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The final of the contest has been broadcast by BBC One (previously BBC Television Service and BBC TV) since the first contest in 1956, the first live colour transmission of the contest in the United Kingdom was the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 (though the 1968 contest had been repeated in colour on BBC Two the day after the live telecast on BBC ...
The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Dizzy" written by Olly Alexander and Daniel Harle, and performed by Olly Alexander himself. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), internally selected both the song and the performer.
The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, with the song "I Wrote a Song", written by Holly Mae Muller, Lewis Thompson, and Karen Poole, and performed by Mae Muller herself.
The successful result of the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was greeted with tremendous reception across the UK, with commentators Graham Norton stating that the result was a "fairytale ending to an incredible evening" and Ken Bruce proclaiming that "the feeling is that the UK has broken the taboo of bad results". [52]
Eurovision comes to the UK in May – and these are the artists travelling with it. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The last time the UK won Eurovision was in 1997
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.It took place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, as Ukraine, the winner of the 2022 contest with the song "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra, was unable to host the event due to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Prior to the 2021 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-two times. [1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 ...