They were finalists in the
BBC Television's
A Song for Europe contest in 1989 with the
song, "
Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?". The original title of the song had been "No More Sad Songs". It scored 111,996 votes, compared to runner-up Julie C's (a.k.a.
Julie Coulson) 51,449 votes. Live Report went on to represent the UK in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in
Lausanne, where they finished second to the Yugoslav entry, "
Rock Me" performed by
Riva. "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" spent one week in the
UK Singles Chart at #73 in May 1989.{{cite book Since drummer Peter May was requested to play with
Cliff Richard in a concert tour, he was replaced by Richard Marcangelo. Ray Caruana was born in Malta but moved to the UK at the age of 5. He is the son of a professional singer. He was the youngest (aged 12) performer ever to appear at the
London Palladium for "Night of a 1,000 Stars". Ray participated in the
Maltese heat of the
Eurovision Song Contest 1994, and came second with "Scarlet Song". ==See also==