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Originally planning a straightforward Bucks Fizz musical, Woo made Aston the star after finding her at the centre of all the "drama, tension and jealousy" within the band. I just love living my life and having fun. 'I haven't bought any clothes for a year. Sort of. On December 11, 1984, Bobby and the three other original members of Bucks Fizz – Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston – were all injured, along with their crew, in a horrific coach … How am I going to get back on stage?'. 'It was utterly soul destroying —who wants to buy eight pink and lilac latte mugs at that time of night? 'Some people are just so nice.'. Can she keep her head above water? In January, Martin contacted 'But if I'd known, I'd definitely have gone economy. Their Eurovision success led to 13 hit singles as their winning song was followed to the number one spot by Land of Make Believe and My Camera Never Lies. Over the past few months, Cheryl Baker has sold her car, let her cleaner and gardener go, turned down the heating, and no longer shops online or anywhere else for anything other than essentials. 'I did his typing and answered his phones and did telesales — as Rita, not Cheryl,' she says. The driver, Cheryl, Mike and a guitarist flew out through the windscreen and the roof of the bus was ripped off. 'I'm not a saver. Even that wasn't quite the nadir. After 800 auditions, 21-year-old Shelley Preston landed the job of Aston's replacement. 'And even if I'm speaking on behalf of a charity, it's keeping my name in the frame. I'm a doer. She and Steve have been married for 29 years and still tell each other 'I love you' every single day, even though they sound polar opposites: he, a rather gloomy pessimist ('I call him the dark side of the moon') and she so relentlessly, tiringly upbeat that he's for ever telling her 'to cheer down'. A new line-up secured just one further hit, 1986's New Beginning. I always do!'. Above, the group (left to right) - Cheryl, Mike Nolan, Bobby G and Jay Aston in 1983. ‘A tangerine saved my life’: the coach Bucks Fizz were travelling in after the crash in 1984 (News Group/Shutterstock) Both personally and professionally, the crash shattered Bucks Fizz. Over the past few months, Cheryl Baker has sold her car, let her cleaner and gardener go, turned down the heating, and no longer shops online or anywhere else for anything other than essentials. That came soon after on Channel 4 — at teatime on a Thursday — when she endured colonic irrigation on live TV. I've never been on the dole, I've never asked for assistance from anybody and, if I'm not earning, I'll find work somehow. The band's glory years have been revisited in A Night of a Thousand Jay Astons, a surreal new show to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after a successful east London debut. 'Clothes and all sorts,' she says. "What a great name for a show," she says. 'Quite a lot of Fizz fans have been absolutely adorable,' she says. He's not to be trusted. The real Jay Aston now acts and performs with her own group Aston, runs stage schools for children in Hayes and Sevenoaks in Kent, and is writing her autobiography. I had to do something. BUCKS FIZZ won the Eurovision Song Contest 40 years ago with Making Your Mind Up and became chart-topping stars. What she does deeply regret is the group's long, bitter in-fighting and financially draining legal disputes. Along the way, she's also done a huge amount for charities. After a gig in New­­castle in December, their tour bus had its roof ripped off in a collision with a lorry. She says the fallout saw her lose her London home. Her twin daughters, Kyla and Natalie, 26, moved back home with their partners and Cheryl insists she couldn't be happier. Cheryl and Mike were both thrown out through the windscreen, along with their driver and one of the guitarists. Following a concert tour in 1989, Preston also departed, signalling the end of Bucks Fizz. Her Dancing On Ice partner, Dan Whiston, has offered to help out. There just isn't any work.'. Eurovision winner Mike Nolan: The day Bucks Fizz were nearly killed in coach crash.It will be 22 years this weekend since Mike Nolan won Eurovision with Bucks Fizz but just three years later he nearly died when the group's tour bus hit a lorry. Realising that a name was needed for the performing artists, Martin quickly decided on Buck's Fizz, as it was her favourite drink. The fourth member, Bobby G, won the use of … He feels an Edinburgh audience will be more than ready for a Bucks Fizz show. A mum who lost her daughter after a drink drive crash says she and her family have had to endure one of the "toughest years of their lives." I like to be busy. 'I've been wearing wellies so much, now I can't wear heels. I'm going to come and see you and I'm bringing you money. The band was formed to represent the UK in the 1981 contest, winning with Making Your Mind Up and a dance routine that involved Mike Nolan and Bobby G pulling the skirts off fellow band-members Jay Aston and Cheryl Baker. And Strictly, of course,' she says. 'I'm struggling but I'm managing,' she says firmly. When people call me a 'has-been', I think, 'Yeah, but at least I have been and actually I still am. I feel very lucky.'. So instead, 66-year-old Cheryl has swapped high heels for wellies, embraced the joys of home-grown veggies from an ever-expanding plot at the bottom of her garden, and even started performing jolly £10-a-ticket 'Covid gigs' from the beige, striped sofa in her Kent sitting room. Because not everyone has been as nice as her old muckers Mike and Mark. 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Money is not everything,' she says. So broke that, lately, the £30 she charges for the odd happy birthday video message to fans has become her only income stream other than her £700-a-month state pension, simply not enough with a tax bill looming. The drugs he was on made him really bad — very forgetful and he'd fall asleep and say things that were offensive but that he thought was a joke, so I'd look out for him,' she says. 17,029 pages were read in the last minute. Mike had to sell his house to pay the legal costs! And I'll be performing again soon.' "The Bucks Fizz story is forever unwinding like a cork about to pop. Is she really going to be OK? 'We lost a lot of gigs. She's had cosmetic makeovers on live TV, and appeared on Celebrity Cash In The Attic and a celebrity 24-hour quiz, but never the big one — I'm A Celebrity. I was browsing through Fizz Youtube videos yesterday when I came across an individual posting videos claiming that the Bucks Fizz coach crash was a fake and had never happened and that Mike Nolan was basically lying about having a brain injury. But it all tots up and, in the past few days, I've had seven or eight. To be earning money and I'll try pretty much anything.'. But, for once, just before Covid struck, things were looking buoyant. Most Popular Now | 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. I'll never forget what she did and how spiteful she was,' she says. By her own account, Cheryl has never been very good with money and, despite years riding high in the aftermath of that Eurovision triumph — Making Your Mind Up — three Number Ones and then a busy TV career, she is no stranger to financial dips. My brand.'. Because no one could ever accuse Cheryl of lolling lazily on her laurels. 'That's what matters,' she says. She has not seen A Night of a Thousand Jay Astons but says she is intrigued by the idea. Published: 17:01 EDT, 5 February 2021 | Updated: 08:05 EDT, 6 February 2021. Bucks Fizz now on Eurovision 40th Anniversary: Bomb threats, car crashes and feuds 7 hours ago . Keywords : Bucks Fizz, Music, Mike Nolan, Buck's Fizz, Damages, Disaster / Accident • Haulier Freightliners and bus operator Berryhurst could face damages claims of thousands of pounds following a coach crash three years ago involving pop group Bucks Fizz. "Jay was always my favourite. As we sit drinking tea — socially-distanced — in the drizzle in her back garden, it must all feel far removed from the heady days of Bucks Fizz: a blur of brilliantly cheesy dance routines, short skirts, bad highlights, limos, first-class flights and expensive restaurants —all of which, it later transpired, came out of their pay packets. She didn't smile in a single Bucks Fizz photograph.". "If you didn't get on with someone you worked with, would you particularly want to meet up with them again 20 years on to see if your opinion had changed?" I hope so. I'm still here. That's worth more than all the riches.'. 'To this day, I watch his back. And I'll always be supportive of Mike.'. The details seem to involve a typically mundane bit of bickering about who had eaten a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates (Nolan thought the coach driver had nabbed them). 'But they've never asked me. Led by cabaret star Jonny Woo, one female and three male performers play the wavy-haired Aston as she enjoys and suffers the effects of pop stardom, blending fact with fiction against a Bucks Fizz soundtrack. Although lockdown has been a total nightmare on the money front, there have been upsides. "Last year all the original members of Bucks Fizz, except Jay Aston, reunited for the Here and Now UK tour and the reception they got onstage was amazing. in 2003 (and broke her ankle). 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. 'After the crash, he was affected mentally and it was very easy to make a fool of him. What an idiot, we could have shared it out.'. You'd think it would be harder to have had money, luxuriate in it, and then lose it, but Cheryl is adamant that she's never been materialistic. Her ex-bandmates continue to perform in two separate versions of Bucks Fizz - the four-piece Bucks Fizz (headed by Bobby G) and the recently-formed trio Cheryl, Mike and Shelley (featuring Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston's replacement Shelley Preston). "; The original line-up had Baker, Nolan, Bobby G and Aston (right), Bobby G (centre) won a legal battle to retain the name Bucks Fizz, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, How the world's oldest clove tree defied an empire, Why Royal Ballet principal Sergei Polunin quit, Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir. 'It was a vision. 'I did have a few pension pots, but there have been low times before, so most of those have gone and the intention was to be mortgage free by now because of our age, but we saw this house and we loved it . So when, in December 1984, the band was involved in a coach crash on the way back from a gig in Newcastle, and Mike suffered horrific head injuries, Cheryl — who sustained three fractured vertebrae — became fiercely protective. ', Above, Bucks Fizz in their heyday. She's also been on the receiving end of some very unpleasant messages on social media, accusing her of begging, sponging and all sorts. The comments below have not been moderated. So today, there is no financial padding. 'March has gone. She has been so refreshingly open about her predicament that fellow celebrities and former bandmates have begun offering handouts. While Bobby G, his wife and two other singers are 'The Official Bucks Fizz'. Cheryl Baker has admitted that she worried about aggravating the injuries she suffered when her former band Bucks Fizz were involved in a horrific coach crash in 1984. Aston says she is unsurprised that the history of a manufactured 1980s band has formed the basis of a show in 2005. Cheryl has loved Mike since she was first introduced to him by Nicola Martin, the band's creator, at her house back in 1981 when he was blond, tanned, beautiful and fresh from the shower. 'It's a really happy home. Cheryl deeply regrets the group's long, bitter in-fighting and financially draining legal disputes. First with original band member Jay Aston (front, right), who was nearly bankrupted when she left under very bad terms, breaking her contract in 1985; then with another founder member Bobby G (back, left), and later, David Van Day who joined the group from Dollar in the late 1990s — all embroiled in endless and expensive legal battles over who had the right to use the Bucks Fizz name. 'But I haven't begged from anyone. It's agony. 'Mike [Nolan — her former original Bucks Fizz bandmate] called me the other day and said, "I'm getting the train down. Forty years after they stormed the competition – and the charts – with Making Your Thoughts Up, members of the unique line-up have determined to […] So today, there are long daily walks with husband Steve and their enormous German Shepherd, Cuba, which don't cost a penny, and she's loving that veg patch. But he's fantastic. Bucks Fizz’s Jay Aston cancer-free after gruelling surgery ... posed for unusual publicity shots (Image: Getty) After a concert in Newcastle on December 11 1984, the band’s tour bus collided with an articulated lorry. Lovely jubbly! Official teaser shows all six stars reminisce on the iconic show as an emotional Jennifer Aniston asks, 'Where's the tissue box? I can't walk! 'We have no contact with [Bobby] now. Not after brain surgery. And Cheryl has loved Mike since she was first introduced to him by Nicola Martin, the band's creator, at her house back in 1981 when he was blond, tanned, beautiful and fresh from the shower. Cheryl Baker, who left Bucks Fizz in 1993 after becoming a TV presenter, confirms on Stocker's website that a reunion with Aston is extremely unlikely. I'm bringing you cash". Never have been. I don't think he'll ever fully recover. He has since offered to help out with her financial predicament. On 4 April 1981, Bucks Fizz represented the United … she says. 'One girl used to sing about me being a fleabag — 'Rita's fleabags'. 'We were on a terrible deal, but I loved it all and I don't regret it,' she says. SEVENTEEN children were injured and a driver was killed in a horrifying head-on bus crash as the youngsters travelled to school in rural Wales today. 'I'd chew my own arms off to do I'm A Celeb. ', 'Not really, no,' she says. 'My mum sang all the time, my dad was a shoemaker — it was a joyous household. Or they did, after they'd finally ironed out the difficulties with Bobby G over who can perform under which name. During one especially lean period, she sold coffee mugs live on the graveyard shift on QVC on Monday nights. Through coach crashes … "I've been a Bucks Fizz fan since they won Eurovision, but it became a dark secret as friends moved onto bands that were more cool," says Woo, who doesn't let the fact he has a beard prevent him from playing Aston. Bucks Fizz was formed in January 1981 by songwriters Nichola Martin and Andy Hill specifically to perform their song Making Your Mind Up in the Eurovision Song Contest.The group comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker (a previous member of Co-Co who had performed unsuccessfully at the 1978 Eurovision), Mike Nolan and Jay Aston. A lot of money. 'I've had no work at all — I've been scratching around. Radio presenter Mark Curry has messaged her and fans in Australia have suggested a whip round for their beleaguered heroine. Everything in April has been cancelled. After life-saving brain surgery he was left half blind with epilepsy. But for all that, she insists it was a blissfully happy time. 'They were all postponed to this year and now they're being pushed back to next year. But however overflowing your cup is, however upbeat, bills still need to be paid — including that 'chunky' mortgage. 'Because I'm very lucky — much luckier than a lot of people. Cheryl and Jay have made up, thanks to a reunion on a celebrity cosmetic makeover show. While on tour on 11 December 1984, Bucks Fizz were involved in a coach crash. No buffer. I thought, 'what have I done?' She and Jay have made up, thanks to a reunion on a celebrity cosmetic makeover show — but there is no love lost with the other two. "While people are still interested in Bucks Fizz it will keep going," Jay Aston concludes, "though only certain parties reap many benefits.". 'My daughters are doing it for me. Indeed, over the years, she has been impressively resourceful in doing just that. So, she tells me firmly, she doesn't want to be all 'woe is me' and doesn't want anyone feeling sorry for her, or arranging whip rounds. Bucks Fizz survived a tour coach crash in 1984, in which Nolan was seriously injured, but Aston quit the following year in acrimonious circumstances. Jay Aston was one of the four members of the Eurovision winning British band Bucks Fizz, but after years with them she left in 1993. We were never romantic, but I just really love him and always will.'. "It would be fantastic if they all got back together for the band's 25th anniversary next year, but I don't think that will ever happen.". They had been the final word in bubbly 80s pop… nevertheless it appears the glowing picture of Euro­imaginative and prescient darlings Bucks Fizz was all a Land of Make Consider. You haven't saved anything! 'I detest David. She certainly deserves to. Meanwhile, radio presenter Mark Curry has messaged her - and fans in Australia have suggested a whip round for their beleaguered heroine. He was a very handsome guy. In 2018, she appeared in Dancing On Ice with Whiston and fractured a bone.Â. To put it bluntly, Cheryl, once a star of chart-topping group and Eurovision winners Bucks Fizz and then a ubiquitous face on our TV screens in a range of programmes, is broke. 'I hated it! Determined: Bobby G, real name Robert Gubby, believes he has the right to the Bucks Fizz trademark Baker, 57, Nolan, 56, and Aston, 49, have applied for the Bucks Fizz name to … She jumped out of a plane in the Celebrity version of the game show Drop! While on tour on 11 December 1984, Bucks Fizz had been concerned in a coach crash. He's brilliant and we still perform together.'. While Baker was wading up the central aisle to resolve the quarrel, the coach hit a lorry, throwing her, Nolan and the band’s guitarist through the windshield and onto the road. Bucks Fizz survived a tour coach crash in 1984, in which Nolan was seriously injured, but Aston quit the following year in acrimonious circumstances. Together, they recorded a demo of the song and entered it for inclusion in A Song for Europe – the preliminary heats for the contest. Aston was sued by management for breaching her contract, while a replacement member was sought. She was much more sexual than the others - the removable skirts were her idea," he says. Everyone on board was badly hurt, including crew members. Friends fans react in fury as James Corden is revealed to be host of the reunion special... and question what the British star has to do with the iconic show, Friends: The Reunion trailer is here! During one especially lean period, she sold coffee mugs live on the graveyard shift on QVC on Monday nights. 'The bottom fell out of the market and I lost the lot'. But I did it because I needed the money. Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker has been left so broke by lockdown she's selling her clothes and only shops for essentials - but she tells JANE … she says. Bobby was treated for whiplash and Jay was admitted to hospital for back injuries, bruising on the brain and broken ribs, while Cheryl broke three vertebrae in her spine. Instead, the former pop star and TV presenter has been selling her possessions on eBay. The tour bus they were travelling in crashed into a lorry and all four members were injured, but Nolan was most seriously affected when he fell into a coma and at one point was given the Last Rites. (Above, Jay, Mike and Cheryl - whose band is known as 'The Fizz'... while Bobby G, his wife and two other singers are 'The Official Bucks Fizz'). We are no longer accepting comments on this article. ', Cheryl, once a star of chart-topping group and Eurovision winners Bucks Fizz and then a ubiquitous face on our TV screens in a range of programmes, is broke. The first member to be recruited was Mike Nolan, who was known to Martin. To be working. Aston's modelling aspirations are explored during Land of Make Believe, the song Run For Your Life accompanies the coach crash scene and Aston is shown feeding chocolate eclairs to band rival Cheryl Baker to make her gain weight. There was enough money to buy cars and designer clothes, a 32 ft boat — 'it's very expensive keeping a boat' — a new house for her parents, and to make a disastrous property investment in Cape Verde. 'But I have always worked my way, whatever I need to do.'. I'm not destitute. 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