United Kingdom | |
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Information | |
Broadcaster | BBC |
National Selection | The Brit Method |
Appearances | |
Appearances | 12 (11 finals) |
First appearance | 01 |
Best result | 4th: 45, 47 |
Worst result | 14th SF: 02 |
United Kingdom has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since making its debut in the first contest. The country's best result are two 4th places, achieving these at the OESC #45 and OESC #47 contests.
After the second edition the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales joined the contest as separated nations, debuting in one of the later editions. In Own Eurovision Song Contest 45 the countries merged into United Kingdom again and returned to the competition as one nation.
Contestants
- Table key
- Winner
- Second place
- Third place
- Last place
- Automatically qualified to the final
- Did not qualify to the final
- Did not qualify to the semi-finals
- Withdrawn or disqualified
- Did not compete
Ed | Artist | Song | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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#01 | Charlene Soraia | "Wherever You Will Go" | 15 | 60 | 10 | 38 |
#02 | Alex Clare | "Too Close" | 14 | 20 | ||
Did not participate | ||||||
#45 | Estelle | "Conqueror" | 4 | 155 | 1 | 120 |
#46 | Ellie Goulding | "Still Falling for You" | 9 | 124 | ||
#47 | Darline | "Fall Deep" | 4 | 154 | 1 | 122 |
#48 | Rae Morris | "Love Again" | 16 | 95 | ||
#49 | Tanya Lacey | "Now That You're Gone" | 6 | 133 | 3 | 108 |
#50 | Sophie | "Ponyboy" | 14 | 97 | ||
#51 | Fifi Rong | "Future Never Comes" | 8 | 100 | 5 | 89 |
#52 | Alice Chater | "Thief" | 6 | 145 | 4 | 92 |
#53 | Salt Ashes | "Counting Crosses" | 26 | 12 | ||
#54 | Jessie Ware | "What's Your Pleasure?" | 7 | 136 | 7 | 88 |
History
Own Eurovision Song Contest 1
At the first edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest, the United Kingdom was represented by Charlene Soraia with her song "Wherever you will go". UK qualified to the final, and got the fifteenth place at the grand final with 60 points.
Own Eurovision Song Contest 2
At the second edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest, the United Kingdom was represented by Alex Clare with his song "Too Close". The country got the forteenth place with only 20 points, not enough to pass to the final. This is the country's worst result so far.
Own Eurovision Song Contest 3 - The split
At the third edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest the country decided to split into four independent countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Own Eurovision Song Contest 45 - The unification
Own Eurovision Song Contest 46
Own Eurovision Song Contest 47
Own Eurovision Song Contest 48
Own Eurovision Song Contest 49
Draw history
United Kingdom has so far competed in a total of nine shows ‒ four semi-finals and five finals. The country has never competed in the Quarter Final so far. The country is mostly allocated in the second halves of the draws in the finals and in the first halves of the draws in the semi finals. Only the first edition's act performed at the first semi final. The only male act who competed so far is the only non qualification of the country.
Edn. | Entry | Final | SF1 | SF2 | QF | |
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#01 | "Wherever You Will Go" | 13 | 11 | — | N/A | |
#02 | "Too Close" | NQ | — | 10 | ||
#03 | Did not compete until #44 because of splitting | |||||
#45 | "Conqueror" | 18 | — | 07 | — | |
#46 | "Still Falling for You" | 19 | "Big 6" | — | ||
#47 | "Fall Deep" | 17 | — | 08 | — | |
#48 | "Love Again" | 01 | "Big 6" | — | ||
#49 | "Now That You're Gone" | 06 | — | 19 | — | |
#50 | "Ponyboy" | 04 | "Big 6" | — | ||
#51 | "Future Never Comes" | 10 | 05 | — | — | |
#52 | "Thief" | 03 | 21 | — | — | |
#53 | "Counting Crosses" | 25 | "Big 6" | — | ||
#54 | "What's Your Pleasure?" | 07 | — | 05 | — |
Voting history
Since the 45th edition, United Kingdom's voting history is as follows:
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Commentators & Spokespersons
Edition | Host | Commentator | Location | Spokesperson | ||
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#01 | Chisinau | Alistair Brown | London | N/A | ||
#02 | Stockholm | |||||
#03 | Did not compete until #44 because of splitting | |||||
#45 | Gdańsk-Sopot | George Jeckhas | London | David Beckham | ||
#46 | Cairo | Jamie Dornan | ||||
#47 | St. Petersburg | N/A | ||||
#48 | Odessa | |||||
#49 | Turku |
12 points
United Kingdom has given the maximum points to the following songs.
Ed | Host | Final | SF | Semifinal | ||
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#01 | Chișinău | "Elementi i 5-të" | 1 | "Non è l'inferno" | ||
#02 | Stockholm | "Young" | 2 | "Young" | ||
#03 | Did not compete until #44 because of splitting | |||||
#45 | Gdańsk-Sopot | "Seule (Amour perdu)" | 2 | "Sekunde" | ||
#46 | Cairo | "Cevapsız Çınlama" | 2 | "Circles" | ||
#47 | St. Petersburg | "Shadow" | 2 | "War" | ||
#48 | Odessa | "Mermaid" | 1 | "Mermaid" | ||
#49 | Turku | "Midnight Train" | 2 | "Midnight Train" |
Notes
- 1.^ The country initially started with a national selection but due to some changes to the contest, the country choose again, internaly.
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