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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 and who had just scored four consecutive top 20 hit singles. The song was then selected by viewers of The Kathy Kirby Show on BBC1, casting votes on postcards via post, with the winner "I Belong", receiving 110,495 votes. Kirby released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single BBC TV's A Song for Europe, which reached number 9 in the UK EP top 20 chart. She subsequently re-recorded the winner and the runner up with different arrangements and r

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  • Le Royaume-Uni a participé pour la huitième fois au Concours Eurovision de la chanson, en 1965 à Naples, en Italie. La chanson I Belong chantée par Kathy Kirby a été sélectionnée lors d'une finale nationale, dans l’émission A Song for Europe organisée par la BBC. (fr)
  • Britania Raya mengadakan sebuah seleksi nasional untuk memilih lagu yang akan dimajukan ke Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1965. Acara tersebut diadakan pada 29 Januari 1965 dan dipersembahkan oleh . (in)
  • 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 and who had just scored four consecutive top 20 hit singles. The song was then selected by viewers of The Kathy Kirby Show on BBC1, casting votes on postcards via post, with the winner "I Belong", receiving 110,495 votes. Kirby released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single BBC TV's A Song for Europe, which reached number 9 in the UK EP top 20 chart. She subsequently re-recorded the winner and the runner up with different arrangements and released these tracks on a single, which peaked at number 36 in the UK singles chart. Chris Andrews had written one of the six finalists, One Day which was recorded by Sandie Shaw with whom he regularly collaborated. Shaw would be the artist selected to represent the UK in the 1967 contest, when again Andrews submitted a song. At the Eurovision final in Naples, the UK finished in 2nd place for a record fifth time. (en)
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  • Artist: Internal selection (en)
  • Song: A Song for Europe 1965 (en)
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  • Le Royaume-Uni a participé pour la huitième fois au Concours Eurovision de la chanson, en 1965 à Naples, en Italie. La chanson I Belong chantée par Kathy Kirby a été sélectionnée lors d'une finale nationale, dans l’émission A Song for Europe organisée par la BBC. (fr)
  • Britania Raya mengadakan sebuah seleksi nasional untuk memilih lagu yang akan dimajukan ke Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1965. Acara tersebut diadakan pada 29 Januari 1965 dan dipersembahkan oleh . (in)
  • 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 and who had just scored four consecutive top 20 hit singles. The song was then selected by viewers of The Kathy Kirby Show on BBC1, casting votes on postcards via post, with the winner "I Belong", receiving 110,495 votes. Kirby released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single BBC TV's A Song for Europe, which reached number 9 in the UK EP top 20 chart. She subsequently re-recorded the winner and the runner up with different arrangements and r (en)
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  • Royaume-Uni au Concours Eurovision de la chanson 1965 (fr)
  • Britania Raya dalam Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1965 (in)
  • Reino Unido no Festival Eurovisão da Canção 1965 (pt)
  • United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 (en)
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