label BMG. The song "Embers" was released and published by BMG and was revealed in March 2021. Newman went on to place last in the Eurovision final, scoring no points from either the jury or the televote. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that BBC Studios would partner with TaP Music to select and produce its entry for the 2022 contest, and that the UK's television coverage would be produced and broadcast from Salford, with the points awarded by the UK jury announced live from Dock10 studios. The song "Space Man" performed by Sam Ryder was revealed as the UK entry on 10 March 2022. Ryder finished in second place at the Eurovision final with 466 points, becoming the highest-scoring UK Eurovision entrant. He won the jury vote and also scored the UK its best result since 1998 and its first top three since 2002. Ryder also won the Marcel Bezençon Press Award, becoming the first UK act to win a Bezençon Award. Contestants Winners For UK Singles Chart positions, only tracks that have appeared in the officially recognised and published Top 50 (to 1978), Top 75 (to 2012) and Top 100 (from 2012) are included. Any track that fell below the published threshold was not a UK chart hit. Festival of British Popular Songs (1957) Eurovision Song Contest British Final (1959–1960) A Song for Europe (1961–1995) The Great British Song Contest (1996–1999) A Song for Europe (2000–2003) Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up (2004–2007) Eurovision: Your Decision (2008) Eurovision: Your Country Needs You (2009–2010) Internal selection (2011–2015) Eurovision: You Decide (2016–2019) Internal selection (2020–present) Broadcast From 1964 to 1975, the Song for Europe programme was pre-recorded, often several weeks in advance. The result was typically broadcast one week after each Song for Europe programme. From 1988 to 1991, in 1995, and again from 2004 to 2008 the result was broadcast in a separate programme, shown later the same night as the performances. From 1986 to 1995, A Song for Europe was also broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with commentary by Ray Moore in 1986–87 and later by Ken Bruce from 1988, although Radio 2 did not broadcast the results show from 1991 onwards. From 1992 to 1994, the programme was again pre-recorded, but the result show was live and broadcast on the same, or following night. In 1997 and 1998, the results were announced the next Saturday after the