The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Love Enough for Two", written by Stephanie de Sykes and Stuart Slater, and performed by the group Prima Donna. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
A Song for Europe 1980
A Song for Europe 1980 was held on 26 March 1980 at the BBC Television Theatre in London and was hosted by Terry Wogan. The BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of John Coleman as conductor accompanied all the songs, but all the music was pre-recorded. 12 songs were chosen by the Music Publisher's Association.
Following his second place in the 1979 contest, songwriter Richard Gillinson was asked to submit a song to replace the disqualified entry "Tell Me" by the New Seekers, which was eliminated two weeks before the final after the group began promoting the track before the contest.
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| align="left" | Scramble || align="left" | "Don't Throw Your Love Away" || align="left" | Peter Morris || 97 || 6
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| align="left" | Maggie Moone|| align="left" | "Happy Everything" || align="left" | || 131 || 2
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| align="left" | Plain Sailing || align="left" | "Easy" || align="left" | || 111 || 4
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| align="left" | Sonja Jones || align="left" | "Here We'll Stay" || align="left" | || 56 || 11
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| align="left" | Prima Donna || align="left" | "Love Enough for Two" || align="left" | || 131 || 1
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| align="left" | Jacqui Scott || align="left" | "Symphony for You" || align="left" | || 67 || 8
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| align="left" | Duke and the Aces || align="left" | "Love Is Alive" || align="left" | Paul Curtis || 94 || 7
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| align="left" | Roy Winston || align="left" | "Everything's All Right" || align="left" | Roy Winston || 58 || 10
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| align="left" | Midnite || align="left" | "Love Comes, Love Grows" || align="left" | || 62 || 9
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| align="left" | The Main Event || align="left" | "Gonna Do My Best" || align="left" | Terry Bradford || 45 || 12
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11
| align="left" | Pussyfoot || align="left" | "I Want to Be Me" || align="left" | || 111 || 4
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12
| align="left" | Kim Clark || align="left" | "Surrender" || align="left" | Richard Gillinson || 129 || 3
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|+ Tie-Break
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! scope="col" | Song
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| align="left" | Maggie Moone|| align="left" | "Happy Everything" || align="left" |
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| align="left" | Prima Donna|| align="left" | "Love Enough for Two" || align="left" |
| 8 || 1
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|+ Regional jury votes
Terry Wogan provided the BBC television commentary, whilst Steve Jones provided the BBC Radio 2 commentary. Regular Eurovision radio commentator Ray Moore served as spokesperson for the UK jury. This was the start for Wogan's continuous television commentary which he would do every year until .
Voting
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! scope="row" | 12 points
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! scope="row" | 10 points
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! scope="row" | 8 points
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! scope="row" | 7 points
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! scope="row" | 6 points
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! scope="row" | 5 points
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! scope="row" | 4 points
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! scope="row" | 3 points
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! scope="row" | 2 points
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! scope="row" | 1 point
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|+ Points awarded by the United Kingdom