The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978

The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their...

. It was held on March 31, 1978 at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

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 and presented by Terry Wogan

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Results

Fourteen regional juries voted on the songs: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London.


















































































"The Bad Old Days" won the national and came 11th in the contest.

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Christian	Shine it on	3	114
Brown Sugar	Oh no, Look what you've Done	11	49
Fruit-Eating Bears	Door in my Face	11	49
Jacquie Sullivan	Moments	6	106
Sunshine	Too much in love	8	81
Ronnie France	Lonely Nights	9	68
The Jarvis Brothers	One glance	3	114
Co-Co Co-Co (band) Co-Co were a five piece British band who represented the UK for the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, staged at the Palais de Congrès in Paris, France, on 22 April 1978, with the song, "The Bad Old Days". The song was written by the husband and wife team of Stephanie de Sykes and Stuart Slater...	The Bad Old Days	1	135
Bob James	We Got it Bad	10	66
Midnight	Don't Bother to Knock	2	116
Babe Rainbow	Don't Let me Stand in your Way	7	84
Labi Siffre Labi Siffre Labi Siffre is a British poet, songwriter, musician and singer most widely known as the writer and singer of " So Strong", "It Must Be Love" and "I Got The", the sampled rhythm track which provides the basis for a number of well-known hip hop tracks such as Eminem’s breakthrough hit single, "My...	Solid love	5	110
The table is ordered by appearance.

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Jury Spokespersons

• Aberdeen - Gerry Davis
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• Norwich - Chris Denman
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• Manchester - Mike Riduck
• Bangor - Gwen Llwellyn
• Southhampton - Peter McCann
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• Leeds - Brian Baines
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• Belfast - Michael Bagby
• Bristol - Derek Jones
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• Glasgow - Kenneth Bruce
• Birmingham - Tom Coin
• London - Ray Moore
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• Cardiff - Frank Lincoln
• Newcastle - Mike Neville
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• Plymouth - Donald Hayway