United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country
United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process
Internal selection
Selection date(s)
9 March 2023
Selected entrant
Mae Muller
Selected song
"I Wrote a Song"
Selected songwriter(s)
Holly Mae Muller Lewis Thompson Karen Poole
Finals performance
Final result
25th, 24 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The United Kingdom participated in and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. British singer Mae Muller represented the country with her song "I Wrote a Song", which she co-wrote with Lewis Thompson and Karen Poole.[1][2][3] Muller was internally selected as the 2023 UK entrant by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in collaboration with record label TaP Music and their management company.
As both the host country and a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Muller performed in the second half of the Eurovision final, closing the show in position 26.[4] She finished in twenty-fifth place with 24 points.
An average of 10.237 million people watched the final on BBC One, with a peak viewing figure later reaching 11 million, the highest UK viewing figures for the contest in history.[5][6][7] The semi-finals also reached record viewing figures, being broadcast on the BBC's flagship channel alongside the final for the first time ever, with the first semi-final averaging 2.541 million viewers and the second semi-final averaging 2.496 million viewers.
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^"Mae Muller will represent the UK in Eurovision 2023!". ESCUnited. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^Jiandani, Sanjay (13 March 2023). "United Kingdom: Mae Muller to perform #26 in the Grand Final". Esctoday. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^Granger, Anthony (10 May 2023). "United Kingdom: Peak of 3.4 Million Viewers For Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final One". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^"Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final scores douze points for the BBC as it becomes the most watched Grand Final ever". bbc.co.uk (Press release). BBC. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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