Kansas-born Katrina Leskanich recalls how her band took the UK to its first victory since Bucks Fizz

When Katrina and the Waves performed the UK’s Eurovision entry in 1997, the BBC asked its Kansas-born singer to tone down her accent.

Katrina Leskanich was not pleased. “I told them that would be me impersonating Dick Van Dyke, and it wasn’t going to be possible.”

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