Remember Monday will be taking to the Eurovision Song Contest stage tomorrow (May 17) with their song What The Hell Just Happened.
The girls (Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele) will be the first all-female group to represent the UK since 1999.
This was when five-piece Precious managed to finish 12th out of 23.
But Eurovision fans will be hoping for one thing – for the UK not to land the dreaded ‘nil points’.
Yet some might be wondering when and how many times the UK has been awarded zero points.
As Remember Monday hope to follow in the footsteps of current Eurovision champion Nemo from Switzerland, let’s find out.
How many times has the UK got ‘nil points’ at Eurovision?
In its nearly 70-year history, the UK has won five times, and the last time we came close to winning Eurovision was in 2022, with TikTok star Sam Ryder.
His song Space Man came in second place with a staggering 466 points.
Although the UK has scored at the bottom of the leaderboard four times in Eurovision history, the UK has only ended with zero points twice.
@eurovision So this happened... And we liked it ✨ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 / Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened? / @remembermonday_ ♬ original sound - Eurovision
The UK scored zero points once in 2003 and again in 2021.
The Liverpool-based group Jemini were chosen to be part of Eurovision in 2003 with the song Cry Baby' after a public phone poll during the TV show A Song for Europe competition.
In 2021, bad luck struck again with James Newman's song Embers also failing to win a single point.
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Did the UK get any points in Eurovision 2024?
Last year, it was Years and Years star Olly Alexander who represented the UK with the track Dizzy.
The UK landed in 18th position at Eurovision 2024 – although it received ‘nul points’ in the public vote, it was saved from last place by the jury vote.
They awarded Olly 46 points.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8pm on Saturday, May 17.
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