United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. It was held on 11 February 1962 and presented by David Jacobs.

Results

Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Robb Storme	Pretty Hair and Angel Eyes	5	12
The Brook Brothers	Tell Tale	8	7
Jackie Lee	There's No-one In The Whole Wide World	9	3
Johnny Angel	Look, Look, Little Angel	=6	11
Karl Denver	Never Goodbye	4	15
Doug Sheldon	My Kingdom For A Girl	=10	2
Ronnie Carroll	Ring-a-Ding Girl	1	59
Brad Newman	Get A Move On	12	1
Rikki Price	You're For Real	=10	2
Frank Ifield	Alone Too Long	2	26
Donna Douglas	The Message In A Bottle	3	19
Kenny Lynch	There's Never Been A Girl	=6	11
The table is ordered by appearance.

"Ring-a-Ding Girl" won the national and went on to come 4th 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

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

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"

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

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Countries

Final (by final results)	France (winner) Monaco Luxembourg Yugoslavia United Kingdom Germany Finland Sweden Italy Denmark Norway Switzerland Belgium Spain Austria Netherlands

Artists

Final (by final results)	Isabelle Aubret François Deguelt Camillo Felgen Lola Novaković Ronnie Carroll Conny Froboess Marion Rung Inger Berggren Claudio Villa Ellen Winther Inger Jacobsen Jean Philippe Fud Leclerc Victor Balaguer Eleonore Schwarz De Spelbrekers

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Un premier amour" "Dis rien" "Petit bonhomme" "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Zwei kleine Italiener" "Tipi-tii" "Sol och vår" "Addio, addio" "Vuggevise" "Kom sol, kom regn" "Le retour" "Ton nom" "Llámame" "Nur in der Wiener Luft" "Katinka"

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