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In 1971, the six songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest were performed by Clodagh Rodgers during It's Cliff Richard on BBC One for six consecutive weeks commencing on 9th January 1971, with all six songs being featured in a special A Song for Europe edition of It's Cliff Richard on Saturday 20th February 1971.

The songs were premiered on Clodagh Rodgers' and Acker Bilk's BBC Radio 2 show The Music Goes Round and Round for six consecutive weeks commencing on 5th January 1971,, with all six songs being featured in a special A Song for Europe show presented on BBC Radio 2 by Terry Wogan on Tuesday 23rd February 1971.

As there was a postal strike in February 1971, voting was done by regional juries.

Transmission Date:	Saturday 20th February 1971 (Recorded on Wednesday 17th February 1971)
Channel:	BBC One
Time:	18.15-19.00

Presenter:	Cliff Richard

Performer:	Clodagh Rodgers
Musical Director:	Norrie Paramor
Backing Vocals:	The Breakaways

Producer:	Michael Hurll


Designer:	Ian Rawnsley

Voting:	Eight regional juries - Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Manchester & Norwich - each with ten people who could award one vote to their favourite song
Result:	It's Cliff Richard Saturday 27th February 1971
Time:	18.15-18.55
Winning Song:	Jack In The Box Clodagh Rodgers

The winning song as featured in A Song For Europe was used in the preview programmes for the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, and exists in the archives of those countries which have retained a copy.

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Songs

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	SONG	Composer(s)	Points	Position
1	Look Left, Look Right	Alan Hawkshaw & Ray Cameron	6	5
2	In My World Of Beautiful Things	Valerie Avon & Harold Spiro	12	4
3	Jack In The Box	David Myers & John Worsley	22	1
4	Another Time Another Place	Mike Leander & Eddie Seago	6	5
5	Wind Of Change	Mike Hawker & Brian Bennett	17	2
6	Someone To Love Me	Ernie Ponticelli & Gordon Rees	17	2

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Scoreboard

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	SONG	Belfast	Birmingham	Bristol	Cardiff	Glasgow	London	Manchester	Norwich	Points	Position
1	Look Left, Look Right					1		4	1	6	5
2	In My World Of Beautiful Things		1		4	2	2	2	1	12	4
3	Jack In The Box	1	1	4	1	6	4	3	2	22	1
4	Another Time Another Place		2	1		1	1		1	6	5
5	Wind Of Change	1	4	3	2		3		4	17	2
6	Someone To Love Me	8	2	2	3			1	1	17	2

Voting information taken with permission from Songs For Europe Volume Two - The 1970s by Gordon Roxburgh

Jack In The Box reached No. 4 in the UK charts.
Clodagh Rodgers recorded Jack In The Box in Spanish, as Caja De Sorpresa and, in Italian as Pupazzo.
The song Another Time, Another Place was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, and reached No. 13 in the UK charts in September 1971.

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Clodagh Rodgers at The Eurovision Song Contest 1971

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At The Eurovision Song Contest 1971

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday 3rd April 1971, Jack In The Box finished in 4th place with 98 points. The song was conducted by Johnny Arthey.

Dave Lee Travis provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Terry Wogan provided the commentary for both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2.