United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. It was held on Friday 31 March 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall and presented by Terry Wogan. The songs were backed by the Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra.^[1]

Results

Fourteen regional juries voted on the songs: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London.

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Christian	Shine It On	3	114
Brown Sugar	Oh No, Look What You've Done	11	49
Fruit-Eating Bears	Door in My Face	11	49
Jacquie Sullivan	Moments	6	106
Sunshine	Too Much in Love	8	81
Ronnie France	Lonely Nights	9	68
The Jarvis Brothers	One Glance	3	114
Co-Co	The Bad Old Days	1	135
Bob James	We Got it Bad	10	66
Midnight	Don't Bother to Knock	2	116
Babe Rainbow	Don't Let Me Stand in Your Way	7	84
Labi Siffre	Solid Love	5	110
The table is ordered by appearance.

"The Bad Old Days" won the national and came 11th in the contest. A Song for Europe was watched by 13.7 million viewers and was the 16th-most watched programme of the week - the show's highest ever rating. ^[1]

Jury Spokespersons

Aberdeen - Gerry Davis
Norwich - Chris Denham
Manchester - Mike Riddoch
Bangor - Gwyn Llewelyn
Southampton - Peter McCann
Leeds - Brian Baines
Belfast - Michael Baguley
Bristol - Derek Jones
Glasgow - Kenneth Bruce
Birmingham - Tom Coyne
London - Ray Moore
Cardiff - Frank Lincoln
Newcastle - Mike Neville
Plymouth - Donald Heighway

References

1 2 Television's Greatest Hits, Network Books, Paul Gambaccini and Rod Taylor, 1993. ISBN 0 563 36247 2

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 1978

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) Belgium France Monaco Ireland Germany Luxembourg Greece Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Italy Netherlands Sweden Austria Denmark Portugal Finland Turkey Norway

Artists

Final (by final results)	Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta Jean Vallée Joël Prévost Caline & Olivier Toussaint Colm C. T. Wilkinson Ireen Sheer Baccara Tania Tsanaklidou José Vélez Carole Vinci Co-Co Ricchi e Poveri Harmony Björn Skifs Springtime Mabel Gemini Seija Simola Nilüfer & Nazar Jahn Teigen

Songs

Final
(by final results)

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