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
UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC television programme broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. The show had previously gone under several other names, including "Festival of British Popular Songs" (1957), "Eurovision Song Contest British Final" (1959–1960), "The Great British Song Contest" (1996–1999), "Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up" (2004–2007), "Eurovision: Your Decision" (2008), and "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You" (2009–2010) but was known, for most of its history, as A Song for Europe (1961–1995, 2000–2003). The selection process, originally broadcast on BBC