Gordon Roxburgh was born in Baillieston, Glasgow in 1960, and grew up in the town of Biggar in Lanarkshire. After leaving school he spent three years at Napier College in Edinburgh studying commerce. With the Eurovision Song Contest, Gordon has twice been involved on the jury of A Song For Europe, including in 1981, the year that Bucks Fizz went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Since 1994 he has travelled across Europe to attend the international finals, and in the last decade has reported on the contest for various websites. In 2010 he joined the team as an editor on the official Eurovision Song Contest website www.eurovision.tv.