"an English pop duo were chosen as to represent the UK, the song came 2nd in the contest and reached No2 in the UK singles charts selling over 1 million copies, one of the most successful UK Eurovision singles in terms of sales. ""Are you Sure"" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest. United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 The United Kingdom held a national pre-selection to choose the song that would go to the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 15 February 1961 and presented by Katie Boyle. The songs"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times and is one of the most successful countries to compete in the contest. They first participated in the second contest in 1957. The UK has entered every year since 1959, and along with Sweden, is one of only two countries with Eurovision victories in four different decades. The United Kingdom is one of the ""Big 5"", along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain who are automatically allowed to participate in the final as they are the five biggest financial contributors to"
"United Kingdom finished in 15th place with 111 points, the country's best result since 2011 As a member of the ""Big 5"", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2017 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by"
"Kingdom was obligated to vote in the second semi-final. In the United Kingdom's fifty-eighth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, ""Still in Love with You"" finished in twenty-fourth place out of 27 competing songs with 5 points. Prior to the 2015 Contest, the United Kingdom had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven times since its first entry in 1957. The United Kingdom has, thus far, won the competition five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your"
"1985, 1986 to 1995 and 1996 to 2005. The remaining four songs would be selected by the EBU's Reference Group. On 16 June 2005 the fourteen chosen songs were announced, although no indication was given as to which had been chosen online and which by the Reference Group. Eleven of the fourteen songs were Eurovision winners; only ""Nel blu di pinto di blu"", ""Congratulations"" and ""Eres Tú"" (which all finished in the top three at the Contest) were not. Two countries, the United Kingdom and Ireland, were represented twice on the list. Johnny Logan, who won the Contest twice for"
"the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 25, the United Kingdom placed 24th out of the 26 participating countries with 62 points. Prior to the 2016 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks"
"entries in the contest to date. Since that time, the United Kingdom has won the contest a total of five times: in 1967 with ""Puppet on a String"" by Sandie Shaw; one of four winners of the 1969 contest with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" by Lulu; in 1976 with the Brotherhood of Man song ""Save Your Kisses for Me""; in 1981 with ""Making Your Mind Up"" by Bucks Fizz; and most recently in 1997 with ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina and the Waves"". The United Kingdom also holds the record for the most second-place finishes, a total of 15. Since the"
"and Germany have both finished last in the contest three times. The United Kingdom also has the fewest top ten results of the Big Five in the 21st century, but has achieved more top five results than Spain, having reached the top five in 2002 and 2009, while Spain has not reached the top five since the 1995 contest. As well as broadcasting the contest each year, the BBC also organises the selection process for the entry with a televised national final (historically titled ""A Song For Europe""). The process has varied between selecting both performer and song, or just"
"in 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a Light"" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" performed"
"mass introduction of televoting in 1998 and the abolition of language restrictions in 1999, the United Kingdom's track record has worsened. Since 1999, the United Kingdom has placed only twice in the top 10 countries, in 2002 and 2009. At the same time, the United Kingdom has finished last in the contest three times, 2008, 2010, and in 2003 after finishing with the infamous ""Nul points"". The country's status as a member of the ""Big Four"", one of the four biggest financial contributors to the contest, has ensured that the United Kingdom has had an entry in every Eurovision Song"
"being Jessica Garlick, who finished joint third in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" (the UK's only top three result of the century), and Jade Ewen. Ewen in particular, was praised for ending the country's poor run of results for much of the decade, by finishing fifth in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"", written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren. In 2003, the UK finished last for the first time with the duo Jemini, who received the infamous ""nul points"". This remains the only time the UK has failed to score a single point. The country has"
"the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British public broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event each year and organises the national selection for the entry. The UK has won the contest five times. The United Kingdom's five winners are Sandie Shaw with the song ""Puppet on a String"" (), Lulu with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" ( tied), Brotherhood of Man with ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" (), Bucks Fizz with ""Making Your Mind Up"" () and Katrina and the Waves with ""Love, Shine a Light"" (). The UK has also finished as runner-up on a record 15 occasions; with Pearl Carr & Teddy"
"member of the ""Big 5"", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks Fizz and"
"having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having the most ""nul points"" (zero points) in the contest. The country has finished last eleven times and has failed to score a point during four contests. Since the introduction of a semi-final round to the format of the contest in 2004, Norway has, to this point, finished in the top ten five times. Wig Wam finished ninth with the song ""In My Dreams"" in 2005, Maria Haukaas Storeng was fifth in 2008 with ""Hold On Be Strong"", Alexander Rybak won in 2009, Margaret Berger was"
"won with three countries awarding it 12 points and a total of 172 points. The UK's previous entry, Katrina & The Waves' ""Love Shine a Light"", had marked the last time that the United Kingdom won the contest. ""Where Are You?"" was the United Kingdom's last time in the top 2 in the Eurovision contest, and its thirteenth consecutive song to place in the contest's top 10. Chris West, in his book ""Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe through the World's Greatest Song Contest"", posited that the song marked the UK's last time in the top 2 due to a"
"10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song ""Storm"" performed by SuRie amassing a total of 48 points. The British"
"into English for Eurovision. This rule was abolished in 2008, when English language songs were allowed to compete for the first time. All winners of Söngvakeppnin have gone on to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest. Iceland has never won the contest (the only Nordic country never to do so), but they have come second twice: in 1999 (when an internal selection was used), losing to Sweden, and in 2009, when they lost to Norway. The following table lists those entries which finished fifth or higher at Eurovision: Söngvakeppnin Söngvakeppnin (known until 2012 as Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins, literally ""The Television's"
"They scored 227 points, which would remain the highest points total of the pre semi-final era. At the 1998 contest in Birmingham, Imaani achieved the UK's 15th second-place finish and 20th top two result, with the song ""Where Are You?"", losing to Israel's Dana International. The UK, as of 2018, has not finished in the top two since. The UK has fared less well in the contest in the 21st century. Since girl-group Precious finished 12th in 1999, the UK has failed to reach the top ten in all but two of the last 19 contests (1999–2017) – the exceptions"
"since the country's debut in 1961. The only country with a longer run of uninterrupted Eurovision appearances is the United Kingdom, ever-present since 1959. Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song ""La, la, la"" sung by Massiel and again in 1969, when Salomé's ""Vivo cantando"" was involved in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The 1969 contest in Madrid is the only time Spain has hosted the event, since lots were drawn after 1969's four way tie and the contest was hosted by the Netherlands. Spain has also finished second"
"groups based on geographical area. On the night of the contest, held in Hasselt, Belgium, Joni Fuller performed 5th in the running order of the contest, following Romania and preceding Sweden. At the close of the voting Joni has received 28 points, placing 14th of the 16 competing entries, giving the United Kingdom their worst entry at the contest. ITV withdrew from the contest after 2005 due to poor viewing figures, and the termination of the Junior Eurovision contract signed by ITV in 2003. The UK has yet to return to the contest. United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song"
"the top three songs were announced. Garlick performed ""Come Back"" for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia. She performed second in the running order on the night of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Austria. She received 111 points at the close of the voting, coming joint 3rd place with host country Estonia. This was the best result for the UK since 1998 and the best result for the UK in the 2000s. United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 The United Kingdom competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, represented by Jessica"
"Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Spain has also finished second four times, with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2014, Spain placed tenth with the song ""Dancing in the Rain"" performed by Ruth Lorenzo. The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. From 2007 to 2011, TVE had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Spain, with both the public and a panel of jury"
"Johnson (), Bryan Johnson (), The Allisons (), Matt Monro (), Kathy Kirby (), Cliff Richard (), Mary Hopkin (), The New Seekers (), The Shadows (), Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran (), Scott Fitzgerald (), Live Report (), Michael Ball (), Sonia () and Imaani (1998). The United Kingdom finished outside the top ten on only three occasions at the contest in the 20th century (, and ). In the 21st century, the United Kingdom has only reached the top ten twice, with Jessica Garlick third (2002) and Jade Ewen fifth (2009). Since 2003, the UK have finished"
"227 points earned by ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina and the Waves afforded the last-named number a landslide Eurovision 1997 victory, ""It's My Time""'s point tally only resulted in a #5 placing at Eurovision 2009.) The UK resurgence at Eurovision would be short-lived as at Eurovision 2003 the UK entry ""Cry Baby"" by Jemini would finish last with zero points. ""Come Back"" debuted at the No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated 25 May 2002: its strong showing on the 25 May night of competition for Eurovision 2002 failed to buoy the popularity of the track which dropped"
"first time since 2013 with Ryan O'Shaughnessy and ""Together"". Ireland has sent 50 entries to the Eurovision Song Contest; of these seven have won and eighteen have finished in the top five. Ireland has been relegated once: in 2001 Gary O'Shaughnessy finished twenty-first with ""Without Your Love,"". In addition, six Irish entries have featured in the semi-final of the Contest. In 2005, Donna & Joe finished fourteenth in the pre-qualifier, failing to qualify for the final. In 2006, Brian Kennedy finished ninth in the semi-final, ensuring an Irish presence in the Athens final. Kennedy finished tenth in the final. Ireland"
"was performed once again. The third- and second-placed songs, France and United Kingdom respectively, were allowed to sing again at the end of the show, together with the eventual winner, the Netherlands. Luxembourg withdrew from the contest for the first time. The United Kingdom returned after missing the previous contest (appearing on the scoreboard as ""Grande Bretagne"") and finished second for the first time. The UK would have 15 second-place finishes in the country's history in the contest. Monaco made its debut in the contest, but came last. Each performance had a conductor who conducted the orchestra. The contest saw"
"the position a country holds in the UEFA country coefficients, which are calculated based upon the performance of teams in UEFA competitions in the previous five years. Currently the ranking of England (and de facto the Premier League) is 2nd behind Spain. An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers. UEFA subsequently ruled that the defending champions"
"227 points; it received points from all participating countries, including five sets of 10 points and a record-breaking ten sets of the maximum 12 points. ""Love Shine a Light"" is still regarded as one of the most successful Eurovision winners, and was the closing song in the medleys that opened the 50th anniversary show ""Congratulations"" in Copenhagen in 2005, and the ESC 2006 semi-final in Athens. With this victory, the United Kingdom has five Eurovision wins and it is to date the country's last win in the Contest. For the first time, the fansite House of Eurovision presented the Barbara"
"the final with 166 points and 11th in the 50/50 jury split, receiving a total of 100 points from 25 of 43 votes. Had only the jury decided the outcome, ""I Can"" would have finished in 22nd place. Shortly after the contest the entry was seen in the top ten iTunes download charts in several Eurovision countries. The United Kingdom first entered the contest in 1957, the second contest held. The BBC had initially attempted to compete in the first contest the year before; however, the broadcaster missed the deadline for entries and were unable to participate. The United Kingdom's"
"for the final seven times, including for the last four years (2015–18). As of 2018, Iceland is the only Nordic country that has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Iceland's best position at the contest is second place, which they have achieved twice: in 1999 when Selma represented Iceland with the song ""All Out of Luck"", and came second to Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson and in 2009 when Yohanna came second to Norway's Alexander Rybak with the ballad ""Is It True?"". In contrast Iceland's worst result is last place, which has been achieved twice to date: In 1989 when Daníel"
"outside the top 20 on nine occasions, including Jemini's infamous 2003 """"nul points"""" result, which was the first time that the country had come last in the contest. The UK also finished last in 2008 with Andy Abraham (14 points) and in 2010 with Josh Dubovie (10 points). It was alleged that the United Kingdom were expected to take part in the first contest in 1956, and that they missed the submission deadline and therefore could not take part. This was later revealed by the EBU in January 2017 to be a mythical fact created by fans of the contest."
"- ""Did I Ever Tell You"" (3rd place out of 16 contestants)<br> 2005 - ""Don't Tell It"" (12th place out of 22 contestants)<br> 2006 - ""I Do"" (1st place out of 18 contestants) - (Placed 24th in the Eurovision)<br> 2011 - ""No Surrender"" (4th out of 24 contestants) <br> 2012 - ""I Will Fight For You"" (6th out of 24 contestants) <br> 2014 - ""Just No Place Like Home"" (eliminated in the semifinal) The songs ""Change Of Heart"" and ""Another Summer Night"" were later included on his debut album ""When I'm Dreaming"". The songs ""Did I Ever Tell You"" and"
"success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song ""Come Back"" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song ""It's My Time"" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2016 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song ""You're Not Alone"" performed by Joe and Jake. The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 6 October 2016."