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In an analysis of all Eurovision Song Contest songs that entered the German singles chart, it was ranked number 20, based on number of weeks on the chart and chart positions achieved. In 2021, PRS for Music revealed a top 20 of most played UK Eurovision entries and "Rock Bottom" was number 13.
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Liverpool 2023 will be the 9th time the Contest has taken place in ‘Blighty’. To date, the UK has won the Eurovision Song Contest on 5 occasions and hosted the event on 8 previous occasions: 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1977 in London, 1972 in Edinburgh, 1974 in Brighton, 1982 in Harrogate, and 1998 in Birmingham. On top of this, the Contest stalwarts hold...
The United Kingdom made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1957; the BBC would have taken part in the first Contest a year earlier, but were busy preparing for their own domestic songwriting competition, and so sent their apologies. The first act to represent the UK was Patricia Bredin and she wasn’t messing about: her track All clock...
United Kingdom Host Cities in the 1960s 1. 1960 - Royal Festival Hall, London 2. 1963 - BBC Television Centre, London 3. 1968 - Royal Albert Hall, London The Netherlands' Teddy Scholten won with Een Beetje in 1959, but the broadcaster declined to host so soon after the 1958 event in Hilversum. This prompted the BBC to grab the chance of hosting for...
United Kingdom Host Cities in the 1970s 1. 1972 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh 2. 1974 - Brighton Dome, Brighton Dome 3. 1977 - Wembley Conference Centre, London The 1970s saw the United Kingdom’s dominance of the Contest continue as the BBC produced another winner with Brotherhood of Man’s Save Your Kisses For Me- still the biggest selling Eurovision sin...
United Kingdom Host Cities in the 1980s 1. 1982 - Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate In 1981 the pop quartet Bucks Fizz won the Contest for the UK for a 4th time with Making Your Mind Up. The band would go on to achieve hits across the globe including The Land Of Make Believe and My Camera Never Lies- truly the Måneskin of their day. The ‘80...
United Kingdom Host Cities in the 1990s 1. 1998 - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham After another two silver medals for Michael Ball and Sonia in ‘92 and ‘93, the 1990s saw a run of disappointing (for the era) results for the United Kingdom, punctuated by Gina G’s breakout hit Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit. The dance floor ditty stomped across vario...
United Kingdom Host Cities in the 2020s 1. 2023 - Liverpool, Liverpool Arena As the Contest entered the 21st Century, the United Kingdom’s love of Eurovision continued to boom, even if the points on the scoreboard rarely matched the nation’s enthusiasm. The first victim of the UK’s very own Eurovision ‘millennium bug’ was chart act Nicki French. Sh...
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Patricia Bredin was the first performer to represent the UK at Eurovision, finishing seventh in 1957. The UK was the first choice to stage the third contest in 1958, however following a failure to reach an agreement from various artistic unions, the BBC withdrew its bid in the summer of 1957 and the UK did not enter for the second and last time ...
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Eurovision News. "Rock Bottom" by Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran from United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977. United Kingdom finished 2nd at Eurovision 1977 with 121 points. Videos and lyrics of the song.
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The national final to select the entry, A Song for Europe 1977, was held on 9 March 1977 at the New London Theatre and presented by Terry Wogan. Minutes before the show went live, a strike by BBC cameramen was called, preventing the televised broadcast of the show. The contest went ahead and a few hours later, the audio was aired on BBC Radio 2 .
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After a brief resurgence in 2017, the UK was back in the bottom three. ... After years in the Eurovision doldrums, the UK enjoyed a huge upturn in fortunes in 2022. Sam Ryder's Space Man won the ...
Broadcaster. The United Kingdom made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957. To date, the UK has won the Eurovision Song Contest 5 times. The UK has also finished second a record 16 times and also has the record for the longest-running string of Top 5 placings. The United Kingdom holds the record for the longest run of consecutive ...
