United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest once again choosing which song to enter into the contest. Since 2017, the votes from a professional jury panel have been combined with the public vote to select the winner. Even though the United Kingdom was entered twice into with Cliff Richard's 1968 runner up entry "Congratulations" and Brotherhood of Man's 1976 winning song "Save Your Kisses for Me", the BBC decided not to participate in airing the event or taking part in the voting for the greatest Eurovision Song of the past fifty years, but instead aired an hour-long special programme entitled "" hosted by Terry Wogan looking back
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen. Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the Contest, following Germany. Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points. However, according to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in "The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History" it was a very unexpected win and BBC TV commentator Terry Wogan described it as "the death knell" for the contest. Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the