Fizz star Mike Nolan has announced that he is officially leaving the legendary band.
Host Michael Ball on his BBC Radio 2 shows the Eurovision star, 69, revealed: 'I'm leaving, it's for personal reasons. I have decided to go, to leave.
'I thought about it for a long time and I thought: 'this is the time to do it'.
The singer added, “We've been together for 43 years.”
Fizz superstar Mike Nolan has announced he is officially leaving the legendary band (pictured in 2019)
The Bucks Fizz rose to stardom in the 1980s after winning the historic Eurovision Song Contest with the song Making Your Mind Up in 1981 (pictured in 1982)
The Bucks Fizz rose to fame in the 1980s after winning the historic Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with the song Making Your Mind Up.
Their smash hit catapulted to number 1 in the UK charts and sold four million copies worldwide.
The group was originally formed solely for the competition and consisted of singers Mike, Bobby G, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston.
In 2004, a spin-off group from the band as The Fizz was formed after Bobby G, 70, won a lawsuit that prevented his former bandmates from performing under the name The Original Bucks Fizz.
The other three band members are said to be 'extremely disappointed' by the ruling, which took place in August 2011 after a long legal battle.
The judge ruled in favor of Bobby on the grounds that since his wife (Heidi Manton, also a member of his group) owned the name Bucks Fizz, the use of the name The Original Bucks Fizz therefore constituted an impediment to their trademark.
The Bucks Fizz story has been consistently dramatic, with various members coming and going over the years.
In 1985 Aston left the group which led to Bobby appearing as a three-piece with Nolan and Baker.
“I thought about it for a long time and I thought, this is the time to do it,” the actor told Michael Ball on his BBC Radio 2 show on Sunday (pictured in 2018).
The original group was originally formed solely for the competition and consisted of singers Mike, Bobby G, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston.
The other three band members are said to be 'extremely disappointed' by the ruling, which took place in August 2011 after a long legal battle (LR mike, Cheryl, new member Shelley Preston, Bobby G)
But when Baker left in 1993, Bobby took over most of the management and hired new members Heidi Manton and Amanda Schwartz.
Heidi would later become his wife in 2000, and the couple had daughter Millie in 2006.
Singer Cheryl, 70, revealed this in May last year she didn't get a cent – or any extra – for winning the Eurovision Song Contest with the group in 1981.
She said The sun: 'The artists earn nothing from the competition, not a cent. We have one trophy to share, which in forty-two years I have never owned. You don't win money, it's about prestige.
'It opens so many doors. By winning the Eurovision Song Contest, our single became a world hit and we were allowed to travel around the world. We had a lot of hit singles and hit albums. We always traveled around the world to perform and that was because we won the Eurovision Song Contest.
“Maybe there was money, but if there was we wouldn't have seen it and it wouldn't have been much. It was all about the prize and the trophy, the fact that you won, that's a big enough prize – we didn't need money.'
Cheryl added that she doesn't remember any perks and certainly no goody bags for winning.
In a previous interview, she said it was the tear-away skirts the ladies wore during their routine that won them their first place.
“I think it changed the way people think about Eurovision because up until then it was all about the song,” she said.
Singer Cheryl, 70, revealed in May last year that she didn't receive a single cent – or any perks – for winning the Eurovision Song Contest with the group in 1981 (pictured in 2019)
In an earlier interview, she said it was the tear-away skirts the ladies wore during their routine that won them their first place (pictured in 1981)
Cheryl has also claimed that Mike currently owns the trophy and he doesn't want to give it to anyone else, but he left it to her in his will (Mike pictured in 2019 (
“And then all of a sudden we showed up and it wasn't just about the song, it was about the performance and the outfit.”
Meanwhile, Cheryl claims that Mike currently owns the trophy and he doesn't want to give it to anyone else, but he left it to her in his will.
Cheryl has said there is 'no downside to winning' and admits she still makes a living from being in a band that won.