- United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 . It was held onMarch 8 ,1979 and presented byTerry Wogan . Due to industrial action the contest was not broadcast. Instead, Terry Wogan played all twelve songs on his Radio 2 show the following day.Results
Artist Song Place Points Black Lace Mary-Ann 1 132 Lynda Virtu You are my Life 8 82 Ipswich Who Put the Shine on our Shoes 5 90 Herbie Flowers & The Daisies Mister Moonlight 5 90 M.Squad Miss Caroline Newley 11 44 Eleanor Keenan Call my Name 3 109 The Jarvis Brothers One glance 3 114 Guys n' Dolls How do you Mend a Broken Heart? 10 56 Linda Kendrick All I Needed was your Love 12 33 Monte Carlo Home Again (Living with you) 7 83 Babe Rainbow Don't Let me Stand in your Way 7 84 Sal Davis Let it all Go 9 77 The Nolan Sisters Harry, my Honolulu Lover 4 101 Kim Clark Fantasy 2 117 The table is ordered by appearance. "Mary-Ann" won the national and came 7th in the contest.
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