Eighties music icon Cheryl Baker revealed she once head a heartbreaking encounter with a ghost.
The Bucks Fizz star, who rose to fame when her band won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981, explained her emotional ordeal shortly after the passing of her late father. Speaking exclusively to Daily Star on behalf of Heart Bingo, she recalled the turning point that made her believe in an afterlife.
She told us: “The only thing that ever happened to me that I really totally and utterly believe in, and some could say that it was a dream was when my dad died, which was in 1999. Shortly after my dad died – I was in bed, I was asleep – but my dad came to me and he came to me.”
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The Making Your Mind Up hitmaker recalled seeing her father in his old army uniform when he took her in his arms and danced with her. The 70-year-old singer went on: “He came to me in his army uniform from when he was in the war (World War II) and I’ve never seen him in his army uniform ever because I was born way after the war.
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“But I saw him walking towards me and he took me in his arms and he danced with me and I could feel it. Now, I never danced with my dad, but I knew he was a really good dancer, and I’d never danced with him.
The singer explained how “electricity” flowed through her body as she reached out and toucher her father. Cheryl continued: “But his hand came towards me and it touched me, it touched my shoulder.
“And then I put my other hand out and he put his hand out and we touched any my body was full of electricity. It was the most remarkable thing ever.”
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The Eurovision winner explained how the life-changing moment finally confirmed to her that there is life after death. She confessed: “I would say that that then made me believe that there is life after death because it was not a dream, I was not asleep and it did happen.”
It comes after the songstress claimed that the Song Contest has become “very sexual and extreme” in recent years. On Saturday night (May 11), UK entrant Olly Alexander placed 18th at the 68th annual singing competition.
He was awarded a mere 46 points for his racy performance of Dizzy with Swiss entry Nemo being crowned the 2024 victor. After watching his performance on the big night, Cheryl insisted that the contest has changed in recent years.
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She explained: “If I had to put my finger on why the public didn’t like Olly Alexander’s routine and why he got ‘nil points’ in the public vote, it would be because it was quite suggestive. Which is in keeping with Eurovision becoming very sexual and extreme in recent years.
“There are body parts all over the place in many of the acts, I think it’s gone a bridge too far and everybody needs to address that next year. Friends of mine, who are very well respected in the music industry, said they couldn’t let their grandchildren watch it because it was too sexual.”
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