UK Eurovision Winners: how many do you remember?
It’s been 67 years since seven countries participated in the first-ever Eurovision Song Contest.
This month marks the 67th anniversary of the first Eurovision Song Contest and this year’s competition is due to take place this weekend held in Liverpool.
Eurovision boss Martin Osterdahl has said the contest returning to the UK for the first time in 25 years could encourage the country to “fall in love with it again”.
The Eurovision semi-finals will be broadcast on BBC One on Tuesday and Thursday, with the grand final taking place on Saturday 13th May 2023 from 8pm.
The UK has had mixed results over the years with many of our entries finishing very low down or even bottom of the leaderboard recently but since 1956 we have had five contestants taking the number one slot and quite a few near wins.
How many of these winners can you remember?
1967 Sandie Shaw, Puppet on a String
1969 Lulu, Boom Bang-a-Bang (part of a 4 way tie for winner)
1976 Brotherhood of Man, Save Your Kisses for Me
1981 Bucks Fizz, Making Your Mind Up
1997 Katrina and the Waves, Love Shine a Light
Some of the UK entries which landed the number two slot include the likes of Cliff Richard with Congratulations in 1968, Mary Hopkin with Knock Knock in 1970, The New Seekers with Beg Steal or Borrow in 1972, Michael Ball with One Step Our of Time in 1992, Sonia with Better The Devil You Know in 1993 and Imaani with Where are You? in 1998.
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