United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The British public broadcaster, the BBC, broadcasts the event each year and organises the national selection for the entry. The UK has won the contest five times. The United Kingdom's five winners are Sandie Shaw with the song "Puppet on a String" (), Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" ( tied), Brotherhood of Man with "Save Your Kisses for Me" (), Bucks Fizz with "Making Your Mind Up" () and Katrina and the Waves with "Love, Shine a Light" (). The UK has also finished as runner-up on a record 15 occasions; with Pearl Carr & Teddy
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 as a member of the group Chips. On the night of the final Hurley performed 7th in the running order, following Belgium and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of voting, "When" had picked up 54 points, placing Ireland 10th of the 18 entries. Ireland received one maximum 12 from Italy, which the Irish jury reciprocated by awarding their 12 to the Italian song – oddly, neither country received a maximum vote from any other national jury. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 Ireland was represented by Red Hurley, with the song '"When", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest,