United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	A Song For Europe
Selection date(s)	22 February 1969
Selected entrant	Lulu
Selected song	"Boom Bang-a-Bang"
Selected songwriter(s)	Alan Moorhouse Peter Warne
Finals performance
Final result	1st (tie), 18 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1968 • 1969 • 1970►

The United Kingdom held a national pre-selection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. It was held on 22 February 1969 and presented by Michael Aspel. Song No. 4: "I Can't Go On Living Without You", was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Results

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Lulu	Are You Ready For Love	5	5,560
Lulu	March!	2	38,418
Lulu	Come September	3	11,362
Lulu	I Can't Go On Living Without You	6	5,087
Lulu	Boom Bang-A-Bang	1	56,476
Lulu	Bet Yer	4	8,306
The table is ordered by appearance.

The results were announced on Saturday 1 March. Song No. 5, "Boom Bang-a-Bang", won the public postcard vote, and went on to finish in a four-way win in Madrid with the songs from host country Spain, plus the Netherlands and France.

At Eurovision

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.^[1]

Points Awarded to the United Kingdom

Points Awarded to the United Kingdom[1]
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Sweden	Luxembourg	Italy	Yugoslavia	Finland  Germany  Netherlands  Portugal

Points Awarded by the United Kingdom^[1]

4 points	France
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Ireland

References

1. Eurovision Song Contest 1969