the uk came in second in eurovision 2017.
the uk came in second in eurovision 2017.
where did the uk come in eurovision 2017?
second
the song was performed 15th on the night of the contest, held on 18 march 1961, following luxembourg's jean-claude pascal with "nous les amoureux", and preceding italy's betty curtis with "al di là". the song received 24 points, placing 2nd in a field of 16, the third consecutive second place eurovision finish for the uk for whom two subsequent eurovision entrants would also be second-place finishers before "puppet on a string" by sandie shaw would give the uk its first eurovision victory at eurovision 1967. "are you sure?" was also the first uk eurovision entrant to become a top ten hit reaching #2 uk, the best chart showing for a uk eurovision entrant until "puppet on a string" by sandie shaw reached #1 in 1967.
are you sure? (the allisons song)
bárta performed "my turn" in the second half of the first semi-final of eurovision 2017 held at the international exhibition centre in kiev on the night of 9 may 2017: performing in a custom-designed copper-colored foil jumpsuit with four members of the czech vocal sextet skety as offstage chorale, while enlarged images from the song's video appeared behind her, bárta was the fourteenth performer in a field of eighteen. following the tabulation of votes "my turn" was ranked 13th for the night and not being among the top ten highest ranked songs was therefore eliminated from eurovision 2017. the final ranking of "my turn" at eurovision 2017 was 33 in a field of 42.
my turn (martina bárta song)