In 1957, 1959 and 1960, there were a series of televised heats prior to the final. Postcard voting was used to choose the winner from 1965 to 1975. This had to be abandoned in 1971 due to a postal strike, with regional juries, made up of ordinary members of the public selecting the winner. Juries did the job from 1957 to 1964 and from 1976 to 1987. From 1988 onwards, with the exception of the internally selected entries (2011–15 and since 2020), televoting has been organized ostensibly to choose the winner, although this result wasn't always followed. Panels of judges have also played a part in selecting finalists and the winners in various years since 2008.
Festival of British Popular Songs (1957) 1957 '''Tuesday, 12 February. The King's Theatre Hammersmith, London.'''
Host: David Jacobs Each song was performed by two different artists Voting: 10 regional juries of 12 members with 1 vote each, located in Belfast, Newcastle, Bangor, Edinburgh, Manchester, Nottingham, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow and London. ~ Eliminated in one of three televised heats (Tuesday, 22 January, Tuesday, 29 January & Tuesday, 5 February).
1958 Not Held. No UK Entry at Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest British Final (1959–1960) 1959 Saturday, 7 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Pete Murray Voting: 7 regional juries from South of England, English Midlands, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the West of England, with 14 persons in each jury. ~ Eliminated in one of two televised heats (Monday, 2 February & Thursday, 5 February).
1960 Saturday, 6 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs Voting: 7 regional juries, with 15 people in each jury. Juries: South of England, English Midlands, North of England, Scotland, Wales, West of England and Northern Ireland. ~ Eliminated in one of two televised heats (Tuesday, 2 February & Thursday, 4 February).
A Song For Europe (1961–1995) 1961 Wednesday, 15 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Hostess: Katie Boyle Voting: 12 regional juries of 10 jurors with 1 vote each, located in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Bangor, Manchester, Norwich, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Bristol and Southampton.
1962 Sunday, 11 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs Voting: 14 regional juries in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Plymouth, Southampton and Bristol.
1963 Saturday, 23 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs Voting: 16 regional juries in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Norwich, Birmingham, Cardiff, London North, London South, Plymouth, Southampton and Bristol. 12 persons in each jury, awarding 3 points to their favourite, 2 points to the second and 1 point to the third.
1964 Friday, 7 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs All songs performed by Matt Monro Voting: 16 regional juries.
1965 Friday, 29 January. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs '
All songs performed by Kathy Kirby on The Kathy Kirby Show''''' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Friday, 12 February.
1966 Thursday, 27 January. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: David Jacobs '
All songs performed by Kenneth McKellar on Kenneth McKellar's Song For Everyone
(BBC1) and The Light Programme
(BBC Radio)'. Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Thursday, 3 February.
1967 Saturday, 25 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Rolf Harris '
All songs performed by Sandie Shaw on The Rolf Harris Show''''' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song, result broadcast on Saturday, 4 March.
1968 Tuesday, 5 March. BBC Television Theatre, London. Hostess: Cilla Black '
All songs performed by Cliff Richard on Cilla''''' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Results broadcast on Tuesday, 12 March and announced by
Tom Sloan.
1969 Saturday, 22 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Michael Aspel All songs performed by Lulu on the second series of her self-contained show Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 1 March and announced by Tom Sloan.
1970 Saturday, 7 March. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Cliff Richard '
All songs performed by Mary Hopkin on It's Cliff Richard!''''' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 14 March and announced by
Bill Cotton.
1971 Saturday, 20 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Cliff Richard '
All songs performed by Clodagh Rodgers on It's Cliff Richard! (BBC1) and The Acker Bilk Show
(BBC Radio 2)' Voting: 8 Regional Juries in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Norwich, each with 10 jurors who could award 1 vote to their favourite songResult broadcast on Saturday, 27 February and announced by Bill Cotton.
1972 Saturday, 12 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Cliff Richard '
All songs performed by The New Seekers on It's Cliff Richard! (BBC1) and Pete Murray's Open House
(BBC Radio 2)' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Results broadcast on Saturday, 19 February and announced by Bill Cotton.
1973 Saturday, 24 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Hostess: Cilla Black '
All songs performed by Cliff Richard on Cilla (BBC1) and Pete Murray's Open House
(BBC Radio 2)' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 3 March and announced by Bill Cotton.
1974 Saturday, 23 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Jimmy Savile '
All songs performed by Olivia Newton-John on Clunk, Click... As It Happens (BBC1) and Pete Murray's Open House
(BBC Radio 2)' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 2 March. and announced by Bill Cotton.
1975 Saturday, 15 February. BBC Television Theatre, London. Hostess: Lulu '
All songs performed by The Shadows on Lulu (BBC1) and Pete Murray's Open House
(BBC Radio 2)' Voting: Viewers cast votes via postcard for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 22 February and announced by Bill Cotton.
1976 Wednesday, 25 February. The Royal Albert Hall, London. Host: Michael Aspel Voting: 14 regional juries located in Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London. Each jury ranked the songs 1–12, awarding 12 points for their favourite down to 1 point for their least preferred. Trophies presented by
Jimmy Gilbert. Although all the regional scores were announced in turn by a spokesman (there were no female announcers), and many were recognisable to viewers; none of the voices were identified either by the spokesman or host Michael Aspel. This list is independently researched.
1977 Wednesday, 9 March. The New London Theatre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 14 regional juries located in Belfast, Bristol, Aberdeen, Bangor, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle, Manchester, Plymouth and Southampton. Each jury ranked the songs 1–12, awarding 12 points for their favourite down to 1 point for their least preferred. (Show not televised due to strike action)
1978 Friday, 31 March. The Royal Albert Hall, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 14 regional juries located in Belfast, Bristol, Aberdeen, Bangor, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle, Manchester, Plymouth and Southampton. Each jury ranked the songs 1–12, awarding 12 points for their favourite down to 1 point for their least preferred. Trophies presented by Jimmy Gilbert. ;Voting spokespersons
1979 Thursday, 8 March. The Royal Albert Hall, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 14 regional juries located in Belfast, Bristol, Aberdeen, Bangor, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle, Manchester, Plymouth and Southampton. Each jury ranked the songs 1–12, awarding 12 points for their favourite down to 1 point for their least preferred based on audio recordings of the songs. At the time, Manchester's votes were not included in the final tally as the jury could not be contacted and songs 6 & 12 were declared joint 2nd. The scores and places were adjusted later once the Manchester scores had been confirmed. (Show abandoned due to strike action)
1980 Wednesday, 26 March. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 14 regional juries located in Belfast, Bristol, Aberdeen, Bangor, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle, Manchester, Plymouth and Southampton. Each jury ranked the songs 1–12, awarding 12 points for their favourite down to 1 point for their least preferred. Each jury then awarded 1 vote for the top two songs to break a tie. Trophies presented by Jimmy Gilbert. ;Voting spokespersons
1981 Wednesday, 11 March. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 7 regional juries located in Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh, London and Bristol. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1982 Wednesday, 24 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 7 regional juries located in Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Belfast, London, Manchester and Cardiff. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1983 Thursday, 24 March. BBC Television Theatre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 8 regional juries located in Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh, London, Norwich and Bristol. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1984 Wednesday, 4 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 8 regional juries located in Edinburgh, Norwich, Belfast, London, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1985 Friday, 5 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 9 regional juries located in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Norwich, Bristol, Manchester and Plymouth. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1986 Wednesday, 2 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 11 regional juries located in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Norwich, Newcastle, Cardiff, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Plymouth and Belast. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh and 5 to their least preferred. The final scores accord with the announced scores during the broadcast, whereas the scoreboard used in the telecast was incorrect due to a technical issue. ;Voting spokespersons
1987 Friday, 10 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: 9 regional juries located in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, London, Newcastle and Norwich. Juries ranked the songs internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite, 12 to the second, 10 to the third, 9 to the fourth, 8 to the fifth, 7 to the sixth, 6 to the seventh, 5 to the eighth, 3 to the ninth and 1 to their least preferred. ;Voting spokespersons
1988 Friday, 25 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan With guest commentators: Gloria Hunniford, Bruce Welch, Mike Batt and George Martin Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1989 Friday, 24 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan With guest commentators: Lulu, Deke Arlon, Leslie Bricusse and Gary Davies Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1990 Friday, 30 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan With guest commentators: Gloria Hunniford, Cathy McGowan, Tim Rice and Carl Davis Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1991 Friday, 29 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1992 Friday, 3 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan All songs performed by Michael Ball Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1993 Friday, 9 April. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan All songs performed by Sonia Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Gordon Robson.
1994 Friday, 18 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan '''With guest commentators:
Richard O'Brien and
Jonathan King'''
All songs performed by Frances Ruffelle Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Mike Anderries.
1995 Friday, 31 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan with
Mark Goodier presenting a
Top of the Pops preview show
With guest commentators: Tony Mortimer, Ian Dury, Cheryl Baker, Mike Read, Let Loose, Jonathan King, Scarlet and Bruno Brookes Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Scores announced by Mike Anderries.
The Great British Song Contest (1996–1999) 1996 Friday, 8 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song.
~ Eliminated in a televised heat hosted by
Nicky Campbell.
1997 Sunday, 9 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Dale Winton Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 15 March.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce.
1998 Sunday, 15 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Saturday, 21 March.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce.
1999 Sunday, 7 March. BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. Hostess: Ulrika Jonsson Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. Result broadcast on Friday, 12 March.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce.
A Song For Europe (2000–2003) 2000 Sunday, 20 February. BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. Hostess: Katy Hill Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce.
2001 Sunday, 11 March. BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. Hostess: Katy Hill Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce.
2002 Sunday, 3 March. BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood. Hosts: Christopher Price and Claire Sweeney Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan &
Ken Bruce.
2003 Sunday, 2 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Terry Wogan Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. The votes were then divided into 6 regions: Scotland, Southern England, Northern Ireland, English Midlands, Northern England and Wales, with 12 points given to the highest scoring song in each region, 10 to the second, 9 to the third and 0 to the fourth placed song.
* Eliminated in a radio only heat hosted by
Terry Wogan and
Ken Bruce. "Now And Forever" was performed in the radio only semi final by
Esther Hart and was titled "Wait for the Moment". Hart withdrew when she qualified for the
Dutch National Final. Her replacement was the group 'United Colours of Sound', who also withdrew before the televised final; being replaced in turn by Simon Chapman. ;Voting spokespersons
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up! (2004–2007) 2004 Saturday, 28 February. BBC Television Centre, London. '''Hosts:
Terry Wogan and
Gaby Roslin, with
Paddy O'Connell on
BBC Three'''
With panellists: Carrie Grant, Harry Hill and Lorraine Kelly Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. The votes were then divided into 7 regions: South West England, Wales, Northern Ireland, English Midlands, South East England, Northern England and Scotland, with 12 points given to the highest scoring song in each region, 8 to the second, 6 to the third, 4 to the fourth, 2 to the fifth and 0 to the lowest ranked song. Votes given by SMS (regardless of location) were separately allocated as a percentage of the vote received and added to the regional scores. ;Voting spokespersons
2005 Saturday, 5 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Hosts: Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinsky '''With panellists:
Jonathan Ross,
Bruno Tonioli,
Paddy O'Connell and
Natalie Cassidy''' Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. The votes were then divided into 8 regions: South West England, South East England, Wales, Northern Ireland, English Midlands, Northern England, Scotland and any votes cast via the Internet (regardless of location), with 12 points given to the highest scoring song in each region, 8 to the second, 6 to the third, 4 to the fourth and 2 to the lowest ranked song. Votes given by SMS were separately allocated as a percentage of the vote received and added to the regional scores. Trophies presented by Sandie Shaw. ;Voting spokespersons
2006 Saturday, 4 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Hosts: Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinsky With panellists: Jonathan Ross, Bruno Tonioli, Fearne Cotton and Kelly Osbourne Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite song. The votes were then divided into 8 regions: Northern England, South East England, Scotland, English Midlands, Northern Ireland, Wales, South West England and any votes cast via the Internet (regardless of location), with 12 points given to the highest scoring song in each region, 8 to the second, 6 to the third, 4 to the fourth, 2 to the fifth and 0 to the lowest ranked song. Votes given by SMS were separately allocated as a percentage of the vote received and added to the regional scores. Trophies presented by
Elena Paparizou. ;Voting spokespersons
2007 Saturday, 17 March. Maidstone Studios, Maidstone, Kent. Hosts: Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton With panellists: John Barrowman and Mel Giedroyc Voting: Viewers voted by phone for their favourite song. Following an initial round of voting, the top two songs were performed again and voted on a second time. No details of the scores were given.
Eurovision: Your Decision (2008) 2008 Saturday, 1 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Hosts: Terry Wogan and Claudia Winkleman With panellists/Judges: John Barrowman and Carrie Grant Voting: LoveShy, Rob McVeigh and Andy Abraham were eliminated by judges John Barrowman and Carrie Grant. Andy Abraham was then 'saved' by Terry Wogan and reinstated. Viewers voted by phone for their favourite of the four remaining songs. Following an initial round of voting, the top two songs were performed again and voted on a second time. No details of the scores were given.
Eurovision: Your Country Needs You (2009–2010) 2009 Saturday, 31 January. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Graham Norton With Judge: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Panellists: Lulu, Diane Warren, Duncan James, Arlene Phillips, Emma Bunton and Alesha Dixon Voting: Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite act each week. The bottom 2 acts were then judged by Andrew Lloyd Webber who chose to 'save' one of the 2. On the final show, viewers voted by telephone for their favourite of the three remaining acts. No details of the scoring was given. ;Colour key : Act received the most public votes : Act was in the "danger zone" : Act was eliminated by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2010 Friday, 12 March. BBC Television Centre, London. Host: Graham Norton With Judge: Pete Waterman and Panellists: Bruno Tonioli, Jade Ewen and Mike Stock Voting: Three singing acts - Miss Fitz, Uni5 and
Karen Harding - were eliminated by judge Pete Waterman. Viewers voted by telephone for their favourite of the three remaining acts. No details of the scoring was given.
Internal selections (2011–2015) There was no televised national selection procedure for the UK Eurovision entrant from 2011 to 2015.
2011 Blue were selected to represent Britain in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 internally by the
BBC, with the song "
I Can", written by Duncan James, Lee Ryan, Ciaron Bell, Ben Collier, Ian Hope, Liam Keenan and 'StarSign'. In place of a national final, a one-hour documentary following the groups preparations for Germany, entitled
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue was broadcast by
BBC One on 16 April 2011.
2012 Engelbert Humperdinck was selected internally by the BBC to perform "
Love Will Set You Free". The song was written by Grammy award-winning producer
Martin Terefe and Ivor Novello winner
Sacha Skarbek, who co-wrote the
James Blunt hit "You're Beautiful".
2013 An internal selection followed again in 2013, with
Bonnie Tyler being chosen to represent the UK with the song "
Believe in Me", written and composed by
Desmond Child,
Lauren Christy and
Chris Braide.
2014 Another internal selection followed in 2014, with
Molly being chosen to represent the UK with the song "
Children of the Universe", co-written by herself and Swedish producer
Anders Hansson. However, Smitten-Downes was a relatively unknown artist who was discovered through the
BBC Introducing platform.
2015 A fifth internal selection took place in 2015, although the BBC accepted submissions from the public and song writing community.
Electro Velvet were chosen to represent the UK with the song "
Still in Love With You", co-written by Adrian Bax White and David Mindel, who had written many previous songs for the UK heats, his best result being two joint 2nd songs in
1982.
Eurovision: You Decide (2016–2019) 2016 Friday, 26 February. The O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London. Hostess: Mel Giedroyc With panellists: Carrie Grant, Katrina Leskanich and Jay Revell Voting: Viewers voted by telephone and/or online for their favourite song. No details of the scores or places were given.
2017 Friday, 27 January. Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London. Hostess: Mel Giedroyc With panellists: Bruno Tonioli, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and CeCe Sammy Voting: Viewers voted by telephone and/or online for their favourite song. The panel of experts, which formed part of the eight-member jury panel, also voted during the show. No details of the scores or places were given.
2018 Wednesday, 7 February. Brighton Dome, Brighton. Hosts: Mel Giedroyc and Måns Zelmerlöw With panellists: Rylan, Rochelle Humes and Tom Fletcher Voting: Viewers voted by telephone and/or online for their favourite song, combined with the votes from the eight-member jury, to select the winner. The panel of experts did not vote this year and no details of the scores or places were given.
2019 Friday, 8 February. Dock10, MediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester. Hosts: Mel Giedroyc and Måns Zelmerlöw With panellists: Rylan, Marvin Humes and Mollie King Voting: Three songs competed in three "song-offs", where each song was performed in two musically different styles by two different artists, with one artist from each pair (chosen by the expert panel) going through to a final public vote. Following this, viewers then voted by telephone and/or online for their favourite song to select the winner. No details of the scores or places were given.
Internal selection (2020–present) There was no televised national selection procedure for the UK Eurovision entry. ;
2020 On 27 February 2020, BBC announced that
James Newman would represent the
United Kingdom in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song, "
My Last Breath". The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was eventually cancelled. ;
2021 On 19 February 2021, BBC confirmed that Newman would represent the United Kingdom in the 2021 contest with the song "
Embers". The BBC also announced the renewed collaboration between
BBC Studios and record label
BMG in finding the song. The song was released and published by BMG after being revealed in March 2021. ;
2022 On 10 March 2022, BBC revealed that
Sam Ryder would represent the UK at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "
Space Man". ;
2023 Mae Muller was announced as the chosen entrant with her song "
I Wrote a Song" on 9 March 2023. ;
2024 On 16 December 2023,
Olly Alexander was announced as the selected artist for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Alexander made the announcement during the final of the
21st series of
Strictly Come Dancing. Alexander's song for the contest "
Dizzy", co-written with
Danny L Harle, was released on March 1, 2024. ;
2025 On 7 March 2025, during
The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on
BBC Radio 2,
Remember Monday were officially confirmed as the British representatives with the song "
What the Hell Just Happened?". ;
2026 On 17 February 2026, the BBC announced that
Look Mum No Computer would represent the country. On 2 March 2026, it was announced on
The Scott Mills Breakfast Show that the title of the competing song by Look Mum No Computer was "
Eins, Zwei, Drei", and it would receive its first play on 6 March 2026 on the same show. ==List of multiple contestants==