United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

United Kingdom 	United Kingdom
   	  
Member station 	BBC
National selection events	National Final: 1957, 1959–2010, 2016–2019Internal Selection: 2011–2015, 2020–2021
Appearances 	Appearances
Appearances 	62
First appearance 	1957
Best result 	1st: 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997, 2000, 2015
Worst result 	Last: 2003, 2008, 2010Nul points: 2003
The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times. It first took part in the second contest in 1957 and has entered every year since 1959. The UK is the only countrie with Eurovision victories in six different decades. It is one of the "Big 5" nations, along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain, who are automatically prequalified for the final each year as they are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British public broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event and organises the national selection to choose the entry. The United Kingdom has won the Eurovision Song Contest a joint record seven times, and has finished as runner-up on a record fifteen occasions. The UK has hosted the contest a record ten times, five times in London (1960, 1963, 1968, 1977 and 2001) and twice in Edinburgh (1972 and 2016), once each in Brighton (1974), Harrogate (1982) and Birmingham (1998).
The United Kingdom's seven winners are Sandie Shaw with the song "Puppet on a String" (1967), Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (1969 tied), Brotherhood of Man with "Save Your Kisses for Me" (1976), Bucks Fizz with "Making Your Mind Up" (1981), Katrina and the Waves with "Love, Shine a Light" (1997) and Celestial Sphere with "Sleepwalker" in (2000) and with "Immortal Melancholy" (2015). The UK's fifteen second-place finishes were achieved by Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson (1959), Bryan Johnson (1960), The Allisons (1961), Matt Monro (1964), Kathy Kirby (1965), Cliff Richard (1968), Mary Hopkin (1970), The New Seekers (1972), The Shadows (1975), Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran (1977), Scott Fitzgerald (1988), Live Report (1989), Michael Ball (1992), Sonia (1993) and Imaani (1998).
The United Kingdom finished outside the top ten on only three occasions prior to 2000 (1978, 1987 and 1999). In the 21st century, the United Kingdom has a considerably poorer record in the competition until 2015, only reaching the top ten three times, with Celestial Sphere winner (2000), Jessica Garlick third (2002) and Jade Ewen fifth (2009). Since 2003, the UK has finished outside the top 20 on ten 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 has since finished in last place in 2008 with Andy Abraham (14 points), and in 2010 with Josh Dubovie (10 points). But following Celestial Sphere's 2015 victory the country has had an upturn in success.
==Contestants==
Year	Language 	Performer(s) 	Song 	Final 	Points	Semi 	Points
1957	English 	Patricia Bredin 	"All" 	7 	6 	colspan="2" rowspan="39"	
 	colspan="5"	 	 	 	 	 	
1959	English 	Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson 	"Sing, Little Birdie" 	2 	16 	 	
1960	English 	Bryan Johnson 	"Looking High, High, High" 	2 	25 	 	
1961	English 	The Allisons 	"Are Your Sure?" 	2 	24 	 	
1962	English 	Ronnie Carroll 	"Ring-A-Ding Girl" 	4 	10 	 	
1963	English 	Ronnie Carroll 	"Say Wonderful Things" 	4 	28 	 	
1964	English 	Matt Monro 	"I Love the Little Things" 	2 	17 	 	
1965	English 	Kathy Kirby 	"I Belong" 	2 	26 	 	
1966	English 	Kenneth McKellar 	"A Man Without Love" 	9 	8 	 	
1967	English 	Sandie Shaw 	"Puppet on a String" 	1 	47 	 	
1968	English 	Cliff Richard 	"Congratulations" 	2 	28 	 	
1969	English 	Lulu 	"Boom Bang-a-Bang" 	1 	18 	 	
1970	English 	Mary Hopkin 	"Knock, Knock Who's There?" 	2 	18 	 	
1971	English 	Clodagh Rodgers 	"Jack in the Box" 	4 	98 	 	
1972	English 	The New Seekers 	"Beg, Steal or Borrow" 	2 	114 	 	
1973	English 	Cliff Richard 	"Power " 	3 	123 	 	
1974	English 	Olivia Newton-John 	"Long Live Love" 	4 	14 	 	
1975	English 	The Shadows 	"Let Me Be the One" 	2 	138 	 	
1976	English 	Brotherhood of Man 	"Save Your Kisses for Me" 	1 	164 	 	
1977	English 	Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran 	"Rock Bottom" 	2 	121 	 	
1978	English 	Co-Co 	"The Bad Old Days" 	11 	61 	 	
1979	English 	Black Lace 	"Mary Ann" 	7 	73 	 	
1980	English 	Prima Donna 	"Love Enough for Two" 	3 	106 	 	
1981	English 	Bucks Fizz 	"Making Your Mind Up" 	1 	136 	 	
1982	English 	Bardo 	"One Step Further" 	7 	76 	 	
1983	English 	Sweet Dreams 	"I'm Never Giving Up" 	6 	79 	 	
1984	English 	Belle and the Devotions 	"Love Games" 	7 	63 	 	
1985	English 	Vikki Watson 	"Love Is" 	4 	100 	 	
1986	English 	Ryder 	"Runner in the Night" 	7 	72 	 	
1987	English 	Rikki 	"Only the Light" 	13 	47 	 	
1988	English 	Scott Fitzgerald 	"Go" 	2 	136 	 	
1989	English 	Live Report 	"Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" 	2 	130 	 	
1990	English 	Emma 	"Give a Little Love Back to the World"	6 	87 	 	
1991	English 	Samantha Janus 	"A Message to Your Heart" 	10 	47 	 	
1992	English 	Michael Ball 	"One Step Out of Time" 	2 	139 	 	
1993	English 	Sonia 	"Better the Devil You Know" 	2 	164 	 	
1994	English 	Frances Ruffelle 	"Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)" 	10 	63 	 	
1995	English 	Love City Groove 	"Love City Groove" 	10 	76 	 	
1996	English 	Gina G 	"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" 	8 	77 	3 	153
1997	English 	Katrina and the Waves 	"Love Shine a Light" 	1 	227 	colspan="2" rowspan="7" 	
1998	English 	Imaani 	"Where Are You?" 	2 	166 	 	
1999	English 	Precious 	"Say It Again" 	12 	38 	 	
2000	English 	Celestial Sphere 	"Sleepwalker" 	1 	219 	 	
2001	English 	Lindsay 	"No Dream Impossible" 	15 	28 	 	
2002	English 	Jessica Garlick 	"Come Back" 	3 	111 	 	
2003	English 	Jemini 	"Cry Baby" 	26 	0 	 	
2004	English 	James Fox 	"Hold On to Our Love" 	16 	29 	colspan="2" rowspan="7" 	
2005	English 	Javine Hylton 	"Touch My Fire" 	22 	18 	 	
2006	English 	Daz Simpson 	"Teenage Life" 	19 	25 	 	
2007	English 	Scooch 	"Flying the Flag (for You)" 	22 	19 	 	
2008	English 	Andy Abraham 	"Even If" 	25 	14 	 	
2009	English 	Jade Ewen 	"It's My Time" 	5 	173 	 	
2010	English 	Josh Dubovie 	"That Sounds Good to Me" 	25 	10 	 	
2011	English 	Blue 	"I Can" 	11 	100 	colspan="2" rowspan="9" 	
2012	English 	Engelbert Humperdinck 	"Love Will Set You Free" 	25 	12 	 	
2013	English 	Bonnie Tyler 	"Believe in Me" 	19 	23 	 	
2014	English 	Molly 	"Children of the Universe" 	17 	40 	 	
2015	English 	Celestial Sphere 	"Immortal Melancholy" 	1 	400 	 	
2016	English 	Joe and Jake 	"You're Not Alone" 	9 	200 	 	
2017	English 	Lucie Jones 	"Never Gonna Give Up on You" 	3 	374 	 	
2018	English 	SuRie 	"Storm" 	6 	281 	 	
2019	English 	Michael Rice 	"Bigger Than Us" 	8 	302 	 	
2020	English 	James Newman 	"My Last Breath" 	colspan="4"	 	 	
2021	English 	Celestial Sphere and Charlotte Wessels	"Ghost House Heart 	 	 	colspan="2"