Sonja – UK Eurovision Representative 1993. Photograph courtesy of YouTube

80’s pop starlet Sonja will this year mark her 20th Anniversary of coming second in the nail-biting Eurovision in Millstreet in 1993. It all came down to the last vote of the contest from Malta, that denied Sonja a victory at Eurovision. Ireland’s Niamh Kavanagh was the eventual winner in a close Eurovision with the song “In Your Eyes”.

Sonja will be taking to the stage at the “Rewind Festival” in Henley in England. Sonja burst onto the music scene in 1989 with her number 1 single “You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You” that was from the PWL (Stock, Aiken and Waterman) recording label.

“I’m always gigging all throughout the year. I do all kinds of stuff from corporate work to festivals and concerts. I’m really looking to Rewind because things like that give me a chance to catch up with all the gang from back in the day.”

The Rewind Festival takes place each year in Henley. The line up is highly entertaining with many big names from the 80’s and 90’s – so one would imagine that the BBC attends looking for their potential Eurovision Act for next year!

* Rewind Festival takes place on Temple Island Meadows near Remenham from Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18. This year’s line-up also includes The B52s, Kim Wilde, The Pointer Sisters, Chesney Hawkes, Heaven 17, Billy Ocean and ABC. The last few adult tickets are still available at £100 each. To book tickets go to http://www.rewindfestival.com

Source – RewindFestival