The Voting
As in previous years, a national telephone vote decided the outcome of the contest. Emma won with a runaway 97,625 over John Miles who polled 38,966. Kim Goody came a distant third with 17,986 followed by Les McKeown with 15,171. Fifth place was awarded to Stephen Lee garden who scored 14,447 above sixth placed Kelly who received 13,179 votes. The bottom two acts were Simon Spiro with 5,551 and Thom Hardwell with 3,540.
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