United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. A Song for Europe 1979 was planned to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 March.

After a day's rehearsals at the Royal Albert Hall a strike by BBC technicians stopped the show. Audio recordings of the songs were voted on by 14 regional juries: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London. The jury in Manchester could not be contacted and since the winner had a more than 12 point winning margin, their scores were not included. This led to an immaterial tie for second place. The following day, the 12 songs were broadcast on Terry Wogan's Radio 2 show and a recap of the top places, plus an interview with the winners took place on the BBC TV Show Nationwide the same evening. The Manchester scores were eventually verified, with song 12 'Fantasy' being awarded 2nd place ahead of song 6 'Call My Name'.

Black Lace were the winners of A Song for Europe with "Mary Ann" and went on to place 7th at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem, Israel.

Results

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Black Lace	"Mary Ann"	1	132
2	Lynda Virtu	"You Are My Life"	8	82
3	Ipswich	"Who Put the Shine on our Shoes"	5	90
4	Herbie Flowers & The Daisies	"Mister Moonlight"	5	90
5	M.Squad	"Miss Caroline Newley"	11	44
6	Eleanor Keenan	"Call my Name"	3	109
7	Guys 'n' Dolls	"How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?"	10	56
8	Linda Kendrick	"All I Needed Was Your Love"	12	33
9	Monte Carlo	"Home Again (Living With You)"	7	83
10	Sal Davis	"Let It All Go"	9	77
11	The Nolan Sisters	"Harry, My Honolulu Lover"	4	101
12	Kim Clark	"Fantasy"	2	117

External links

UK National Final 1979

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 Joe and Jake

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" "You're Not Alone"

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

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

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

Withdrawn	Turkey

Artists

Final (by final results)	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey Betty Missiego Anne-Marie David Dschinghis Khan Cathal Dunne Tommy Seebach Black Lace Elpida Manuela Bravo Peter, Sue, Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Anita Skorgan Xandra Jeane Manson Katri Helena Matia Bazar Laurent Vaguener Ted Gärdestad Micha Marah Christina Simon

Withdrawn	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Hallelujah" "Su canción" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Dschinghis Khan" "Happy Man" "Disco Tango" "Mary Ann" "Sokrati" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Trödler und Co" "Oliver" "Colorado" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Raggio di luna" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Satellit" "Hey Nana" "Heute in Jerusalem"

Withdrawn	"Seviyorum"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance)

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