Country United Kingdom Selection date(s) 23 February 1974 Selected song "Long Live Love" | Selection process A Song For Europe Selected entrant Olivia Newton-John | |
Selected songwriter(s) Valerie Avon
Harold Spiro | ||
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. It was held on 23 February 1974 and presented by Jimmy Savile.
Ballad "Long Live Love" went on to tie for 4th place in the contest, the UK would win two years later, for a third time.
The Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live on BBC 1 with sports presenter David Vine undertaking the television commentary, whilst Terry Wogan returned to providing the radio commentary on BBC Radio 2. British Forces Radio also provided a broadcast with commentary provided by Richard Astbury.
Results
"Long Live Love" won the national and went on to tie for 4th in the contest.
References
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA