UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest
Host(s) and venue

UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Section Title: Host(s) and venue
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Year	Selection show	Venue	National final main host	National final co-host	Semi final/heat host

1956	UK did not participate

1957	Festival Of British Popular Songs	The King's Theatre Hammersmith	David Jacobs	No co-host	David Jacobs

1958	UK did not participate

1959	Eurovision Song Contest British Final	BBC Television Theatre	Pete Murray	No co-host	Pete Murray

1960	David Jacobs	David Jacobs

1961	A Song For Europe	Katie Boyle	No semi final/heat

1962	David Jacobs

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967	Rolf Harris

1968	Cilla Black

1969	Michael Aspel

1970	Cliff Richard

1971

1972

1973	Cilla Black

1974	Jimmy Savile

1975	Lulu

1976	Royal Albert Hall	Michael Aspel

1977	New London Theatre	Terry Wogan

1978	Royal Albert Hall

1979

1980	BBC Television Theatre

1981

1982	BBC Television Centre

1983	BBC Television Theatre

1984	BBC Television Centre

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996	The Great British Song Contest	Nicky Campbell

1997	Dale Winton	Ken Bruce & Terry Wogan

1998	Terry Wogan	Ulrika Jonsson

1999	Ulrika Jonsson	No co-host

2000	A Song For Europe	Elstree Studios	Katy Hill

2001

2002	Christopher Price	Claire Sweeney

2003	BBC Television Centre	Terry Wogan	No co-host

2004	Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up	Gaby Roslin	No semi-final/heat

2005	Natasha Kaplinsky

2006

2007	The Maidstone Studios	Fearne Cotton

2008	Eurovision: Your Decision	BBC Television Centre	Claudia Winkleman

2009	Eurovision: Your Country Needs You	Graham Norton	No co-host	Graham Norton

2010	No semi-final/heat

2011	Internal selection

2012

2013

2014	The UK Launch	One MayFair	Scott Mills (presentation show)	No co-host	Internal selection

2015	Our Song for Eurovision 2015	Café de Paris

2016	Eurovision: You Decide	The O2 Forum	Mel Giedroyc	No semi-final/heat

2017	Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith

2018	Brighton Dome	Måns Zelmerlöw

2019	Dock10, MediaCityUK, Salford

Sentence(s)

Mel Giedroyc has hosted Eurovision: You Decide in 2016, Måns Zelmerlöw co-hosted from 2018 onwards

final_sentence: Mel Giedroyc has hosted Eurovision: You Decide in 2016, Måns Zelmerlöw co-hosted from 2018 onwards