The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The British entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the British broadcaster BBC. The announcement of the selected artist and song was revealed on 3 March 2014 in a show entitled The UK Launch, and broadcast via the BBC Red Button service.

Molly represented the United Kingdom with the song "Children of the Universe". Despite being one of the favourites to win, Molly finished in 17th place with a score of 40 points in the final. That was United Kingdom's 4th best placing since the introduction of the semi finals.

BBC confirmed that the United Kingdom would participate in the 2014 contest on 1 October 2013. On 19 February 2014, the BBC confirmed that the United Kingdom would once again opt for an internal selection. On 28 February 2014, the executive producer and head of delegation of Eurovision for the BBC, Guy Freeman, announced in his blog that the British artist and song would be revealed on 3 March 2014 at 19:30 on the BBC Red Button service by semi-finals commentator Scott Mills. Eurovision.tv also broadcast the show on their Web TV service for international viewers.

On 3 March 2014, the BBC announced that Molly Smitten-Downes (under her artist name Molly) would represent the United Kingdom with the song "Children of the Universe".

As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 10 May 2014. In addition to their participation in the final, United Kingdom was assigned to vote in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. During the British delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, United Kingdom was allocated to compete in the second half of the final. In the final, the producers of the show decided that United Kingdom would close the show and perform 26th, following San Marino. United Kingdom placed 17th in the final, scoring 40 points.

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