At the Eurovision final in Naples, the United Kingdom finished in 2nd place for a record fifth time.

They chose a solo female singer, Kathy Kirby, whose looks were compared to Marilyn Monroe and who had just scored four consecutive top 20 hit singles.

Chris Andrews had written one of the six finalists, "One Day" which was recorded by Sandie Shaw with whom he regularly collaborated.

Shaw would be the artist selected to represent the United Kingdom at the 1967 contest, when again Andrews submitted a song.

Kirby released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single BBC TV's A Song for Europe, which reached number 9 in the UK EP top 20 chart.