The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "One Step Further", written by Simon Jefferis, and performed by the band Bardo. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, the BBC was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate, after winning the with the song "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz.
Before Eurovision
A Song for Europe 1982
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) used once again the television show A Song for Europe to select its entry, as it had since its debut at the contest in 1957. Terry Wogan once again hosted the contest, which was held on 24 March at Studio 1 of the BBC Television Centre in London. Eight songs were shortlisted from those submitted to the Music Publishers Association. Bucks Fizz were guests at the show, singing their current single "My Camera Never Lies" in a pre-recorded performance. The group were interviewed by Terry Wogan live during the show and group member Bobby G performed backing vocals for the winning artists, Bardo. The BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of Ronnie Hazlehurst as conductor accompanied all the songs, but despite performing live, the orchestra were off-screen, behind the set.
The regional juries voted internally and awarded 15 points to their favourite song, 12 points to the second, 10 points to the third and then 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points in order of preference for the songs from 4th to 8th. The juries were based in Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast, London, Manchester and Cardiff.
Bardo's victory meant that Sally-Ann Triplett became only the third singer to win the Song for Europe contest twice, having already won the 1980 contest as part of Prima Donna. (Cliff Richard had represented the UK twice in Eurovision, but did not participate in a contest to determine the British artist). Triplett remains the only artist to have participated multiple times to win the contest at all attempts.
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|+ A Song for Europe 198224 March 1982
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! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| align="left" | Q-Feel || align="left" | "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)" || align="left" | || 59 || 6
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| align="left" | Paul Curtis || align="left" | "No Matter How I Try" || align="left" | Paul Curtis || 60 || 4
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| align="left" | The Touring Company || align="left" | "Every Step of the Way" || align="left" | David Mindel || 69 || 2
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| align="left" | Lovin' Feeling || align="left" | "Different Worlds and Different People" || align="left" | || 60 || 4
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| align="left" | Good Looks || align="left" | "Every Day of My Life" || align="left" | ||69 || 2
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| align="left" | Rich Gypsy || align="left" | "You're the Only Good Thing in My Life" || align="left" | || 53 || 8
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| align="left" | Bardo || align="left" | "One Step Further" || align="left" | Simon Jefferis || 76 || 1
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| align="left" | The Weltons || align="left" | "How Long" || align="left" | || 58 || 7
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|+ Detailed Jury Votes
The contest was seen by 14.45 million viewers.
Voting
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|+ Points awarded to the United Kingdom
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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