Celebrate Eurovision with a look back at how the UK has scored through the years

THE Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final is tomorrow night! Will this be the year that the UK finally raises the trophy once more?

Eurovision is a staple of summertime television.

A celebration of all things weird and wonderful, this singing competition has witnessed nearly everything there is to see.

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Following Sweden’s 2023 victory with Loreen’s song Tattoo, this year the competition is being held in Sweden.

The Grand Final will take place in Malmö at 8pm on Saturday 11^th May.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t the UK’s year in 2023 as Mae Muller scored just 18 points (coming 25 out of 26 competitors) with I Wrote A Song.

Can the former Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander bring home the trophy with his song Dizzy?

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This would be the UK’s first victory since Katrina and the Waves won in 1997!

The Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956 and was an experiment in live television broadcasting across multiple countries.

The first contest had just seven participants:

• Belgium
• France
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• the Netherlands
• Switzerland
• West Germany

The UK made its Eurovision debut in 1957.

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UK scores at Eurovision

This year marks the 67^th time that the UK has competed.

We’ve won the contest 5 times, come second 16 times and hosted 9 times.

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Check out how the UK has scored through the years. Do you think we’ll be adding a 1^st to 2024?

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