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 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | A Song For Europe | |||
Selection date(s) | 31 March 1978 | |||
Selected entrant | Co-Co | |||
Selected song | "The Bad Old Days" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 11th, 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 |
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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 | ||||
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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
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1 point | ![]() |
References
- Television's Greatest Hits, Network Books, Paul Gambaccini and Rod Taylor, 1993. ISBN 0 563 36247 2