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Debuting in 1957, The United Kingdom has a rich history of participation, with an unbroken run of Grand Final appearances stretching back to their appearance at the fourth Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes in 1959.

Highlights include 5 victories thanks to Sandie Shaw (Puppet On A String 1967), Lulu (Boom Bang-a-Bang 1969), Brotherhood of Man (Save Your Kisses For Me 1976), Bucks Fizz (Making Your Mind Up 1981), and Katrina & The Waves (Love Shine A Light 1997).

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is also the hostess with the mostest, as the Contest has traveled to the UK on 9 occasions: London in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1977; Edinburgh in 1972; Brighton in 1974; Harrogate in 1982; Birmingham in 1998; and Liverpool in 2023.

The United Kingdom holds the record for taking second place more than any other nation, finishing as runner-up 16 times; the most recent of which in 2022 when Sam Ryder won the jury vote with Space Man.

Participation history

Event Contestant Song Place
Malmö 2024
Dizzy
Grand Final
18th - 46 points
Liverpool 2023
I Wrote A Song
Grand Final
25th - 24 points
Turin 2022
SPACE MAN
Grand Final
2nd - 466 points
Rotterdam 2021
Embers
Grand Final
26th - 0 points
Rotterdam 2020
My Last Breath
Tel Aviv 2019
Bigger Than Us
Grand Final
26th - 11 points
Lisbon 2018
Storm
Grand Final
24th - 48 points
Kyiv 2017
Never Give Up On You
Grand Final
15th - 111 points
Stockholm 2016
You're Not Alone
Grand Final
24th - 62 points
Vienna 2015
Still In Love With You
Grand Final
24th - 5 points
Copenhagen 2014
Children of the Universe
Grand Final
17th - 40 points
Malmö 2013
Believe In Me
Grand Final
19th - 23 points
Baku 2012
Love Will Set You Free
Grand Final
25th - 12 points
Düsseldorf 2011
I Can
Grand Final
11th - 100 points
Oslo 2010
That Sounds Good To Me
Grand Final
25th - 10 points
Moscow 2009
It's My Time
Grand Final
5th - 173 points
Belgrade 2008
Even If
Grand Final
25th - 14 points
Helsinki 2007
Flying The Flag (for You)
Grand Final
22nd - 19 points
Athens 2006
Teenage Life
Grand Final
19th - 25 points
Kyiv 2005
Touch My Fire
Grand Final
22nd - 18 points
Istanbul 2004
Hold On To Our Love
Grand Final
16th - 29 points
Riga 2003
Cry Baby
Grand Final
26th - 0 points
Tallinn 2002
Come Back
Grand Final
3rd - 111 points
Copenhagen 2001
No Dream Impossible
Grand Final
15th - 28 points
Stockholm 2000
Don't Play That Song Again
Grand Final
16th - 28 points
Jerusalem 1999
Say It Again
Grand Final
12th - 38 points
Birmingham 1998
Where Are You?
Grand Final
2nd - 166 points
Dublin 1997
Love Shine A Light
Grand Final
1st - 227 points
Oslo 1996
Ooh...Aah...Just A Little Bit
Grand Final
8th - 77 points
Dublin 1995
Love City Groove
Grand Final
10th - 76 points
Dublin 1994
We Will Be Free (lonely Symphony)
Grand Final
10th - 63 points
Millstreet 1993
Better The Devil You Know
Grand Final
2nd - 164 points
Malmö 1992
One Step Out Of Time
Grand Final
2nd - 139 points
Rome 1991
A Message To Your Heart
Grand Final
10th - 47 points
Zagreb 1990
Give A Little Love Back To The World
Grand Final
6th - 87 points
Lausanne 1989
Why Do I Always Get It Wrong
Grand Final
2nd - 130 points
Dublin 1988
Go
Grand Final
2nd - 136 points
Brussels 1987
Only The Light
Grand Final
13th - 47 points
Bergen 1986
Runner In The Night
Grand Final
7th - 72 points
Gothenburg 1985
Love Is...
Grand Final
4th - 100 points
Luxembourg 1984
Love Games
Grand Final
7th - 63 points
Munich 1983
I'm Never Giving Up
Grand Final
6th - 79 points
Harrogate 1982
One Step Further
Grand Final
7th - 76 points
Dublin 1981
Making Your Mind Up
Grand Final
1st - 136 points
The Hague 1980
Love Enough For Two
Grand Final
3rd - 106 points
Jerusalem 1979
Mary Ann
Grand Final
7th - 73 points
Paris 1978
The Bad Old Days
Grand Final
11th - 61 points
London 1977
Rock Bottom
Grand Final
2nd - 121 points
The Hague 1976
Save Your Kisses For Me
Grand Final
1st - 164 points
Stockholm 1975
Let Me Be The One
Grand Final
2nd - 138 points
Brighton 1974
Long Live Love
Grand Final
4th - 14 points
Luxembourg 1973
Power To All Our Friends
Grand Final
3rd - 123 points
Edinburgh 1972
Beg, Steal Or Borrow
Grand Final
2nd - 114 points
Dublin 1971
Jack In The Box
Grand Final
4th - 98 points
Amsterdam 1970
Knock, Knock (who's There?)
Grand Final
2nd - 26 points
Madrid 1969
Boom Bang-a-Bang
Grand Final
1st - 18 points
London 1968
Congratulations
Grand Final
2nd - 28 points
Vienna 1967
Puppet On A String
Grand Final
1st - 47 points
Luxembourg 1966
A Man Without Love
Grand Final
9th - 8 points
Naples 1965
I Belong
Grand Final
2nd - 26 points
Copenhagen 1964
I Love The Little Things
Grand Final
2nd - 17 points
London 1963
Say Wonderful Things
Grand Final
4th - 28 points
Luxembourg 1962
Ring-a-ding Girl
Grand Final
4th - 10 points
Cannes 1961
Are You Sure?
Grand Final
2nd - 24 points
London 1960
Looking High, High, High
Grand Final
2nd - 25 points
Cannes 1959
Sing Little Birdie
Grand Final
2nd - 16 points
Frankfurt 1957
All
Grand Final
7th - 6 points