United Kingdom in The Song 2

The United Kingdom participated in The Song 2 with the song "Stop This Flame" written by Celeste Epiphany Waite, Jamie Hartman and Nina Simone. The song was performed by Celeste. The British broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), held a national selection in order to select the British entry for the first contest in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The BBCinternally selected 20 entries to participate in "You Decide!". The national selection process took place on 19 June, 22 June and 27 June 2022.

As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to the final. In the final, the United Kingdom performed in position 15 and placed seventh out of the 26 participating countries with 145 points.

Background
Main article: United Kingdom in the Song

Prior to the second edition, the United Kingdom has participated in The Song one time since its first entry. Its best placing was at the first edition where Florence + The Machine placed third with "My Love".

Participation
On June 12, BBC announced that they would choose the representative of the nation via the national selection "You Decide!". Three days later, BBCannounced the first 10 possible British entries. On June 19, BBC announced the next 10 possible British entries.

National Selection - You Decide!
22 jurors from participating countries gave all ten songs in both Semi-Final rounds points (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1), in the Grand Finale there were 28 jurors who gave all ten songs points (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). The five countries with the most points in each Semi-Final qualified for the Grand Finale.

Semi-Final 1
Celeste, Alfie Templeman, Jessie Ware, Griff and Mimi Webb qualified to the Grand Finale.

Semi-Final 2
Paloma Faith, Anton Powers & Pixie Lott, Brooke Combe, London Grammar and Grace Carter qualified to the Grand Finale.

Grand Finale
The winner was Celeste with the song "Stop This Flame". {{Legend|gold|Winner}} {{Legend|paleturquoise|The Song Second Chance}}