United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	A Song For Europe
Selection date(s)	20 February 1971
Selected entrant	Clodagh Rodgers
Selected song	"Jack in the Box"
Selected songwriter(s)	John Worsley David Myers
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 98 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1970 • 1971 • 1972►

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1971. It was held on 20 February 1971 and presented by Cliff Richard.

Results

Artist	Song	Place
Clodagh Rodgers	Look Left, Look Right	5
Clodagh Rodgers	In My World of Beautiful Things	6
Clodagh Rodgers	Jack in the Box	1
Clodagh Rodgers	Another Time, Another Place	4
Clodagh Rodgers	Wind of Change	2
Clodagh Rodgers	Someone to Love Me	2
The table is ordered by appearance.

Due to a postal strike, regional votes were announced for each song.

"Jack in the Box" won the national and went on to come 4th in the contest.

Points awarded to UK

Points Awarded to UK
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Belgium France Malta Monaco	Ireland Portugal	Finland Norway Switzerland Yugoslavia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany Netherlands Sweden	Austria Luxembourg	Italy	Spain

Points Awarded by UK

10 points	Finland
9 points
8 points	Monaco
7 points	Norway Spain
6 points	Belgium Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Portugal Switzerland
5 points	France Netherlands Sweden
4 points
3 points	Austria Malta Yugoslavia
2 points