Country United Kingdom Selection date(s) 29 January 1965 Selected song "I Belong" | Selection process A Song For Europe Selected entrant Kathy Kirby | |
Selected songwriter(s) Peter Lee Sterling
Phil Peters | ||
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. It was held on 29 January 1965 and presented by David Jacobs.
The BBC internally selected the singer for the second time. They chose a solo female singer, Kathy Kirby whose looks were compared to Marilyn Monroe. The song was then selected by a jury: I Belong.
Once again the UK came in 2nd place.
At the Eurovision the BBC TV commentary was provided by David Jacobs, whilst Ian Fenner provided radio commentary for British Forces Radio. Alastair Burnet served as spokesperson for the UK jury.
Results
"I Belong" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.
References
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA