On 2 March 2003 the Liverpool duo Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey, now better known as pop duo Jemini - won the BBC's Song For Europe phone poll with their pop smash "Cry Baby". Song For Europe is the UK's preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Already a hit in the UK, the band has embarked on a European promotional tour to deliver a sixth win for the UK.
Chris and Gemma met eight years ago at Liverpool’s Starlight stage school and subsequently formed their first duo act, spending the next two and a half years touring pubs and clubs in the UK performing Stevie Wonder, Randy Crawford and Motown covers and even the odd Abba medley, as well as their own compositions. As Jemini,they have combined their love for the classics and current pop.
Both Gemma and Chris have loved Eurovision since they were kids and count fellow Liverpudlian Sonia, Precious and Dana International amongst their favourites. It has always been their dream to get to Eurovision.
They totally failed on the big night, earning no points at all. This caused a lot of consternation in the UK. Several people, among who the famous BBC-commenter Terry Wogan, said they thought it was because of Tony Blair's politics in the war on Iraq. Reactions at the BBC website however showed that Eurovision fans found it a mediocre song and especially the singing of Gemma very bad. Later on Gemma and Chris claimed they sang so false because they couldn't hear what was going on at the monitor speakers.
