"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"
"winner. This EP titled ""Tell The Boys"", reached No.4 in the EP chart top 10. Shaw later recorded all five songs in Spanish, Italian, French and German. Eventually, all the various recordings of all five songs became available on various CD compilations. United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 The United Kingdom held a national pre-selection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. It was held on 25 February 1967 and presented by Rolf Harris. Harris's weekly show had been the showcase for the five songs in the competition, which had been performed"
"in the UK singles chart. This was the first of only two tracks from the Eurovision Song Contest that topped the UK chart without winning the competition. Cliff recorded French, German, Italian and Spanish versions of the winning song, as well as a German version of ""Wonderful World"", which was also recorded (in English) by Elvis Presley. Like in 1967 when they won with Sandie Shaw, another current modern pop singer was chosen by the BBC, Cliff Richard sang the song ""Congratulations"", a catchy party pop song, it finished a close 2nd place, losing only to Spain with one point."
"for the second and last time to date. At their second attempt in the contest in 1959, the UK achieved the first of their record fifteen runner-up positions, when Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson sang ""Sing, Little Birdie"". The UK would achieve four more second-place finishes with Bryan Johnson in 1960, The Allisons in 1961, Matt Monro in 1964 and Kathy Kirby in 1965, before eventually winning for the first time in 1967. Sandie Shaw was already a successful performer, having twice topped the UK singles chart and she comfortably won in Vienna with ""Puppet on a String"", which became"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the BBC selecting Kenneth McKellar to perform all the entries under consideration. After performing the five shortlisted songs weekly on BBC1's ""Kenneth McKellar's A Song For Everyone"", the final was held on 27 January 1966 and presented by David Jacobs. McKellar released an extended play maxi single featuring the five songs, subsequently releasing a single featuring the winner and the runner up, which reached number 30 in the UK singles chart."
"Eurovision Song Contest 1968 The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song ""La, la, la"", performed by Massiel, closely followed by the United Kingdom and Cliff Richard with ""Congratulations!"" with a margin of just one point. Originally Spain entered Joan Manuel Serrat to sing ""La La La"", but his demand to sing in Catalan was an affront to the Francoist State dictatorship. Serrat was withdrawn and replaced by Massiel, who sang the same song in Spanish. The contest was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Royal"
"her third UK number one and topped the charts all around Europe. In 1968, another successful performer was selected to represent the UK with the song ""Congratulations"". In London, Cliff Richard gave the UK their sixth second-place finish, losing to Spain's Massiel. ""Congratulations"" remains one of only two non-winning UK Eurovision songs to top the UK charts. The UK's second victory was provided by the Scottish singer Lulu, who won with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" in 1969, in a four-way tie with France, Spain and the Netherlands. Another established performer, she had reached the US #1 spot with ""To Sir"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 The United Kingdom held a televised national pre-selection broadcast on BBC1 to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with Scottish singer Lulu chosen to represent the UK. After performing all six songs weekly on her eponymous TV series ""Lulu"", the final was held on 22 February 1969 and presented by Michael Aspel. Of the six finalists, song No.4, ""I Can't Go On Living Without You"", was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, before both found songwriting fame. John recorded the track as a demo which"
"Vicky Leandros, came in fourth; nonetheless, it went on to become the biggest international hit of the 1967 contest, and a year later would be a big instrumental hit for French musician, Paul Mauriat, under the English title, ""Love is Blue"". Denmark chose not to participate and left the contest at this point, to return in 1978. The reason was that the new director for the TV entertainment department at DR thought that the money could be spent in a better way. The United Kingdom's win was their first. Television presenter, artist and musician, Rolf Harris provided the commentary for"
"and went on to come 9th in the contest. United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the BBC selecting Kenneth McKellar to perform all the entries under consideration. After performing the five shortlisted songs weekly on BBC1's ""Kenneth McKellar's A Song For Everyone"", the final was held on 27 January 1966 and presented by David Jacobs. McKellar released an extended play maxi single featuring the five songs, subsequently releasing a single featuring the winner and the runner up,"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1963 The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was held in London, United Kingdom, after the British broadcaster BBC stepped in to organise the event. France had won the 1962 edition with the right to host this following one but were unable to, due to financial shortcomings. The contest was won by Denmark with the song ""Dansevise"", performed by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann. Denmark's win was their first. Four countries got nul points, with Finland, Norway and Sweden failing to score any points for the first time and The Netherlands"
"the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest with ""Puppet on a String"", the first UK entry to win the competition, they finished second the following year in 1968 with ""Congratulations"" from Cliff Richard. In April 1968, the British music magazine ""NME"" reported that Martin and Coulter were being sued by the Irish songwriters Shay O'Donoghue and Aiden Magennis, claiming that ""Congratulations"" had the same chord sequence as their song ""Far Away From You"", recorded eighteen months earlier by Doc Carroll & the Royal Blues. In 1975, Martin and Coulter reached the Eurovision final for the third time, this time writing Luxembourg's entry,"
"Eurovision Song Contest. Author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in his book ""The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History"", that every UK entry to the contest from 1967 to 1977 finished in the top four, with only three songs not being first or second. Indeed, the UK were only 7 points short of four consecutive victories from 1967 to 1970. In 1976, a new system was put into force. Twelve songs were performed by artists chosen by the songwriters themselves and the winner was chosen by regional juries across the country during a stand-alone show called ""A Song"
"Belong"", receiving 110,495 votes. Kirby released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single ""BBC TV's A Song for Europe"", which reached number 9 in the UK EP top 20 chart. She subsequently re-recorded the winner and the runner up with different arrangements and released these tracks on a single, which peaked at number 36 in the UK singles chart. Chris Andrews had written one of the six finalists, ""One Day"" which was recorded by Sandie Shaw with whom he regularly collaborated. Shaw would be the artist selected to represent the UK in the 1967"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, following the country's win at the previous 1965 edition. The host venue was Grand Auditorium de RTL in Villa Louvigny. The presenter was Josiane Chen. The winner was Austria with the song ""Merci, Chérie"" performed and composed by Udo Jürgens, and written by Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger. This would remain Austria's only win in the contest until their second win in 2014. The rule stating that a country could only sing"
"as many points). The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes. Shaw intensely disliked the composition, though her attitude towards the song somewhat mellowed in later years, even releasing a new version in 2007. The contest long remained the only time Austria had hosted the event, until 2015. The 1967 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The venue for the contest was the Hofburg Palace, which was the principal winter residence the Habsburg dynasty,"
"as the United Kingdom pulled away from the pack to gain a very comprehensive victory. By the close it had also been passed by the songs from Ireland and France, finally finishing fourth of the 17 entries. The Luxembourgian jury awarded 5 of its 10 points to the United Kingdom. Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 Luxembourg was represented by 17-year-old Greek singer Vicky Leandros (billed on the night simply as Vicky), with the song '""L'amour est bleu"", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 The United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina & the Waves. The entry was chosen during the UK selection show, ""The Great British Song Contest"", hosted by Dale Winton on 9 March, with the results announced six days later. The UK went on to win the song contest which was being held in Dublin, Ireland, with an unprecedented 227 points. The UK sang at position 24. The lead singer was Katrina Leskanich. The 1997 contest is the most recent win for the United"
"with Love"" in 1967. Having finished second on three further occasions in the 1970s, with Mary Hopkin in 1970, The New Seekers in 1972 and The Shadows in 1975. The UK achieved their third victory in 1976 with Brotherhood of Man and ""Save Your Kisses for Me"", who won with 164 points, which would remain the highest points total for ten years. In 1977, the UK finished second for the tenth time represented by singer-songwriters Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran. The UK's fourth victory came in 1981, with Bucks Fizz and ""Making Your Mind Up"". The group was created"
"people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song. United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 The United Kingdom held a televised national pre-selection broadcast on BBC1 to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with Scottish singer Lulu chosen to represent the UK. After performing all six songs weekly on her eponymous TV series ""Lulu"", the final was held on 22 February 1969 and presented by Michael Aspel. Of the six finalists, song No.4, ""I Can't Go On Living Without You"", was written by Elton John and Bernie"
"contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting stations they represented are also included in the table below. Eurovision Song Contest 1969 The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th in the series. Four countries (the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and France) won the contest, the first time ever a tie had occurred. However, there was no rule at the time"
"on a String"" by Sandie Shaw would give the UK its first Eurovision victory at Eurovision 1967. ""Are You Sure?"" was also the first UK Eurovision entrant to become a Top Ten hit reaching #2 UK, the best chart showing for a UK Eurovision entrant until ""Puppet on a String"" by Sandie Shaw reached #1 in 1967. The song was succeeded as the UK representative at the 1962 Contest by Ronnie Carroll with ""Ring-A-Ding Girl"". The lyrics are memorable for a possibly unique example of the bizarre grammatical error ""Comes tomorrow, you won't want me"". Are You Sure? (The Allisons"
"Puppet on a String ""Puppet on a String"" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release. The song was a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks. Al Hirt released a version of the song in 1967 that went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #129 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Shaw had originally performed the song as one of five prospective numbers to represent the United Kingdom in"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1977 The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and was held in London, United Kingdom on 7 May 1977. The presenter was Angela Rippon. The contest was won by Marie Myriam, representing France, with the song ""L'oiseau et l'enfant"" (The Bird and the Child). This was France's fifth victory, a record at the time (since equalled by Luxembourg and the United Kingdom, and surpassed by Ireland and Sweden). It was also France's second victory on English soil, as well as its most recent victory to date. Located on the"
"18-entry field. The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1967 by Sandie Shaw singing ""Puppet on a String"" for the United Kingdom, and as Austrian entry in that year by ""Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"", performed by Peter Horten. This was also the only time that Austria would win the Eurovision Song Contest until 2014 when Conchita Wurst won with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Merci, Chérie ""Merci, Chérie"" (""Thank you, darling"") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. Performed for Austria by Udo Jürgens with lyrics in German—despite the French words of the title."
"Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below. Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, following the country's win at the previous 1965 edition. The host venue was Grand Auditorium de RTL in Villa Louvigny. The presenter was Josiane Chen. The winner was Austria with the song ""Merci, Chérie"" performed and composed by Udo Jürgens, and written by Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger. This would remain Austria's only"
"song was chosen by voting from ten regional juries. On the night of the final Sparboe performed 13th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Monaco. Each national jury had 10 points to distribute between the songs, and at the close ""Dukkemann"" had picked up 2 points (1 each from the Netherlands and Sweden), placing Norway joint 14th (with Austria and the Netherlands) of the 17 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded 7 of its 10 points to contest winners the United Kingdom. Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 Norway was represented by Kirsti Sparboe, with the song ""Dukkemann"","
"Eurovision Song Contest 1970 The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons. Ireland won with nineteen-year-old Dana and a song called ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland's win was their first. The UK came second for the seventh time, six votes behind Ireland. This was the only time that Luxembourg received zero votes. Due to there being four winners in the previous contest, a question was raised"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1960. The semi-finals were held on 2 February and 4 February 1960 and the final was held on 6 February 1960. All were presented by David Jacobs. ""Looking High, High, High"", a pop ballad, won the national final and went on to come 2nd in the Contest. This was the second time the UK came in 2nd place, it would take another few years until they finally won in 1967. ""Looking High, High,"
"to receive the award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year, nonconsecutively. Only five artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross (1981), Alicia Keys (2002), Amy Winehouse (2008), Fun (2013), and Sam Smith. The song ""Volare"", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner ""Michelle"" by the Beatles has a critical part of its lyrics in French. As of 2017, no songwriter has won"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1987 The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. She agreed to present the Eurovision Song Contest, on the condition she was allowed to open with a song of her own, ""Breathless"". Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with his own composition ""Hold Me Now"". That made him the first (and as of 2018 only) performer to win the contest twice, as he had won also in 1980. Brussels is the"
"once again choosing which song to enter into the contest. Since 2017, the votes from a professional jury panel have been combined with the public vote to select the winner. Even though the United Kingdom was entered twice into with Cliff Richard's 1968 runner up entry ""Congratulations"" and Brotherhood of Man's 1976 winning song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"", the BBC decided not to participate in airing the event or taking part in the voting for the greatest Eurovision Song of the past fifty years, but instead aired an hour-long special programme entitled """" hosted by Terry Wogan looking back"
"Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw, MBE (born Sandra Ann Goodrich; 26 February 1947) is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, in 1967 the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by her became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. After a long and successful career, Shaw announced her retirement from the music industry in 2013. Sandra Ann Goodrich was born and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, England. On leaving school, she worked at the nearby Ford Dagenham factory, and did some part-time modelling before coming second as a singer in"