'Nul Points' - The songs that exited at the first stage without troubling the scoreboard

  



There were only half a dozen tracks that failed to get a single point in the first stage - all of them cover versions.

White Christmas (Group 1)


Caroline No (Group 3)


Whole Wide World (Group 4)

High (Group 5)


Back For Good (Group 10)

Lovin' You (Group 10)



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