Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Infobox Eurovision
name = Eurovision Song Contest 1974


final = 6 April 1974
presenters = Katie Boyle
conductor = Nick Ingman
director =
host = flagicon|UK BBC
venue = The Dome, Brighton, United Kingdom
winner = flag|Sweden
"Waterloo"
vote = Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country divided 10 points freely among the other participants.
entries = 17
debut = flag|Greece|old
return = None
withdraw = flag|France
null = None
interval = The Wombles
opening =
con = Eurovision Song Contest
pre = ◄1973
nex = 1975►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the seaside resort of Brighton on the south coast of the United Kingdom. The BBC agreed to stage the event after Luxembourg, having won in both 1972 and 1973, declined on the grounds of expense to host the contest for a second consecutive year.

A two-night preview programme, "Auftakt für Brighton" ("Prelude for Brighton"), was coordinated by the German national broadcaster ARD in February and was hosted by the journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig. It shares two special distinctions in that it was the first "preview"-type programme to be broadcast in many European countries simultaneously (traditionally each national broadcaster puts together their own preview programme), and also in that it aired nearly six weeks before the actual Contest, the earliest-ever airing of "preview week." The programme was also notable in being the European television debut for the winners, ABBA, who were peculiarly credited in previews as "The Abba."

ABBA sang the song "Waterloo", and the group went to become one of the most popular singing groups of all time. Along with 1988 winner Celine Dion, ABBA are among the few Eurovision winners to achieve international superstar status. Sweden's win was their first.

Controversies and political events

*The United Kingdom was represented in the contest by the British/Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, who came fourth with the song "Long Live Love". As noted by author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book "The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History", Olivia disliked this song and preferred others from the UK heat, but "Long Live Love" was chosen as the UK's entry by a public postal vote. O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] .

*France had been going to enter this Eurovision with the song "La Vie À Vingt-Cinq Ans" by Dani, but they withdrew after the French President, Georges Pompidou, died in the week of the contest. Since his funeral was held the day of the contest, it was deemed inappropriate for the French to take part. Dani was seen by viewers in the audience at the point the French song should have been performed, after the Irish and before the German entry. For the same reason, the French singer Anne Marie David, who won the first place for Luxemburg in 1973, could not come to Brighton to hand the prize to the 1974 winner.

*Malta withdrew from the contest for unknown reasons, but had selected Enzo Guzman with the song 'Paċi Fid Dinja' (Peace in the World) to represent them. The singer has confirmed this to be the case. Malta would return to the competition in 1975.

*Italy refused to broadcast the televised contest on the state television channel RAI because of a song sung by Gigliola Cinquetti which coincided with the intense political campaigning for the 1974 Italian referendum on divorce which was held a month later in May. Despite the Eurovision contest taking place more than a month before the planned vote and despite Cinquetti going as far as winning second place, Italian censors refused to allow the contest and song to be shown or heard. RAI censors felt the song which was titled "", and which contained [http://www.esctoday.com/annual/songinfo.php?contest=290&song=17 lyrics] constantly repeating the word "SI" (yes) could be accused of being a subliminal message and a form of propaganda to influence the Italian voting public to vote "YES" in the referendum. The song remained censored on most Italian state TV and radio stations for over a month.

*Portugal's entry "E Depois Do Adeus" was used as one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution against the Estado Novo regime. The song alerted the rebel captains and soldiers to begin the coup and the tanks of the left-wing military coup to move in. John Kennedy O'Connor describes it as "the only Eurovision entry to have actually started a revolution", while Des Mangan suggests that other Portuguese entries (he mentions 1998's "Se Eu Te Pudesse Abraçar") would not be likely to inspire coups.

Results

core sheet

Results
Finland 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3
Spain 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
Israel 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 3
Yugoslavia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Sweden 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 1 0
Luxembourg 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
Monaco 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0
Belgium 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Ireland 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Switzerland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Portugal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Italy 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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