:00:00. > 3:59:59And sharing some exercise tips with top striker Calum
:00:00. > :00:00.Wilson. See you.
:00:00. > :00:09.I'm Leah, it's Friday - the best day of the week -
:00:10. > :00:14.The weather ends Lindsey's Sport Relief zorb challenge.
:00:15. > :00:25.And stick around for some Eurovision fun.
:00:26. > :00:27.First this morning we've been following Lindsey from Blue Peter's
:00:28. > :00:30.challenge to zorb across the sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland
:00:31. > :00:35.Unfortunately weather conditions yesterday forced her to stop.
:00:36. > :00:41.She sent Newsround this message once she made it to dry land.
:00:42. > :00:44.Hey Newsround, how are you doing, I just wanted to say a little hello,
:00:45. > :00:48.I finished my challenge today, we had a really good go at it.
:00:49. > :00:51.Unfortunately I didn't make it all the way to Scotland from Ireland
:00:52. > :00:54.when I was crossing, but I did go a really long way,
:00:55. > :00:58.I did 17 nautical miles in the end which
:00:59. > :01:01.was pretty gruelling, pretty tiring, I ate so much flapjack
:01:02. > :01:04.and chocolate, you would not believe.
:01:05. > :01:08.But we gave it a really, really good go but we
:01:09. > :01:13.But I just wanted to let you know that I'm
:01:14. > :01:18.rested and healthy and happy, and the Blue Peter crew
:01:19. > :01:21.were all here supporting me, I just ate a massive bowl of pasta
:01:22. > :01:24.Thank you for all the support throughout this incredible
:01:25. > :01:29.If it inspires you to do anything, hopefully it's to get involved this
:01:30. > :01:36.To football now and all three English clubs in action last night
:01:37. > :01:39.have made it through to the last 16 of the Europa Cup
:01:40. > :01:43.Liverpool won 1-0 against German side FC Augsburg
:01:44. > :01:49.Tottenham won 3-0 against Italian side Fiorentina.
:01:50. > :01:51.And Manchester United beat the Danish champions
:01:52. > :02:00.18 year old Marcus Rashford scored twice on his debut for United.
:02:01. > :02:05.The spirit was so high in this match, and then we score
:02:06. > :02:09.the equaliser, and then a penalty, we missed the penalty,
:02:10. > :02:16.and then still we continued with attacking
:02:17. > :02:25.football and with the spirit to win, and that is not so easy.
:02:26. > :02:27.The UK's entry for the annual Eurovision Song Contest
:02:28. > :02:33.Six acts competing to represent Britain will be
:02:34. > :02:39.The last time we came first in the contest was 19 years ago -
:02:40. > :02:42.so why does the UK never ever seem to win?
:02:43. > :02:58.43 countries, millions of dreams, one chance to have the best song in
:02:59. > :03:05.Europe. So when have we actually won? 1967, Sandie Shaw became the
:03:06. > :03:15.first winner from the UK with her hit. Lulu joined Spain, the
:03:16. > :03:27.Netherlands and France in first place with her hit in 1969. 1976,
:03:28. > :03:34.brotherhood of Man with a first band from the UK to win with their
:03:35. > :03:38.single. The band Bucks fizz who formed specifically for Eurovision
:03:39. > :03:51.sang their way to first place with their hit in 1981. And in 1997,
:03:52. > :03:55.Katrina and the Waves were the first Eurovision winning entry for 16
:03:56. > :04:02.years. Five times is actually quite good but since 1997, the UK has done
:04:03. > :04:06.pretty badly, so why haven't we been successful recently? Lately, the
:04:07. > :04:12.winner has always had an up yet, up-tempo song or a downbeat pallet
:04:13. > :04:17.like Conchita a few years ago. Also there is more, edition now, with
:04:18. > :04:21.more countries in the Europe issue and song contest, plus a lot of
:04:22. > :04:24.people say that people only vote for their neighbours and our only real
:04:25. > :04:30.neighbours are islands so we are always outnumbered. The commission
:04:31. > :04:36.takes place this year in Stockholm, what or how a I think the UK has a
:04:37. > :04:38.really good chance to see, better than in recent years because the
:04:39. > :04:44.voting system has changed. The British public have a say on who we
:04:45. > :04:46.want to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song contest.
:04:47. > :04:49.That's all from me for now I'll be back with more of the day's top
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