United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
A Song for Europe 1979 was planned to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 8 March 1979.Audio recordings of the songs were voted on by 14 regional juries: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, Norwich, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Plymouth, Glasgow, Southampton, and London.The jury in Manchester could not be contacted and since the winner had a more than 12 point winning margin, their scores were not included.The Manchester votes were later verified and added to the scores, demoting the song "Call My Name" down to third place.Wogan had originally been scheduled to provide the television commentary but opted out of going to Israel following comments he made of the 1978 winner "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" sounding like "I Wanna Be a Polar Bear".