Eurovision star Mike Nolan, 70, sets his sights on Strictly 2025 after revealing why he quit the iconic 80s pop group
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Mike Nolan has set his sights on Strictly 2025 after stepping away from the iconic Eurovision group he fronted for 43 years. The 70-year-old Bucks Fizz star, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, revealed he made the decision to leave the group earlier this year.
![[The 70-year-old Bucks Fizz star, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, revealed he made the decision to leave the group earlier this year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382709-14216769-The_70_year_old_Bucks_Fizz_star_who_won_the_1981_Eurovision_Song-m-72_1734795490305.jpg)
Despite hanging up his microphone, Mike still has all the moves as he shared his exciting future plans. He told The Sun: 'I would like to Strictly Come Dancing because we're a dance vocal group that does routines, but they're just routines. 'Proper (ballroom) dancing now is real hard work that requires practice to make perfect.
![[Mike hopes to be part of the 2025 line up for Strictly (pictured hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93383931-14216769-image-a-11_1734798525728.jpg)
'I have spoken with my agent and watch this space.'. Mike Nolan has set his sights on Strictly 2025 after stepping away from the iconic Eurovision group he fronted for 43 years. The 70-year-old Bucks Fizz star, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, revealed he made the decision to leave the group earlier this year.
![[The Fizz performing Bucks Fizz's Eurovision Song Contest winning song Making Your Mind Up]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93382723-14216769-image-m-76_1734797101564.jpg)
Mike hopes to be part of the 2025 line up for Strictly (pictured hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly). Earlier this year, Mike revealed the real reason why he is leaving the band after 43 years. Joining host Michael Ball on his BBC Radio 2 show in May, the star first announced he was leaving saying: 'I'm going to be leaving, it's for personal reasons. I have decided to go, to leave.
![[Revealing his reason for leaving the band, Mike said: 'It's actually personal reasons why I'm leaving but also as well I was getting fed up with the amount of travelling you've got to do']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93382725-14216769-image-m-78_1734797148188.jpg)
'I've been thinking about it for a long long, long time and I just thought: 'this is the time to do it'. We've been together for 43 years.'. The Fizz are a British pop music group formed in 2004 as a spin-off from the original group, Bucks Fizz. The core of the group consists of Cheryl Baker, 70, Mike and Jay Aston, 63.
