| 1966 |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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1969 |
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| A Man Without Love -
Kenneth McKellar |
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Puppet On A String -
Sandie Shaw |
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Congratulations -
Cliff Richard |
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Boom Bang A Bang -
Lulu |
| Kenneth
took to the Luxemburg stage in a kilt and sang his sweet
song to little effect. This remained the worst UK
result for two decades. 9th for the UK today would be
a success! |
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Oh
how Sandie loves this song (not!) The UK (or as the
presenter Erica Wahl said at one point) "Great
Brittany" (!) romped to victory in Vienna, despite the
dodgy scoreboard. |
|
Cliff was odds-on to win with this timeless classic
but inexplicably a bonnie Spanish lass in a mini-skirt sang "La La La"
ad-nauseam and our Cliff was pipped at
the post. |
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The
second UK success was a partial one. 4 countries tied, and
there was no tie-break procedure. "Boom Bang A
Bang" has been widely derided but Lulu stills sings it. |
| 1970 |
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1971 |
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1972 |
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1973 |
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| Knock Knock Who's
There - Mary Hopkin |
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Jack In The Box -
Clodagh Rodgers |
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Beg Steal Or Borrow -
New Seekers |
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Power To All Our
Friends - Cliff Richard |
| Two
years after scoring a huge hit with "Those Were
The Days", Mary was a strong second behind Dana, and
might have won but for Belgium awarding 9/10 votes to
Ireland |
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Clodagh's
sparkly pink hot-pants helped the UK to fourth, which at the
time was only average by UK standards. She no longer sings
but occasionally appears on TV in acting roles |
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The
first group to represent the UK were coming straight off a
million-seller from a Coke ad. Sadly, Peter Doyle who sang
male lead at Eurovision passed away in 2001. |
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Five
years on Cliff returned to the contest with some of the
oddest gyrating ever witnessed on a Eurovision stage. In a
stronger field he could only make third place this time. |
