The United Kingdom held a national preliminary round to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. The semi-finals were held on 2–5 February 1959 and the final was held on 7 February 1959. All were presented by Pete Murray.
"Sing, Little Birdie" was a pop song which won the national and went on to come second in the contest, it was the UK's best result up until that point. The UK has since come in 2nd place 15 times, the last time was in 1998 and has won 4 time; twice in the 1960s, once in the 1970s, once in the 1980s and once in the 1990s.
A Song for Europe 1959
Semifinal 2
| Draw | Artist | Song | Finalist |
| 1 | Lita Roza | This Is My Town | YES |
| 2 | Lester Ferguson | "This I Will Tell You My Son" | NO |
| 3 | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | "That's It, That's Love" | NO |
| 4 | Rosemary Squires | "Cha Cha Chocola" | NO |
| 5 | John Hanson | "Success Song" | YES |
| 6 | Valerie Shane | "Oh, Oh, Reckon I Must Be In Love" | YES |
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At Eurovision
On the night of the final Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson performed tenth in the running order, following Austria and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting "Sing Little Birdie" had received 16 points, placing United Kingdom 2nd of the 11 entries. The English jury awarded 5 of its 10 points to Switzerland.[2]
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