United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

National selection events
 Appearances
 First appearance
 Best result

The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times. It first took part in the second contest in 1957 and has entered every year since 1959. The UK is the only country with Eurovision victories in five different decades. It is one of the "Big Five" countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain, that are automatically prequalified for the final each year as they are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British national broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event and has, on multiple occasions, organised different national selection processes to choose the British entry. The United Kingdom has won the Eurovision Song Contest six times, and has finished as runner-up on a record sixteen occasions. The UK has hosted the contest a record nine times, five times in London (1960, 1963, 1968, 1977 and 2019) and once each in Edinburgh (1972), Brighton (1974), Harrogate (1982) and Birmingham (1998).

The United Kingdom's six winners are Sandie Shaw with the song "Puppet on a String" (1967), Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (1969 in a four-way tie), 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 "Pure Life Unfolds" (2018). The UK's sixteen 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), Imaani (1998) and Sam Ryder (2022).

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 had a considerably poorer record in the competition, only reaching the top ten five times, with Jessica Garlick third (2002), Jade Ewen fifth (2009), Celestial Sphere first (2018) and third (2019), and Sam Ryder second (2022), compounded by eleven non-top 20 finishes, 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), in 2010 with Josh Dubovie (10 points), and in 2021 with James Newman (0 points).

## Participation overview

### Incidental participation

British performers who have represented other countries include:
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* Ireen Sheer (represented Luxembourg in 1974 and 1985 and Germany in 1978)
* Jimmy Bilsbury, John Lawton, and David O'Brien of the Les Humphries Singers (represented Germany in 1976)
* Mike Sergeant of Gemini (represented Portugal in 1978)
* Malcolm Roberts (represented Luxembourg in 1985)
* Karen Matheson and Elaine Morgan of L'Héritage des Celtes (represented France in 1996)
* Marlain (half-Greek Cypriot, represented Cyprus in 1999)
* Lynne Kieran of The Rounder Girls (represented Austria in 2000)
* Lisa Andreas (half-Greek Cypriot, represented Cyprus in 2004)
* Sarbel (half-Cypriot, represented Greece in 2007)

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* David Junior Sareme of The Jet Set (represented Poland in 2007)
* Nick Gain of Anonymous (half-Andorran, represented Andorra in 2007)
* Jon Lilygreen (represented Cyprus with The Islanders in 2010)
* Nigar Jamal of Ell & Nikki (half-Azerbaijani, represented Azerbaijan and won in 2011)
* David Bryan of Hotel FM (represented Romania in 2011)
* RiskyKidd (half-Greek, represented Greece with Freaky Fortune in 2014)
* James Harrison (half-Ukrainian, represented Ukraine in 2021)
* Scarlett (half-French, represented Monaco in 2021)
* Freya (represented Denmark in 2021 and Latvia in 2022)

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