Eurovision's act who received Britain's lowest ever score's very normal jobs revealed after benefits fraud conviction
THE act who brought Britain the lowest ever score in the history of the contest are living very different lives from their high-flying pop career.
Jemini, received the dreaded nil points in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, live in Latvia.
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Jemini received the lowest score in Eurovision history for the UK
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Gemma is now living a different lifestyle after gaining a criminal conviction
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Her former singing partner works for Ted Baker
The duo comprised of singers Gemma Abbey and Chric Cromby but their music dreams were crushed after they delivered the poor result.
Their song, Cry Baby, peaked at 15 on the UK Singles Chart but plans to release a full-length album in 2003 were shelved after their terrible performance in the competition.
Nowadays, both Gemma and Chris live completely different lifestyles.
According to LinkedIn, Gemma currently owns and operates her own make-up business.
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Whilst her singing partner, Chris, is the Head of Retail Operations at Ted Baker.
But whilst they appear to be settled in very normal jobs now, Gemma has never been far from run-ins with the law.
She was convicted of fiddling £52,000 in benefits after being exposed by her own wedding pictures on
Facebook
.
Gemma had claimed tax credits as a single mum – but officials found photos of her getting married in the Mediterranean on her social media site.
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She had been making claims above her entitlement since April 2009 in respect of her younger daughter, Liverpool Crown
Court
heard.
Abbey also failed to say she had been living with Sean Creighton and was still claiming to be a single mother when arrested in August 2014.
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The couple had married in the Algarve in 2013.
Abbey admitted two counts of fraud and she was handed a 30-week
prison
sentence, suspended for one year, plus a one-year supervision order.
The fraudulent benefits are to be reclaimed through deductions on her
future
payments.
Jemini sang an off key performance of Cry Baby and recorded Britain's worst ever score picking up no points.
Eurovision Song Contest entries 2024
Here are all of the acts who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Finalists:
United Kingdom:
Sweden: Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable (2023 winning country)
France: Slimane - Mon amour
Germany: ISAAK - Always On The Run
Italy: Angelina Mango - La Noia
Spain: Nebulossa - ZORRA
Serbia: TEYA DORA - RAMONDA
Portugal: iolanda - Grito
Lithuania: Silvester Belt - Luktelk
Ireland: Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
Ukraine: alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria
Finland: Windows95man - No Rules!
Armenia: LADANIVA - Jako
Austria: Kaleen - We Will Rave
Estonia: 5MIINUST x Puuluup - (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi
Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze - Firefighter
Greece: Marina Satti - ZARI
Israel: Eden Golan - Hurricane
Latvia: Dons - Hollow
Norway: Gåte - Ulveham
Switzerland: Nemo - The Code
Out:
Poland: LUNA - The Tower
Moldova: Natalia Barbu - In The Middle
Australia: Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
Malta: Sarah Bonnici - Loop
Albania : BESA - TITAN
Denmark: SABA - SAND
San Marino: MEGARA - 11:11
Belgium: Mustii - Before The Party's Over
Disqualified:
Netherlands: Joost Klein - Europapa
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Their 2003 single got the dreaded nil points in the contest
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