Today, the sad news reached us that Pearl Carr passed away. Carr was the female half of the duo Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson. The two married in 1955 and started singing from then on. In 1959, they were chosen to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Sing little birdie”. They reached a 2nd place. A year later, they attempted to represent their country again, but their songs were not chosen.
Years later, in 1988, they both performed in the Westend musical “Follies”. At the end of this tour, in 1990, they decided to retire from showbussines. In 2018, Teddy Johnson passed away, followed by Pearl Carr today. Carr was 96 years old.
Eurovision 2025
Yuval Raphael will represent Israel
Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. She was chosen through the national selection Hakokhav Haba. The song Yuval will sing will be written especially for her and presented later. These are the participants in the first round: Red Band & Moran Aharoni Valerie Hamaty Yuval Raphael Daniel Weiss Daniel Weiss was eleminated after this round by the televoters. In the second round, these were the results: Yuval Raphael, 157 pts Valerie Hamaty, 111 pts Red Band & Moran Aharoni, 92 pts Share