United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on February 15, 1961 and presented by Katie Boyle.

Results

Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Craig Douglas	The Girl Next Door	7	3
Valerie Masters	Too Late for Tears	7	3
Mark Wynter	Dream Girl	4	16
Anne Shelton	I Will Light a Candle	6	4
Bryan Johnson	A Place in the Country	5	6
Ricky Valance	Why Can't We	3	24
The Allisons	Are you Sure	1	31
Steve Arlen	Suddenly I'm in Love	2	30
Teresa Duffy	Tommy	7	3
The table is ordered by appearance.

"Are you Sure" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.