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In 2016, the BBC reinstated the "public vote" format with the six songs in contention to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest presented in Eurovision: You Decide, having been premiered during The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 on Monday 22nd February 2016.

Transmission Date:	Friday 26th February 2016
Channel:	BBC Four
Time:	19.30-21.00
Venue:	O2 Forum Kentish Town London
Presenter:	Mel Giedroyc
Panel:	Carrie Grant Jay Revell Katrina Leskanich
Guest Performers:	Mans Zelmerlow Katrina Leskanich
Editor:	Guy Freeman
Director:	Simon Staffurth
Senior Producer:	Helen Riddell
Music Consultant::	Hugh Goldsmith
Executive Producer:	Steve Hocking
Production Manager:	Caroline Bezemer
Series Producer:	Cerrie Frost
Assistant Producer:	Gemma Hodgson
Commissioning Editor:	Sohail Shah
Production Executive:	Paul Williams
Business Affairs:	Selena Harvey
Publicist:	Chris McCluskey
Script Supervisors:	Elizabeth Hodges Alison McGregor
Writer:	Rob Cromwell

Production Secretary:	Tess Keating
Graphics:	Jump Design Potion Pictures
Graphics Operator:	Jeremy Tidy
Editor:	Amer Iqbal Steve Turnbull
Digital Producer:	Nora Ryan
Rigging Supervisor:	Kevin Street
Stage Manager:	Tim Gething

Floor Manager:	Roger Dempster
Set Designer:	Sarah Milton
Lighting Designer:	Nigel Camur
Sound Supervisor:	Toby Alington
Camera Supervisor:	Phil Piotrowsky
EVS Operator:	Neil Belcher
Vision Mixer:	Simon Sanders

Vision Supervisor:	Luke Chantrell
Technical Producer:	James Bonnar
Engineering Manager:	Richard Lancaster


Vocal Coach:	Yvie Burnett
Stylist:	Frank Strachan
Hair & Make-Up:	Jo Penford Liz Beckett

Voting:	Public phone vote
Winning Song:	You're Not Alone Joe and Jake

A recording of Eurovision: You Decide 2016 still exists in the BBC archives.
Overnight ratings (i.e. before any catch-up viewing) indicated that the broadcast was watched by 680,000 viewers with a market share of 3.2%. This compared with 2.92 million viewers and a 12.5% share for the previous national selection contest in 2010, which was broadcast on BBC One.

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Scoreboard

The scoreboard for this event may be viewed on desktop and laptop devices

	SONG	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Group Members	Votes	Position
1	When You Go	Tomas Twyman	Dulcima	Dulcima Showan & Tomas Twyman	Unknown	Unknown
2	A Better Man	Helienne Lindvall, Andrew Fromm & Peter Kvint	Matthew James	-	Unknown	Unknown
3	Until Tomorrow	Roy Stride, Joshua Wilkinson, Duck Blackwell & Jack McManus	Darline	Abby Inez & Cara Beth Beard	Unknown	Unknown
4	Miracle	Karl William Lund	Karl William Lund	-	Unknown	Unknown
5	Shine A Little Light	Ash Howes, Leona Lewis, Cass Lowe & Richard Stannard	Bianca (Claxton)	-	Unknown	Unknown
6	You're Not Alone	Matt Schwartz, Justin J. Benson & S. Kanes	Joe and Jake	Joe Woolford & Jake Shakeshaft	Unknown	1

Precise voting details were not revealed to the public with only the winning performers being announced

You're Not Alone reached No. 81 in the UK charts.

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Joe and Jake at The Eurovision Song Contest 2016

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At The Eurovision Song Contest 2016

At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday 14th May 2016, You're Not Alone finished in 24th place with 62 points.

Graham Norton provided the commentary for BBC One Television. Ken Bruce provided the commentary for BBC Radio 2.

Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc provided the commentary for BBC Four Television for the semi-finals held on Tuesday 10th May 2016 and Thursday 12th May 2016.