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]

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country United Kingdom
National selection
Selection processA Song For Europe
Selection date(s)31 March 1978
Selected entrantCo-Co
Selected song"The Bad Old Days"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result11th, 61 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast on 22 April 1978, with Terry Wogan providing the BBC Television commentary and Ray Moore providing the BBC Radio 2 commentary. Colin Berry returned to present the UK jury results.

Results

Fourteen regional juries voted on the songs: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London. Each jury voted internally and ranked the songs 1-12, awarding 12 points for their highest scoring song, down to 1 point for the lowest scoring entry.

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. Broadcast on 'Good Friday', a national holiday in the UK, the A Song for Europe broadcast 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

At Eurovision

Points awarded to the United Kingdom
Points awarded to the United Kingdom
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by the United Kingdom
12 points Belgium
10 points Monaco
8 points France
7 points Luxembourg
6 points Italy
5 points Israel
4 points Sweden
3 points Netherlands
2 points  Switzerland
1 point Turkey

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