Editing Clodagh Rodgers (section)

===Eurovision===
Rodgers became a television [[celebrity|star]] and a household name and in 1970, she was asked to represent the [[List of Eurovision: Your Country Needs You contestants|UK]] in the 1971 [[Eurovision Song Contest 1971|Eurovision Song Contest]] in Dublin. The [[BBC]] were concerned over the reaction the UK entrant would get on the stage from the Irish public. As a [[Roman Catholic]] female from Northern Ireland, she received death threats from the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] who regarded her as a traitor, as a result of her appearing for the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/eurovision-singer-clodagh-rodgers-dead-aged-78-3650193?srsltid=AfmBOopSDpvEQ_8xD9eZ3cdwHWKlrsCFd_ZsnbIZQ_EwC9YUeeAUWOOM
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date=19 April 2025|access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>

Heralded by two separate front-cover features on the BBC listing's magazine, the ''[[Radio Times]]'', Rodgers appeared as the resident guest on ''[[List of Cliff Richard television appearances#It's Cliff Richard: Series 2|It's Cliff Richard]]'', a prime-time variety show hosted by [[Cliff Richard]] on [[BBC1]] from January 1971, performing one shortlisted song a week for six weeks, followed by a performance of all six on week seven and with a repeat of the six songs immediately after. Viewers would normally have been asked to send in postcard votes for their favourites, but because of a postal strike, regional juries decided the winner, with "[[Jack in the Box (song)|Jack in the Box]]", written by [[Les Vandyke|John Worsley]] and David Myers, being named the winner the following week.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

For the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest, broadcasters were required to prepare a '[[Eurovision Song Contest Previews|preview]]' [[music video|video]] of the song for broadcast in all the participating Eurovision countries to help promote the songs before the contest. For the performance in Dublin, Rodgers wore a pink frilly top and spangled [[shorts|hot pants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Clodagh+Rogers|title=Clodagh Rodgers profile|website=Lastfm.com.br|access-date=28 June 2014|language=pt|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515095358/https://www.last.fm/pt/music/Clodagh+Rodgers|url-status=live}}</ref> She finished in fourth place, behind [[Monaco]], Spain and Germany.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

After Eurovision, the single reached #4 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], her third UK Top 10 success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/The%20Persuaders|title=Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=28 June 2014|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904040025/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the%20persuaders/|url-status=live}}</ref> It remains her most famous hit.<ref name="45-rpm">{{cite web|url=http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirc/clodaghr.htm|title=Clodagh Rodgers profile at|website=45-rpm.org.uk|date=5 March 1947|access-date=28 June 2014|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093006/http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirc/clodaghr.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The record was also successful all over Europe.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

At Eurovision, Rodgers' sister Lavinia joined [[The Breakaways]] as her four backing vocalists. Lavinia was almost part of a backing group called Three’s a Crowd.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} In [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982|1982]], Lavinia and brother Louis attempted to represent the UK in the contest with "Every Day of My Life" as part of the group Good Looks, but finished second to [[Bardo (band)|Bardo]] in the ''[[A Song For Europe]]'' contest.{{cn|date=April 2025}}