United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. It was held on March 8, 1979 and presented by Terry Wogan. Due to industrial action the contest was not broadcast. Instead, Terry Wogan played all twelve songs on his Radio 2 show the following day.

Results

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Black Lace	Mary-Ann	1	132
Lynda Virtu	You are my Life	8	82
Ipswich	Who Put the Shine on our Shoes	5	90
Herbie Flowers & The Daisies	Mister Moonlight	5	90
M.Squad	Miss Caroline Newley	11	44
Eleanor Keenan	Call my Name	3	109
The Jarvis Brothers	One glance	3	114
Guys n' Dolls	How do you Mend a Broken Heart?	10	56
Linda Kendrick	All I Needed was your Love	12	33
Monte Carlo	Home Again (Living with you)	7	83
Babe Rainbow	Don't Let me Stand in your Way	7	84
Sal Davis	Let it all Go	9	77
The Nolan Sisters	Harry, my Honolulu Lover	4	101
Kim Clark	Fantasy	2	117
The table is ordered by appearance.

"Mary-Ann" won the national and came 7th in the contest.