United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 member of the "Big 5", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2018 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks Fizz and
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 sophisticated musical arrangement. At the close of voting it had picked up 20 points (the highest being 4s from Sweden and Yugoslavia), placing France third of the 17 entries. The French jury awarded 7 of its 10 points to contest winners the United Kingdom. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 France was represented by Noëlle Cordier, with the song '"Il doit faire beau là-bas", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. The song was chosen from 98 songs that were submitted. It is not known how many songs made it into the