United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. It was held on February 22, 1969 and presented by Michael Aspel. It is worth noting that "Can't Go On (Living Without You)" was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
[edit] Results
| Artist | Song | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu | Are you Ready for Love | 5 | 5,560 |
| Lulu | Bet Yer | 4 | 8,306 |
| Lulu | Boom Bang-a-bang | 1 | 56,476 |
| Lulu | Can't go on (Living Without you) | 6 | 5,087 |
| Lulu | Come September | 3 | 11,362 |
| Lulu | March | 2 | 38,418 |
| The table is ordered by appearance. | |||
"Boom Bang-a-bang" won the national and went on to come joint 1st in the contest along with France, the Netherlands, and Spain.
| United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 1957 - 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
See Also: Making Your Mind Up |
| United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest |
| 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - |
| (Note - Entries in italics are unconfirmed, entries scored out are when the UK did not compete) |
