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
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 finishing as the 18th-most watched programme of the week. "Save Your Kisses for Me" won the national final and ultimately went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest itself. "Save Your Kisses for Me" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs selected by fans to compete in the "Congratulations" 50th anniversary special in 2005. In spite of it and another British entry ("Congratulations") being among the participating songs, as well as the presence of Katrina Leskanich (of the UK's victorious 1997 act Katrina and the Waves) as co-host, the United Kingdom did not broadcast "Congratulations" as they felt it wouldn't attract