United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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United Kingdom
Broadcaster:	ITV
First Entered Junior Eurovision:	2003
Number of Entries:	3
Won:	0
Second:	1
Third:	1
Best Position:	2nd- 2004
Scoring (since 2003)
Highest Score (2004):	140
Lowest Score (2005):	28

The United Kingdom entered the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times, and the broadcaster is ITV. They have been more successful in this than in the Eurovision Song Contest lately.

Tom Morley (2003) and Cory Spedding (2004) sang both for the peace in the world and Joni Fuller (2005) described her feelings. The UK withdrew in 2006 because of a lack of interest. The BBC, Channel 4 and S4C had no intention of broadcasting the contest, this meant that the UK was absent from a Eurovision contest for the first time since 1958.

The UK holds the third highest number of total points: 140 points in 2004. The results of the partipication has been successful. They have taken a 2nd place as well as 3rd place. Due to low viewing figures, ITV withdrew from JESC 2006.

However, the Welsh broadcaster Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) has shown interest in participating for the UK, hoping to share the Welsh language with a wider audience. The contest would therefore be a bilingual broadcast that would be broadcast in Wales on analogue, and on S4C Digidol in the rest of the UK.

[edit] British entries

[edit] 2003

• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 - UK Final
• Date: 6th September 2003
• Hosts: Tara Palmer Tomkinson & Mark Durden-Smith

[edit] 2004

• Junior Eurovision 2004 - UK Final
• Date: 4th September 2004
• Hosts: Holly Willoughby, Stephen Mulhern and Michael Underwood

[edit] 2005

• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 - UK Final
• Date: 3rd September 2005
• Hosts: Michael Underwood and Nikki Sanderson

[edit] External links

• JuniorEurovision.tv
• UK Eurovision at MySpace