Gaynor Sullivan,known professionally as Bonnie Tyler,is a British singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1977 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart,and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973.
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1977,which was held in Wembley,London following the United Kingdom's victory in the previous year's contest.
The United Kingdom competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999,held on 29 May 1999 at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem,Israel. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) organised a public selection process to determine its entry for the contest,The Great British Song Contest 1999. Eight songs competed over two rounds,with four songs selected through a radio-broadcast semi-final to advance to the televised final round,held on 7 March 1999,where viewers selected the winning entry through televoting. Girl group Precious received the most votes and were selected to represent the nation in the contest with the song "Say It Again".
Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroyc is an English actress,comedian and television presenter.
Eurovision:You Decide is the most recent name of a BBC television programme that was broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show had previously gone under several other names,including Festival of British Popular Songs (1957),Eurovision Song Contest British Final (1959–1960),The Great British Song Contest (1996–1999),Eurovision:Making Your Mind Up (2004–2007),Eurovision:Your Decision (2008),and Eurovision:Your Country Needs You (2009–2010),but was known,for most of its history,as A Song for Europe.
Scooch is a British pop group,comprising performers Natalie Powers,Caroline Barnes,David Ducasse and Russ Spencer.
The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 66 times. Its first participation was at the second contest,in 1957,and it has entered every year since 1959. The country has won the contest five times:in 1967,with Sandie Shaw and the song "Puppet on a String";in 1969,with Lulu and the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang";in 1976,with Brotherhood of Man and the song "Save Your Kisses for Me";in 1981,with Bucks Fizz and the song "Making Your Mind Up";and in 1997,with Katrina and the Waves and the song "Love Shine a Light". The UK has also achieved a record sixteen second-place finishes,the first in 1959 and the most recent in 2022.
"It's My Time" is a song by Jade Ewen,the British entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest,held in Moscow,Russia,in May 2009. The song was composed and written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren and became the UK's most successful Eurovision entry since 2002 by coming fifth,and a significant improvement on the previous and following year's entries,which both came last in the contest.
"That Sounds Good to Me" is a song written and composed by Pete Waterman,Mike Stock and Steve Crosby that finished last when it represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo,Norway. The song and performer was revealed as Josh Dubovie on 12 March 2010 who won Eurovision:Your Country Needs You.
"I Can" is a song released by British boy group Blue,taken from their fourth studio album,Roulette. It was the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011,in Düsseldorf,Germany. It was written by group members Duncan James and Lee Ryan with Ciaron Bell,Ben Collieer,Ian Hope,Liam Keenan,and NoThwegian production team StarSign.
Molly Alice Smitten-Downes,known by her mononym Molly,is an English singer and songwriter.
"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish singer Loreen. It was released on 26 February 2012 as the third single –first single internationally–from her debut studio album,Heal (2012). The song was written by Thomas G:son,Peter Boström and produced by Boström and SeventyEight. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku,Azerbaijan. It won the contest with a total of 372 points,at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history. It received the highest number of maximum (12) points until then,with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks.
"Only Teardrops" is a song recorded by Danish singer Emmelie de Forest,written by Lise Cabble,Julia Fabrin Jakobsen,and Thomas Stengaard,and produced by Frederik Thaae. It represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö,resulting in the country's third win in the contest.
"Believe in Me" is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her sixteenth studio album Rocks and Honey (2013). American songwriter Desmond Child composed the song with British songwriters Lauren Christy and Christopher Braide. It was released as the album's lead single on 13 March 2013. The song was written to "uplift the world",and was completed by Child whilst having dinner with Tyler.
The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Children of the Universe" written by Molly Smitten-Downes and Anders Hansson. The song was performed by Molly,who was internally selected by the British broadcaster BBC to represent the United Kingdom at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen,Denmark. Molly and "Children of the Universe" was announced as the British entry in a special presentation show titled The UK Launch broadcast on the BBC Red Button service in March 2014.
The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Still in Love with You" written by David Mindel and Adrian Bax White. The song was performed by the duo Electro Velvet,which was internally selected by the British broadcaster BBC to represent the United Kingdom at the 2015 contest in Vienna,Austria. Electro Velvet and "Still in Love with You" was announced as the British entry in a special presentation show titled Our Song for Eurovision 2015 broadcast on the BBC Red Button service in March 2015.
"You're Not Alone" is a song by British duo Joe and Jake. It represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm after being voted first out of six at Eurovision:You Decide on 26 February. This was the first time the public had decided the entrant since 2010. The song was released on 11 March 2016 as a digital download. It reached number 81 in the UK Charts on Friday 20 May,following the Eurovision Final.
"My Last Breath" is a song by James Newman that would have represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. It serves as the lead single from Newman's debut EP The Things We Do. The song was released as a digital download on 27 February 2020. The song was written by Newman,Ed Drewett,Adam Argyle and Iain James.
"Space Man" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sam Ryder,released as a single on 22 February 2022 through Parlophone Records. It represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin,Italy,after being internally selected through TaP Music and the BBC,the British broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest. Co-written by Ryder,Amy Wadge and Max Wolfgang,it appears on Ryder's debut studio album There's Nothing but Space,Man!,which was released on 9 December 2022.
