United Kingdom in EuroMusic Song Contest

The United Kingdom is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. The BBC is responsible for their participation. They were invited to participate in the first edition. The UK won the contest twice.

History
United Kingdom debuted in the first edition. They directly announced that they would select a song in the English language for their firtst participation. In their first appearance they finnished at the fourth place. And one year later they ended in the fifth place. One year later they received the most points and became the first winner of the contest with a song, who was performed in the English language. Due their victory, a lot of countries complained about the language rule. The UK, would be prejudiced because they were able so sing in English. The EBU insert the free-language rule.

After their victory the BBC launched a selection to find the perfect venue. They choosed the Echo Arena Liverpool. One year later they had succes in Ireland. They finished second. In Sweden they reached the 9th place. And like in the fifth edition, in their neighboring country Ireland, they ended again second. The winner, Greece, received only four points more. The next edition, the UK had a sucess. They could convince Europe and became, for the third time, second. Winner, Sweden, received thirteen points more. In Gothenborg, the ninth edition, they finished for the very first time out of the top ten. With 43 points, they became 12th. However the hight expectations in the tenth edition, the UK was not able to qualify to the final. The next edition, they failed also to qualify. In Zurich they were again not able to qualify.

In Tel Aviv, Israel, the UK was able to qualify for the first time for the final since the introduction of the semi finals. In their semi final they could even win it. In the final they finished at the 6th place. The next edition, they qualified again. Now they ended at the 20th place. In Madrid, they again failed to qualify. In Malta, the UK was able to qualify for the final where they finished tenth. In Cologne the UK finished at the ninth. In Bucharest and Sweden, they were not able to qualify for the grand final. In Azerbaijan, the UK qualified for the final, and finished last in the final with only five points.

In Bulgaria, in the twenty-first edition, the UK was one of the favorites to win the show. During the voting it was a neck-and-neck race between the UK and Russia. When Bulgaria, the last country, gave their points, the UK came over Russia. The UK won this edition with only a margin of two points. The BBC announced that they would host the next edition. Glaqgow was choosen as hostcity. In the final, their act ended at the 12th place. In Bucharest, the UK failed to qualify for the final. The next edition, the United Kingdom finished at the 15th place.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. The UK took part and finished at the 8th place. In Baku, they finished at the tenth place. The next edition, the UK was able to finish in the top five. In Baku, they finished at the 11th place. The next edition, the UK again finished out of the top 10. The UK was one of the favorites to win the 30th edition. However they received 8 times the maximum of 12 points, they finished at the second place behind Finland. In the following two editions they were not able to finish in the top ten in the grand final.

The BBC announced that Mika would represent the nation in Malta for the 33rd edition. Before the show he was one of the favorites to win the edition. However he won the semi final, he finished at the fourth place in the grand final. James Newman was selected to represent the country for the second time, in the 34th edition. He finished at the fifth place. In Lviv, the UK finished at the 16th place.