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Biography
About|the English pop band|the rapper|Jemini the Gifted OneNo footnotes|date=May 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Jemini|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = group_or_band|alias = Tricity|origin = Liverpool , England |instrument =|genre = Pop music|Pop , Dance music|Dance |years_active = 1995–2004|label = Integral Records (2003)|past_members = Chris Cromby Gemma Abbey|website = Jemini were a United Kingdom|British pop music|pop group from Liverpool , best known for scoring " nul points " and finishing in last place with their song " Cry Baby (Jemini song)|Cry Baby " at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003|2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia .cite book|title=Eurovision Song Contest - The Complete & Independent Guide 2010|isbn=978-1-4457-8415-1|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=BfuBF7fOnyoC& pg=PA116& dq=%22Birgitta+Haukdal%22#v=onepage& q=%22Birgitta%20Haukdal%22& f=false|author=Simon Barclay|accessdate=6 February 2011|page=116
Early career
Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey (born 1982) met in 1995 at Liverpool's Starlight Stage School and toured Liverpool's pubs and clubs with the academy's kids' roadshow. At 16, after leaving college, they formed Tricity, named after the brand of Electrolux|electrical appliances . They changed their name to Jemini ("Gem-and-I") at the age of 19. They spent the next two and a half years touring pubs and clubs in the UK performing Stevie Wonder , Randy Crawford , Motown cover version|covers and ABBA medleys, as well as their own compositions. Abbey stated she has loved Eurovision since childhood and count previous Eurovision entrants such as Sonia (singer)|Sonia , Precious (band)|Precious and Dana International amongst her favourites.
"Cry Baby"
Main|Cry Baby (Jemini song)Jemini and the song "Cry Baby" were selected to take part in Eurovision by a public phone poll in the BBC 's Eurovision: Your Country Needs You|A Song for Europe competition. Their performance at Eurovision in Riga in May 2003 was criticised for being off-key, and later earned the United Kingdom " nul points ". However, the song reached number 19 in Columbia's Hot 100.
Failure and break-up
The Eurovision failure prompted a great deal of mirth and consternation in the British Mass media|media . Jemini admitted that their performance was off- key (music)|key , and claimed they were unable to hear the backing track due to a technical fault. Cromby claimed that Terry Wogan had warned them before the contest that they would not get any points due to the Iraq War .cite news| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2935874.stm | work=BBC News | title=UK act hits Eurovision low | date=2003-05-25 | accessdate=2010-03-26 Author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History that with a record field of 26 entries, this made the UK's failure the most spectacular in the history of the contest.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3 Due to their failure at Eurovision, they were immediately dropped by their record label (Integral Records UK), and as a consequence of this, their first ever album was never released. "Cry Baby" entered the UK Singles Chart at #15, but spent only three weeks in the chart. They split up as a duo.Citation needed|date=May 2011
Discography
Unreleased album
'Love Is Blind' (2003) (release cancelled)
Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
UK cite book
IE
2003
" Cry Baby (Jemini song)
15
73
"Try To Love"*
-
-
*Cancelled
References
Reflist S-starts-achSuccession box| before= Jessica Garlick with " Come Back (Jessica Garlick song)|Come Back " | title= UK in the Eurovision Song Contest | years= 2003 | after= James Fox (singer)|James Fox with " Hold On to Our Love " s-endUse dmy dates|date=May 2011 Category:English pop music groups Category:British Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2003 Category:Musical groups from Liverpool
