United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The United Kingdom was represented by Scooch in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Flying the Flag (for You)".

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country United Kingdom
National selection
Selection processEurovision: Making Your Mind Up
Selection date(s)17 March 2007
Selected entrantScooch
Selected song"Flying The Flag (For You)"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 19 points[1]
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The British entry finished joint 22nd in the contest with France, with 19 points.

Before Eurovision

Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007

The United Kingdom chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on the BBC programme Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up.

Before the six acts were officially announced by the BBC on 28 February 2007, a number of rumours circulated about who would be entering a bid in Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007. Such rumours included:

  • Ace of Base (This rumour was later denied on their website sometime prior to BBC's official reveal)[2]
  • Scissor Sisters
  • Morrissey (The BBC approached him in January 2007 to write the entry, not perform it, but a song wasn't produced in time)
  • Queentastic[3]
  • Daz Sampson and Carol Decker (Sampson submitted a song entitled "Goodbye" but the BBC felt it was too soon for him to enter since he represented the UK the previous year)[4]

Justin Hawkins and Beverlei Brown replaced The Puppini Sisters who had been earlier approached by the BBC, but whose submitted material, "And She Sang" and "Don't Call Again", were not considered suitable for the competition.

Final

The fourth and final edition of Making Your Mind Up took place on 17 March 2007 on BBC One. The main show aired at 19.30 GMT and the results showed at 21.30 GMT. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 2 and the second to select the winner, which was Scooch with their song "Flying the Flag (for You)".

After the sing-off and a final public vote, Cyndi and Scooch returned to the stage for the final result. After several moments, Terry Wogan announced the winner to be Cyndi while simultaneously, co-host Fearne Cotton revealed the winner to be Scooch. Wogan's announcement was louder than Cotton's, leading many people to believe Cyndi had won the sing-off. After several seconds of confusion, it was finally confirmed that Scooch were the winners. The BBC later issued a written apology, blaming the blunder on "live TV".

First Round – 17 March 2007
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Place Result
1 Liz McClarnon "(Don't It Make You) Happy" John McLaughlin, Simon Perry, Liz McClarnon, Dave Thomas 5 Eliminated
2 Brian Harvey "I Can" Connor Reeves, Grant Mitchell 6 Eliminated
3 Big Brovaz "Big Bro Thang" Nadia, Cherise, J-Rock, Randy, Dion Howell, Lars H. Jensen, Martin M. Larsson, Christina Undhjem 3 Eliminated
4 Cyndi "I'll Leave My Heart" Henry Gorman, Paul Mosel — Advanced
5 Scooch "Flying the Flag (for You)" Russ Spencer, Morten Schjolin, Andrew Hill, Paul Tarry — Advanced
6 Justin Hawkins & Beverlei Brown "They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To" Justin Hawkins 4 Eliminated
Second Round – 17 March 2007
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Cyndi "I'll Leave My Heart" 46% 2
2 Scooch "Flying the Flag (for You)" 54% 1

At Eurovision
Performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

As a member of the Big Four, the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final held on 12 May. Scooch was drawn to perform nineteenth in the line-up. At the end of the contest, the song finished in 22nd place with only 19 points, ahead of only Ireland, who came last. Nevertheless, the United Kingdom still managed to receive a maximum score of 12pts from Malta.

Points awarded by the United Kingdom
Points awarded to the United Kingdom (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Unofficial Representation

Despite Scooch being the official representatives, the UK was unofficially representing Eurovision for other countries.

  • For the second year in a row Turkey employed British dancers.
  • The Greek representative Sarbel was born and brought up in London.
  • The Andorran lead singer is from the UK.
  • One of the members of the Polish entry, The Jet Set is also from the UK.

See also

References
  1. https://eurovision.tv/country/united-kingdom/profile
  2. "Exclusive: Ace of Base: No to Sweden, Yes to UK". esctoday.com. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
  3. "Queentastic rejected from Norwegian finals - looking to UK". esctoday.com. 7 October 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2006.
  4. "Exclusive: Daz reveals song and duet partner for Eurovision". oikotimes.com. 1 October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
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