The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. A Song for Europe 1979 was planned to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 March. After a day's rehearsals at the Royal Albert Hall a strike by BBC technicians stopped the show. Audio recordings of the songs were voted on by 13 regional juries: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton and London. The jury in Manchester could not be contacted and therefore did not vote. The following day, the 12 songs were broadcast on Terry Wogan's Radio 2 show and a recap of the top places, plus an interview with the winners took place on the BBC TV Show Nationwide the same evening.
Black Lace were the winners of A Song for Europe with "Mary Ann" and went on to place 7th at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem, Israel.
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| Draw |
Artist |
Song |
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| 1 |
Black Lace |
"Mary Ann" |
1 |
132 |
| 2 |
Lynda Virtu |
"You Are My Life" |
8 |
82 |
| 3 |
Ipswich |
"Who Put the Shine on our Shoes" |
5 |
90 |
| 4 |
Herbie Flowers & The Daisies |
"Mister Moonlight" |
5 |
90 |
| 5 |
M.Squad |
"Miss Caroline Newley" |
11 |
44 |
| 6 |
Eleanor Keenan |
"Call my Name" |
3 |
109 |
| 7 |
Guys 'n' Dolls |
"How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?" |
10 |
56 |
| 8 |
Linda Kendrick |
"All I Needed Was Your Love" |
12 |
33 |
| 9 |
Monte Carlo |
"Home Again (Living With You)" |
7 |
83 |
| 10 |
Sal Davis |
"Let It All Go" |
9 |
77 |
| 11 |
The Nolan Sisters |
"Harry, My Honolulu Lover" |
4 |
101 |
| 12 |
Kim Clark |
"Fantasy" |
2 |
117 |
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