United Kingdom in the Eurovision song Contest 2017 - wikipedia United Kingdom in the Eurovision song Contest 2017 Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Country United Kingdom National selection Selection process Eurovision : You Decide Selection date ( s ) 27 January 2017 Selected entrant Lucie Jones Selected song `` Never Give Up on You '' Selected songwriter ( s ) Daniel Salcedo Emmelie de Forest Lawrie Martin Finals performance Final result 15th, 111 points United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest ◄ 2016 2017 2018 ► The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The British entry for the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine, was selected via the national final Eurovision : You Decide, organised by the British broadcaster BBC. Six acts competed in the national final, with the song `` Never Give Up on You '' performed by Lucie Jones being selected the winner following the combination of a public televote and the votes of a professional jury panel. The song was co-written by former Eurovision winner Emmelie de Forest who participated as a songwriter for the first time. The 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. Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2.1 Eurovision : You Decide 2.1. 1 Competing entries 2.1. 2 Final 2.2 Song revamp 2.3 Promotion 3 At Eurovision 3.1 Voting 3.1. 1 Points awarded to United Kingdom 3.1. 2 Points awarded by United Kingdom 3.1. 3 Split voting results 4 References 5 External links Background Main article : United Kingdom in 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 Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song `` Making Your Mind Up '' performed by Bucks Fizz and 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 taking part, 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 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. Between 2011 and 2015, BBC opted to internally select the British entry. For their 2016 entry, the broadcaster announced that a national final would be organised featuring a competition among several artists and songs to choose the British entry for Eurovision. The same process was used in 2017. Before Eurovision Eurovision : You Decide Main article : Eurovision : You Decide Eurovision : You Decide was the national final that was used to select the 2016 and 2017 entrants. Six acts compete in a televised show on 27 January 2017 hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The winner was selected via the combination of a public televote, consisting of televoting and online voting, and the votes of a professional jury panel. For the first time, the show was broadcast live on BBC Two. The national final was watched by 1.26 million viewers in the United Kingdom with a market share of 6.6 %. Competing entries On 6 October 2016, BBC announced an open submission for interested artists to submit their songs in the form of a video recording. The submission period lasted until 1 November 2016. The BBC invited the UK branch of the international OGAE fan club to assist in shortlisting the open entries and also revived its partnership with the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors ( BASCA ) who ran a songwriting competition amongst its members. The BBC also consulted with music industry experts including writers, producers, artist managers and members of the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ). Former music director of RCA Records and founder of Innocent Records, Hugh Goldsmith, acted as music consultant to the BBC. Songs from all entry methods were included in a final shortlist which was presented to a professional panel, who ultimately selected six finalists to compete in the national final. The six competing songs premiered during The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 on 23 January 2017. Final Six acts competed in the televised final on 27 January 2017. In addition to their performances, musical guest performers were featured in the show. A combination of the votes from the public and the votes from an eight - member professional jury panel selected the winner, Lucie Jones. Three of the members of the eight - member jury panel provided feedback regarding the songs during the show, and they were : Bruno Tonioli -- choreographer, dancer and television personality Sophie Ellis - Bextor -- singer and songwriter CeCe Sammy -- vocal and performance coach and television personality Norway 's Eurovision 2009 winner Alexander Rybak was revealed as the first guest performer on 16 December 2016 and opened the show with his winning song `` Fairytale ''. Pop rock band The Vamps were also revealed as guest performers on 20 January 2017 and performed their latest single `` All Night '' during the show. Draw Artist Song Songwriter ( s ) Holly Brewer `` I Wish I Loved You More '' Kevin Fisher, Courtney Harrell, Laurell Barker, Mattias Frändå, Johan Åsgärde, Oliver Lundström Danyl Johnson `` Light Up the World '' Dan McAllister, Rick Blaskey, Greg Walker, Chris Sutherland, Ameerah Roelants Lucie Jones `` Never Give Up on You '' Daniel Salcedo, Emmelie de Forest, Lawrie Martin Olivia Garcia `` Freedom Hearts '' Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Linnea Nelson, Laurell Barker 5 Nate Simpson `` What Are We Made Of '' Jon Hällgren, Eric Lumiere, DWB 6 Salena Mastroianni `` I Do n't Wanna Fight '' The Treatment, Nicole Blair, Marli Harwood Song revamp Following the show, during an interview on BBC Breakfast on 30 January 2017, Jones revealed that both she and the BBC would be seeking to make changes to the song, stating they had listened to feedback from viewers on social media and would look at ideas at how to make it better. A new version of the song was recorded at Tileyard Studios in late February 2017, whilst an accompanying music video was shot soon afterwards. The new version of the song, together with the official video, was released on 11 March 2017. Promotion It was announced that Jones would promote the song by performing at both the London Eurovision Party on 2 April 2017, and the Eurovision In Concert event in Amsterdam on 8 April 2017. At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, and consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May 2017. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the `` Big 5 '' ( France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom ) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final ; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the `` Big 5 '', the United Kingdom automatically qualifies to compete in the final. In addition to their participation in the final, the United Kingdom is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. At the semi-final allocation draw on 31 January 2017, the United Kingdom was drawn to vote in the first semi-final on 9 May ; the country also performed in the first semi-final jury show on 8 May, and an extended clip of the performance was broadcast in the televised semi-final show the following evening. In the United Kingdom, the semi-finals were broadcast on BBC Four, with an average of half a million viewers watching the first semifinal and 350,000 watching the second semifinal. The number of viewers who watched the second semifinal was down almost half on the 2016 second semifinal, which had 630,000 viewers. The final was broadcast on BBC One, with a peak audience of 6.7 million viewers, down by half a million from 2016 's contest. Voting Below is a breakdown of points awarded to United Kingdom and awarded by United Kingdom in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows : Points awarded to United Kingdom Points awarded to United Kingdom ( Final ) Televote 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Ireland Malta Australia Spain Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points Australia Slovenia Albania Iceland Estonia Germany San Marino 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Cyprus Czech Republic Netherlands Poland Armenia Latvia France Hungary Macedonia Belgium Finland Austria Greece Norway Points awarded by United Kingdom Semi-final 1 Score Televote Jury 12 points Poland Moldova 10 points Portugal Portugal 8 points Moldova Czech Republic 7 points Latvia Australia 6 points Cyprus Poland 5 points Greece Armenia 4 points Belgium Belgium 3 points Finland Cyprus 2 points Iceland Sweden 1 point Sweden Georgia Final Score Televote Jury 12 points Bulgaria Portugal 10 points Poland Australia 8 points Portugal Sweden 7 points Romania Bulgaria 6 points Moldova Moldova 5 points Croatia Belgium 4 points Sweden Netherlands 3 points Belgium Austria 2 points Italy Denmark 1 point Hungary Belarus Split voting results The following five members comprised the British jury : Mary Hammond -- Chairperson -- singing teacher, singer Emma Stevens -- singer, songwriter Rokhsan Heydari -- songwriter Mark Eldridge ( Kipper ) -- producer, musician Jay London -- radio DJ show Split voting results from United Kingdom ( Semi-final 1 ) Draw Country Jury Televote M. Hammond E. Stevens R. Heydari Kipper J. London Average Rank Points Rank Points 01 Sweden 13 16 8 9 10 02 Georgia 9 12 6 12 8 10 18 03 Australia 10 6 8 10 7 12 04 Albania 16 18 9 17 15 18 16 05 Belgium 18 5 12 7 7 7 06 Montenegro 6 14 17 18 18 17 11 07 Finland 11 7 16 6 17 14 8 08 Azerbaijan 14 17 15 9 15 15 09 Portugal 15 6 10 10 10 Greece 8 13 14 13 14 16 6 5 11 Poland 5 9 11 13 5 6 12 12 Moldova 8 5 12 8 13 Iceland 17 10 9 10 11 9 14 Czech Republic 14 11 8 17 15 Cyprus 7 11 13 5 7 8 5 6 16 Armenia 12 10 7 12 6 5 13 17 Slovenia 15 16 16 13 14 18 Latvia 15 18 11 5 12 7 show Split voting results from United Kingdom ( Final ) Draw Country Jury Televote M. Hammond E. Stevens R. Heydari Kipper J. London Average Rank Points Rank Points 01 Israel 11 11 24 16 20 17 19 02 Poland 22 14 10 11 16 13 10 03 Belarus 8 11 14 19 10 17 04 Austria 9 5 19 10 8 8 18 05 Armenia 16 18 15 9 25 18 21 06 Netherlands 19 6 5 9 7 12 07 Moldova 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 08 Hungary 23 17 18 21 24 24 10 09 Italy 18 16 14 23 17 20 9 10 Denmark 20 12 11 9 24 11 Portugal 5 7 12 8 12 Azerbaijan 13 19 12 17 18 15 20 13 Croatia 6 20 25 24 23 23 6 5 14 Australia 7 8 10 16 15 Greece 24 15 16 22 21 22 11 16 Spain 25 21 25 10 19 25 17 Norway 14 24 9 20 12 14 14 18 United Kingdom 19 Cyprus 5 13 17 15 15 12 13 20 Romania 17 22 13 13 14 16 7 21 Germany 12 8 23 8 5 11 23 22 Ukraine 21 21 20 18 13 21 22 23 Belgium 15 6 12 6 5 8 24 Sweden 9 6 6 8 7 25 Bulgaria 10 10 7 12 26 France 25 23 22 19 22 25 15 References ^ Jump up to : `` Eurovision 2017 - UK song entry now open ! ''. BBC Blogs - Eurovision. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Eurovision Song Contest, 2017, You Decide ''. BBC Eurovision. 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External links BBC 's official Eurovision website hide United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest Participation 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1997 1998 2017 2018 Artists 1950s 1956 Patricia Bredin 1958 Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson 1960s Bryan Johnson The Allisons Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll Matt Monro Kathy Kirby Kenneth McKellar Sandie Shaw Cliff Richard Lulu 1970s Mary Hopkin Clodagh Rodgers The New Seekers Cliff Richard Olivia Newton - John The Shadows Brotherhood of Man Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran Co-Co Black Lace 1980s Prima Donna Bucks Fizz Bardo Sweet Dreams Belle and the Devotions Vikki Watson Ryder Rikki Scott Fitzgerald Live Report 1990s Emma Samantha Janus Michael Ball Sonia Frances Ruffelle Love City Groove Gina G Katrina and the Waves Imaani Precious 2000s Nicki French Lindsay Jessica Garlick Jemini James Fox Javine Hylton Daz Sampson Scooch Andy Abraham Jade Ewen 2010s Josh Dubovie Blue Engelbert Humperdinck Bonnie Tyler Molly Electro Velvet Joe and Jake Lucie Jones SuRie Songs 1950s 1956 `` All '' 1958 `` Sing, Little Birdie '' 1960s `` Looking High, High, High '' `` Are You Sure ? '' `` Ring - A-Ding Girl '' `` Say Wonderful Things '' `` I Love the Little Things '' `` I Belong '' `` A Man Without Love '' `` Puppet on a String '' `` Congratulations '' `` Boom Bang - a-Bang '' 1970s `` Knock, Knock Who 's There ? '' `` Jack in the Box '' `` Beg, Steal or Borrow '' `` Power to All Our Friends '' `` Long Live Love '' `` Let Me Be the One '' `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' `` Rock Bottom '' `` The Bad Old Days '' `` Mary Ann '' 1980s `` Love Enough for Two '' `` Making Your Mind Up '' `` One Step Further '' `` I 'm Never Giving Up '' `` Love Games '' `` Love Is '' `` Runner in the Night '' `` Only the Light '' `` Go '' `` Why Do I Always Get It Wrong ? '' 1990s `` Give a Little Love Back to the World '' `` A Message to Your Heart '' `` One Step Out of Time '' `` Better the Devil You Know '' `` Lonely Symphony ( We Will Be Free ) '' `` Love City Groove '' `` Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit '' `` Love Shine a Light '' `` Where Are You ? '' `` Say It Again '' 2000s `` Do n't Play That Song Again '' `` No Dream Impossible '' `` Come Back '' `` Cry Baby '' `` Hold On to Our Love '' `` Touch My Fire '' `` Teenage Life '' `` Flying the Flag ( for You ) '' `` Even If '' `` It 's My Time '' 2010s `` That Sounds Good to Me '' `` I Can '' `` Love Will Set You Free '' `` Believe in Me '' `` Children of the Universe '' `` Still in Love with You '' `` You 're Not Alone '' `` Never Give Up on You '' `` Storm '' Note : Entries scored out are when United Kingdom did not compete hide Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Countries Finalists ( by final results ) Portugal ( winner ) Bulgaria Moldova Belgium Sweden Italy Romania Hungary Australia Norway Netherlands France Croatia Azerbaijan United Kingdom Austria Belarus Armenia Greece Denmark Cyprus Poland Israel Ukraine Germany Spain Semi-final 1 Albania Czech Republic Finland Georgia Iceland Latvia Montenegro Slovenia Semi-final 2 Estonia Ireland Lithuania Macedonia Malta San Marino Serbia Switzerland Withdrawn Russia Artists Finalists ( by final results ) Salvador Sobral Kristian Kostov Sunstroke Project Blanche Robin Bengtsson Francesco Gabbani Ilinca feat. Alex Florea Joci Pápai Isaiah JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann O'G3NE Alma Jacques Houdek Dihaj Lucie Jones Nathan Trent Naviband Artsvik Demy Anja Hovig Kasia Moś IMRI O. Torvald Levina Manel Navarro Semi-final 1 Lindita Martina Bárta Norma John Omar Naber Slavko Kalezić Svala Tamara Gachechiladze Triana Park Semi-final 2 Brendan Murray Claudia Faniello Fusedmarc Jana Burčeska Koit Toome & Laura Tijana Bogićević Timebelle Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson Withdrawn Julia Samoylova Songs Finalists ( by final results ) `` Amar pelos dois '' `` Beautiful Mess '' `` Hey, Mamma ! '' `` City Lights '' `` I Ca n't Go On '' `` Occidentali 's Karma '' `` Yodel It ! '' `` Origo '' `` Do n't Come Easy '' `` Grab the Moment '' `` Lights and Shadows '' `` Requiem '' `` My Friend '' `` Skeletons '' `` Never Give Up on You '' `` Running on Air '' `` Story of My Life '' `` Fly with Me '' `` This Is Love '' `` Where I Am '' `` Gravity '' `` Flashlight '' `` I Feel Alive '' `` Time '' `` Perfect Life '' `` Do It for Your Lover '' Semi-final 1 `` Blackbird '' `` Keep the Faith '' `` Line '' `` My Turn '' `` On My Way '' `` Paper '' `` Space '' `` World '' Semi-final 2 `` Apollo '' `` Breathlessly '' `` Dance Alone '' `` Dying to Try '' `` In Too Deep '' `` Rain of Revolution '' `` Spirit of the Night '' `` Verona '' Withdrawn `` Flame Is Burning '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2017&oldid=846313066 '' Categories : Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 2017 in British music United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Magyar Nederlands Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 17 June 2018, at 22 : 32 ( UTC ). 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Question: where did united kingdom come in eurovision 2017
Answer: 15th place