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In 1976, the New Seekers reformed with Kathy Ann Rae and Danny Finn replacing Lyn Paul and Peter Oliver.

Although they never replicated their earlier success, the group did manage to score a few hits with " It's So Nice ( To Have You Home )" ( 1976 ), " I Wanna Go Back " ( 1977 ) and " Anthem ( One Day in Every Week )" ( 1978 ).

This line up remained intact until 1979, when Danny Finn and Eve Graham left the group to marry.

In 1980, the group attempted to represent the UK again in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Tell Me ", but it was disqualified shortly before the British heats were televised due to the fact the group had already been promoting the single.

Had they appeared in the 1980 UK contest, the group would have been up against former member Danny Finn, who was the lead singer of the winning group Prima Donna.

In addition, Mick Flynn and Donna Jones of the current New Seekers line-up ( 2009 ) were also in the contest, placing fourth under the group name Pussyfoot.

Marty Kristian entered a song in the 1983 UK Eurovision finals, performed by a trio called ' Audio ', which included Kathy Ann Rae in the line up.

Since then, there have been personnel changes which included Caitriona Walsh, Nicola Kerr and Vikki James.

Paul Layton remained with the band throughout this time.

Kathy Ann Rae died from cancer on 11 January 2011.