United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	A Song For Europe
Selection date(s)	15 February 1961
Selected entrant	The Allisons
Selected song	"Are You Sure?"
Selected songwriter(s)	John Allison Bob Allison
Finals performance
Final result	2nd, 25 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1960 • 1961 • 1962►

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 15 February 1961 and presented by Katie Boyle. The songs were voted on by a total of 120 jurors aged between 19 and 40. who were divided into 12 juries of ten in the following cities: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Bangor, Manchester, Norwich, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Bristol & Southampton. The Eric Robinson Orchestra supplied the music and vocal backing was provided by the Beryl Stott Singers.

Results

Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Mark Wynter	Dream Girl	4	16
Craig Douglas	The Girl Next Door	7	3
Ricky Valance	Why Can't We	3	24
Bryan Johnson	A Place In The Country	5	6
Anne Shelton	I Will Light A Candle	6	4
Steve Arlen	Suddenly I'm In Love	2	30
Valerie Masters	Too Late For Tears	7	3
Teresa Duffy	Tommy	7	3
The Allisons	Are You Sure	1	31
The table is ordered by appearance.

"Are you Sure" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.