kingdom in the competition twice, alongside Ronnie Carroll, Cliff Richard and Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz. Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn 18 August 1934, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Singer and entertainer Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Cheryl Baker (born Rita Maria Crudgington, on 8 March 1954, in Bethnal Green, London) is an English Television presenter Bucks Fizz are a British pop group formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year [1]
In between her two Eurovision appearances, she was a regular in the BBC television show Crackerjack!. Crackerjack was a British children's comedy/variety BBC television series Triplett has also made many appearances on television. This include Children in Need 2003, Eastenders, Doctors, Down To Earth, Acorn Antiques:The Musical, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Holby City and The Fishing Trip. BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Doctors is a British Daytime television Soap opera, which started in 2000 Acorn Antiques is a parodic Soap opera written by Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two seasons of Victoria Wood As Seen Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a Comedy Panel game show with a pop and Rock music theme currently presented by Simon Amstell Holby City, styled as HOLBY CI+Y, is a BAFTA award winning Medical drama Television serial transmitted by BBC One in the United