United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978


The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. It was held on Friday 31 March 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall and presented by Terry Wogan. The songs were backed by the Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra.
The Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast on 22 April 1978, with Terry Wogan providing the BBC Television commentary and Ray Moore providing the BBC Radio 2 commentary. Colin Berry returned to present the UK jury results.

Results

Fourteen regional juries voted on the songs: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London. Each jury voted internally and ranked the songs 1-12, awarding 12 points for their highest scoring song, down to 1 point for the lowest scoring entry.
"The Bad Old Days" won the national and came 11th in the contest. Broadcast on 'Good Friday', a national holiday in the UK, the A Song for Europe broadcast was watched by 13.7 million viewers and was the 16th-most watched programme of the week - the show's highest ever rating.

Jury Spokespersons