United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. It was held on 15 February 1975 and presented by Lulu.

For the Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast on 22 March 1975, Pete Murray provided the BBC Television commentary, having previously presented the contest for BBC Radio in 1968 and 1969, 1972 and 1973. Terry Wogan once again provided the radio commentary on BBC Radio 2. British Forces Radio had been scheduled to broadcast the contest with commentary provided by Richard Astbury, but technical difficulties prevented the broadcast from going ahead.^[1]

Results

Artist	Song	Place	Points
The Shadows	No No Nina	6	1,251
The Shadows	This House Runs on Sunshine	3	10,451
The Shadows	Don't Throw it all Away	4	3,059
The Shadows	Cool Clear Air	5	1,601
The Shadows	Stand up like a Man	2	14,294
The Shadows	Let Me Be the One	1	17,477
The table is ordered by appearance.

"Let Me Be the One" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

~~1956~~ 1957 ~~1958~~ 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	~~1956~~ Patricia Bredin ~~1958~~ Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson

1960s	Bryan Johnson The Allisons Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll Matt Monro Kathy Kirby Kenneth McKellar Sandie Shaw Cliff Richard Lulu

1970s	Mary Hopkin Clodagh Rodgers The New Seekers Cliff Richard Olivia Newton-John The Shadows Brotherhood of Man Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran Co-Co Black Lace

1980s	Prima Donna Bucks Fizz Bardo Sweet Dreams Belle and the Devotions Vikki Watson Ryder Rikki Scott Fitzgerald Live Report

1990s	Emma Samantha Janus Michael Ball Sonia Frances Ruffelle Love City Groove Gina G Katrina and the Waves Imaani Precious

2000s	Nicki French Lindsay Jessica Garlick Jemini James Fox Javine Hylton Daz Sampson Scooch Andy Abraham Jade Ewen

2010s	Josh Dubovie Blue Engelbert Humperdinck Bonnie Tyler Molly Electro Velvet Joe and Jake

Songs

1950s	~~1956~~ "All" ~~1958~~ "Sing, Little Birdie"

1960s	"Looking High, High, High" "Are You Sure?" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Say Wonderful Things" "I Love the Little Things" "I Belong" "A Man Without Love" "Puppet on a String" "Congratulations" "Boom Bang-a-Bang"

1970s	"Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Jack in the Box" "Beg, Steal or Borrow" "Power to All Our Friends" "Long Live Love" "Let Me Be the One" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Rock Bottom" "The Bad Old Days" "Mary Ann"

1980s	"Love Enough for Two" "Making Your Mind Up" "One Step Further" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Love Games" "Love Is" "Runner in the Night" "Only the Light" "Go" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?"

1990s	"Give a Little Love Back to the World" "A Message to Your Heart" "One Step Out of Time" "Better the Devil You Know" "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)" "Love City Groove" "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" "Love Shine a Light" "Where Are You?" "Say It Again"

2000s	"Don't Play That Song Again" "No Dream Impossible" "Come Back" "Cry Baby" "Hold On to Our Love" "Touch My Fire" "Teenage Life" "Flying the Flag (for You)" "Even If" "It's My Time"

2010s	"That Sounds Good To Me" "I Can" "Love Will Set You Free" "Believe in Me" "Children of the Universe" "Still in Love with You" "You're Not Alone"

(Note: Entries scored out are when United Kingdom did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Countries

Final (by final results)	Netherlands (winner) United Kingdom Italy France Luxembourg Switzerland Finland Sweden Ireland Spain Israel Malta Monaco Yugoslavia Belgium Portugal Germany Norway Turkey

Artists

Final (by final results)	Teach-In The Shadows Wess & Dori Ghezzi Nicole Rieu Geraldine Simone Drexel Pihasoittajat Lasse Berghagen The Swarbriggs Sergio y Estíbaliz Shlomo Artzi Renato Ann Christy Pepel In Kri Sophie Duarte Mendes Joy Fleming Ellen Nikolaysen Semiha Yankı

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Ding-A-Dong" "Let Me Be The One" "Era" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Toi" "Mikado" "Old Man Fiddle" "Jennie, Jennie" "That's What Friends Are For" "Tú volverás" "At Ve'Ani" "Singing This Song" "Dan ljubezni" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Gelukkig zijn" "Madrugada" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Touch My Life (With Summer)" "Seninle Bir Dakika"

References

↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Two: The 1970's. UK: Telos Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.

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