United Kingdom

United Kingdom has participated Eurovision Song Contest 68 times since it's debut in 1957. The best ranking is 1. in 1997 with the song called Love Shine A Light performed by Katrina and The Waves.

Participations

Year	Song	Performed By	Semi Final Position	Grand Final Position
2025	What the Hell Just Happened?	Remember Monday	-	- 6
2024	Dizzy	Olly Alexander	-	18. / 26
2023	I Wrote a Song	Mae Muller	-	25. / 26
2022	Space Man	Sam Ryder	-	2. / 25
2021	Embers	James Newman	-	26. / 26
2020	My Last Breath	James Newman
2019	Bigger Than Us	Michael Rice	-	26. / 26
2018	Storm	SuRie	-	24. / 26
2017	Never Give Up On You	Lucie Jones	-	15. / 26
2016	You're Not Alone	Joe and Jake	-	24. / 26
2015	Still In Love With You	Electro Velvet	-	24. / 27
2014	Children of the Universe	Molly	-	17. / 26
2013	Believe In Me	Bonnie Tyler	-	19. / 26
2012	Love Will Set You Free	Engelbert Humperdinck	-	25. / 26
2011	I Can	Blue	-	11. / 25
2010	That Sounds Good To Me	Josh	-	25. / 25
2009	It's My Time	Jade Ewen	-	5. / 25
2008	Even If	Andy Abraham	-	25. / 25
2007	Flying The Flag (for You)	Scooch	-	22. / 24
2006	Teenage Life	Daz Sampson	-	19. / 24
2005	Touch My Fire	Javine	-	22. / 24
2004	Hold On To Our Love	James Fox	-	16. / 24
2003	Cry Baby	Jemini	-	26. / 26
2002	Come Back	Jessica Garlick	-	3. / 24
2001	No Dream Impossible	Lindsay D.	-	15. / 23
2000	Don't Play That Song Again	Nicki French	-	16. / 24
1999	Say It Again	Precious	-	12. / 23
1998	Where Are You?	Imaani	-	2. / 25
1997	Love Shine A Light	Katrina and The Waves	-	1. / 25
1996	Ooh...Aah...Just A Little Bit	Gina G	-	8. / 23
1995	Love City Groove	Love City Groove	-	10. / 23
1994	We Will Be Free (lonely Symphony)	Frances Ruffelle	-	10. / 25
1993	Better The Devil You Know	Sonia	-	2. / 25
1992	One Step Out Of Time	Michael Ball	-	2. / 23
1991	A Message To Your Heart	Samantha Janus	-	10. / 22
1990	Give A Little Love Back To The World	Emma	-	6. / 22
1989	Why Do I Always Get It Wrong	Live Report	-	2. / 22
1988	Go	Scott Fitzgerald	-	2. / 21
1987	Only The Light	Rikki	-	13. / 22
1986	Runner In The Night	Ryder	-	7. / 20
1985	Love Is...	Vikki	-	4. / 19
1984	Love Games	Belle and the Devotions	-	7. / 19
1983	I'm Never Giving Up	Sweet Dreams	-	6. / 20
1982	One Step Further	Bardo	-	7. / 18
1981	Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	-	1. / 20
1980	Love Enough For Two	Prima Donna	-	3. / 19
1979	Mary Ann	Black Lace	-	7. / 19
1978	The Bad Old Days	Co-Co	-	11. / 20
1977	Rock Bottom	Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran	-	2. / 18
1976	Save Your Kisses For Me	Brotherhood of Man	-	1. / 18
1975	Let Me Be The One	The Shadows	-	2. / 19
1974	Long Live Love	Olivia Newton-John	-	4. / 17
1973	Power To All Our Friends	Cliff Richard	-	3. / 17
1972	Beg, Steal Or Borrow	The New Seekers	-	2. / 18
1971	Jack In The Box	Clodagh Rodgers	-	4. / 18
1970	Knock, Knock (who's There?)	Mary Hopkin	-	2. / 12
1969	Boom Bang-a-bang	Lulu	-	1. / 16
1968	Congratulations	Cliff Richard	-	2. / 17
1967	Puppet On A String	Sandie Shaw	-	1. / 17
1966	A Man Without Love	Kenneth McKellar	-	9. / 18
1965	I Belong	Kathy Kirby	-	2. / 18
1964	I Love The Little Things	Matt Monro	-	2. / 16
1963	Say Wonderful Things	Ronnie Carroll	-	4. / 16
1962	Ring-a-ding Girl	Ronnie Carroll	-	4. / 16
1961	Are You Sure?	The Allisons	-	2. / 16
1960	Looking High, High, High	Bryan Johnson	-	2. / 13
1959	Sing Little Birdie	Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson	-	2. / 11
1957	All	Patricia Bredin	-	7. / 10

Hosted events

Year	Country	Slogan	Venue	Number of participants
Liverpool 2023	United Kingdom	United by Music	Liverpool Arena	37
Birmingham 1998	United Kingdom		National Indoor Arena	25
Harrogate 1982	United Kingdom		Harrogate Conference Centre	18
London 1977	United Kingdom		Wembley Conference Centre	18
Brighton 1974	United Kingdom		The Dome	17
Edinburgh 1972	United Kingdom		Usher Hall	18
London 1968	United Kingdom		Royal Albert Hall	17
London 1963	United Kingdom		BBC Television Centre	16
London 1960	United Kingdom		Royal Festival Hall	13

Countries that votes United Kingdom

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Ireland	19	28	272	4.61
San Marino	14	1	31	1.94
Austria	9	12	209	3.67
Cyprus	11	3	94	2.24
Denmark	10	9	166	3.13
Finland	10	10	161	2.73
Germany	12	13	205	3.06
Israel	18	10	175	3.65
Luxembourg	0	0	174	4.70
Norway	9	6	175	2.73
Portugal	10	10	196	3.44
Spain	10	4	168	2.58
Switzerland	9	6	221	3.45
The Netherlands	13	4	167	2.61
Türkiye	0	0	126	3.71
Yugoslavia	0	0	95	3.52
Belgium	11	12	205	3.15
Italy	12	6	142	2.90
Sweden	18	8	194	3.03
Monaco	0	0	83	3.46
Albania	17	13	45	2.05
Armenia	7	0	16	0.89
Azerbaijan	0	0	7	0.39
Belarus	0	0	6	0.35
Bulgaria	3	10	32	2.13
North Macedonia	3	8	36	1.64
France	8	12	209	3.17
Greece	6	0	91	1.98
Iceland	22	7	66	1.74
Latvia	12	8	44	1.69
Lithuania	4	10	36	1.38
Malta	24	18	168	4.42
Moldova	3	10	18	0.90
Russia	6	0	38	1.58
Slovenia	10	2	50	1.61
Ukraine	11	17	37	1.76
Romania	0	0	20	0.83
Andorra	0	0	6	1.00
Croatia	2	0	66	2.13
Estonia	14	4	62	2.00
Poland	5	0	39	1.39
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	33	1.74
Hungary	5	0	38	2.24
Slovakia	0	0	17	2.43
Czech Republic	11	12	29	2.07
Serbia	6	1	15	0.83
Australia	27	13	40	3.64
Georgia	1	0	7	0.39
Morocco	0	0	8	8.00
Montenegro	2	0	2	0.15

Countries that United Kingdom votes for

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Albania	14	7	35	2.50
Armenia	10	0	18	1.29
Australia	53	47	110	15.71
Austria	25	7	156	3.12
Azerbaijan	14	25	48	3.69
Belarus	4	0	4	0.40
Belgium	23	26	165	3.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	16	0.80
Bulgaria	55	52	129	16.13
Croatia	22	20	57	2.48
Cyprus	12	30	165	4.58
Czech Republic	17	17	34	5.67
Denmark	16	8	176	3.83
Estonia	22	17	104	4.52
Finland	26	39	165	3.17
France	13	14	144	2.18
Georgia	25	1	27	3.00
Germany	2	3	173	2.58
Greece	1	13	155	3.69
Hungary	0	1	28	1.75
Iceland	22	33	154	5.13
Ireland	25	50	364	7.58
Israel	29	36	206	4.90
Italy	10	2	82	1.67
Latvia	7	19	93	6.64
Lithuania	39	102	250	12.50
Luxembourg	4	3	94	2.61
Malta	7	8	161	5.75
Moldova	30	22	67	4.47
Monaco	0	0	55	2.29
North Macedonia	24	7	31	2.38
Norway	14	29	161	2.64
Poland	33	80	150	7.89
Portugal	40	40	133	2.66
Romania	15	8	69	3.45
Russia	7	9	65	2.83
San Marino	5	7	12	4.00
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	11	3.67
Serbia	9	11	29	2.07
Slovenia	1	3	22	1.05
Spain	11	18	105	1.62
Sweden	59	44	334	5.39
Switzerland	23	36	220	4.00
The Netherlands	12	9	137	2.40
Türkiye	0	0	143	4.09
Ukraine	32	25	100	4.76
Yugoslavia	0	0	69	2.56