The Fizz set for gig in Cheryl Baker's back garden

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Stuart Maisnerand

Piers Hopkirk,South East

News image — The Fizz have performed annually in Cheryl Baker's garden since lockdown

Handout The four members of The Fizz wearing black jackets and ties and white shirts — The Fizz have performed annually in Cheryl Baker's garden since lockdown

A Eurovision-winning singer is to host a gig in her back garden for fans.

Cheryl Baker, founding member of Bucks Fizz, who is now in The Fizz, is opening up the gates to the grounds of her home in west Kent for a select few fans for the sell-out gig on Saturday.

Bucks Fizz shot to fame when they secured a victory for the UK at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the catchy ditty Making Your Mind Up.

Baker told BBC South East: "We first did this during lockdown and it was a huge success with fans, so we've done it every year since."

She said: "When we first did the gig, we were all spaced out in our own little areas.

"It's quite a big garden.

The line-up of the group has changed over the years.

Founding members Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston held public auditions for new singers in 2024.

Matthew Pateman and Nikk Mager joined them following year.

The four members of Bucks Fizz in a studio shot in 1981 — Bucks Fizz won The Eurovision Song Contest in 1981

Pateman said: "I was a fan from back in the day.

"I watched them on Eurovision and did a dance routine in front of the telly."

Mager said: "I literally screamed at the top of my voice.

"I was ecstatic getting into this group. It's iconic, legendary."

Aston added: "It's given us a new lease of life. Definitely."

Baker said: "The voices just blend really beautifully. They just do.

"I don't know why it works, but it just really does.

"These boys are just full of energy, enthusiasm and have amazing voices."

Baker added: "This year I've said it will be the last one, but possibly not."

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