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Maggie Moone, born Sandra Lippitt, is a British singer, best remembered for her role on the UK version of ''
Name That Tune ''Name That Tune'' is an American television music game show. Originally created and produced by orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter, the series features contestants competing to correctly identify songs being p ...
''. Sandra Lippitt was born in
Aston Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Located immediately to the north-west of Birmingham city centre, Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a wards of the United Kingdom, war ...
, Birmingham, to a fireman father. In 1978, Moone released "I'll Put You Together Again", which peaked at number 98 in Australia. In 1980 she participated in ''
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'', aiming to become the United Kingdom's entry to that year's
Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...
to be staged in
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, The Netherlands. Her song "Happy Everything", was defeated by
Prima Donna In opera or ''commedia dell'arte'', a prima donna (; Italian for 'first lady'; : ''prime donne'') is the leading female singer in the company, the person to whom the ''prime'' roles would be given. ''Prime donne'' often had grand off-stage pe ...
singing " Love Enough For Two", who won the UK heat. The voting sequence had ended in a tie, with the 14 regional juries having awarded both songs the same score. In an unrehearsed panic, host
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called back each of the juries to cast one deciding vote for either song. Some juries simply gave their casting vote to the song that had received their higher mark. Others opted for a show of hands. In some cases, the juries contradicted the marks they had given earlier. In addition, the scoreboard was unable to keep up with this sudden death voting. In the final count, Moone lost by 8 juries to 6 and, as such, she failed to go to The Hague. A detailed check of the votes after the show confirmed that this was the correct result, despite all the on-screen confusion. Her first husband was Colin Davies; she married secondly, in 2004, Sir William Edward Doran Gibbons, 9th Baronet.Lockley, Mike (25 January 2015)
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''Birmingham Mail''. Retrieved 5 September 2024.


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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English singers English women singers 20th-century English women 20th-century English people Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands People from Aston {{UK-singer-stub