UK at Eurovision: Every Result Since 1957 🇬🇧
UK at the Eurovision Song Contest: its place in every final, its wins and its biggest fans.
68 contests since 1957 · 68 finals · wins: 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997 · best place: 1
2026: 25. place with 1 points
Biggest fans: Luxembourg (5.7/12), Monaco (5.2/12), Ireland (4.5/12)
UK gives most to: Ireland (6.4/12), Australia (5.7/12), Latvia (4.7/12)
What the place means: 1 = the winner; about 26 countries sing in the final, so 26 = last.
Since 2004 most countries must first get through a semi-final; only the 'Big Five' (UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) and the host go straight to the final.
Eurovision Song Contest = Europe's yearly song competition since 1956; every country sends one song and votes for the others (not for itself).
Terms used:
- final: the grand final on Saturday night, about 26 countries
- semi-final: the qualifying round (since 2004) - the best 10 go to the final
- Big Five: UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain - they always reach the final
Data: Eurovision Song Contest results and votes 1956-2022 (Eurovision dataset by Spijkervet et al. / Amsterdam Music Lab, from EurovisionWorld), 2023-2026 grand final scoreboards from Wikipedia. 2020: no contest (Covid-19).
🎵 Music: Before_the_Answer
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