Peebles 's song " Only the Light " won the BBC 's '' A Song for Europe '' contest in 1987 going on to be the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 where it placed 13th out of 22 entries , making it the lowest ranked UK entry in the competition until 2000 . The song failed to reach the UK Top 75 singles chart and a subsequent album of the same name also failed to chart . Articles in RadioTimes and the DailyRecord called it one of the worst UK performances in the history of the contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Rikki (British singer)