ESC1974 |

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Transmission Date:	Saturday 6th April 1974
Host Broadcaster:	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Time:	21.30-23.19
Venue:	The Dome Brighton United Kingdom
Presenter:	Katie Boyle
Musical Director:	Ronnie Hazlehurst


Interval Act:	The Wombles
Executive Producer:	Bill Cotton
Producer:	Michael Hurll

Designer:	John Burrowes
Lighting:	Tommy Thomas
Sound:	Chris Holcombe


BBC One TV Commentary:	David Vine
BBC Radio Commentary:	Terry Wogan (BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 2)
United Kingdom Spokesperson:	Colin-Ward Lewis
Voting:	Ten jury members from each country, each of whom awarded 1 point to their favourite song
Winning Song:	Waterloo ABBA Sweden 24 points Composed by Stikkan Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
United Kingdom Entry:	Long Live Love Olivia Newton-John United Kingdom 14 points (4th place) Composed by Valerie Avon & Harold Spiro

The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 remains incomplete in the BBC archives. Not all the voting exists as broadcast on BBC One, although copies exist from other countries' broadcasts.

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Songs & Scoreboard

Songs

1st. Sweden: Waterloo - ABBA
2md. Italy: Si - Gigliola Cinquetti
3rd. Netherlands: I See A Star - Mouth & MacNeal
4th =. United Kingdom: Long Live Love - Olivia Newton-John
4th =. Luxembourg: Bye, Bye, I Love You - Ireen Sheer
4th =. Monaco: Celui Qui Reste Et Celui Qui S'En Va - Romuald
7th =. Israel: Natati La Khaiai - Poogy
7th =. Ireland: Cross Your Heart - Tina Reynolds
9th =. Spain: Canta Y Se Feliz - Peret
9th =. Belgium: Fleur De Liberté - Jacques Hustin
11th. Greece: Krassi, Thalassa Ke T'Agouri Mou - Marinella
12th. Yugoslavia: Generacija 42 - Korni
13th. Fnland: Äla Mene Pois (Keep Me Warm) - Carita
14th =. Norway: The First Day Of Love - Anne-Karine Ström & the Bendik Singers
14th =. Germany: Die Sommermelodie - Cindy & Bert
14th =. Switzerland: Mein Ruf Nach Dir - Piera Martell
14th =. Portugal: E Depois Do Adeus - Paulo De Carvalho

A more detailed scoreboard for this event may be viewed on desktop, laptop and tablet devices

	Country	Song	Composer(s)	Performer(s)	Conductor	Points	Position
1	Fnland	Äla Mene Pois (Keep Me Warm)	Hector & Eero Koivistoinen	Carita	Ossi Runne	4	13
2	United Kingdom	Long Live Love	Valerie Avon & Harold Spiro	Olivia Newton-John	Nick Ingman	14	4
3	Spain	Canta Y Se Feliz	Pedro Pubill Calaf (Peret)	Peret	Rafael Ibarbia	10	9
4	Norway	The First Day Of Love	Philip Kruse & Frode Thingnaes	Anne-Karine Ström & the Bendik Singers	Frode Thingnaes	3	14
5	Greece	Krassi, Thalassa Ke T'Agouri Mou	Pythagoras & Yorgos Katsoras	Marinella	Yorgos Katsaros	7	11
6	Israel	Natati La Khaiai	Dani Sanderson & Alon Oleartchick	Poogy	Yonathan Rechter	11	7
7	Yugoslavia	Generacija 42	Kornelije Kovac	Korni	Zvonimir Skerl	6	12
8	Sweden	Waterloo	Stikkan Anderson, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaes	ABBA	Sven-Olof Walldoff	24	1
9	Luxembourg	Bye, Bye, I Love You	Michael Kunze, Humbert Ibach & Ralph Siegel	Ireen Sheer	Charles Blackwell	14	4
10	Monaco	Celui Qui Reste Et Celui Qui S'En Va	Michel Jourdan & Jean Pierre Bourtayre	Romuald	Raymond Donnez	14	4
11	Belgium	Fleur De Liberté	Frank F Gerald & Jacques Hustin	Jacques Hustin	Pierre Chiffre	10	9
12	Netherlands	I See A Star	Hans Van Hemert & Gerrit Den Braber	Mouth & MacNeal	Harry Van Hoof	15	3
13	Ireland	Cross Your Heart	Paul Lyttle	Tina Reynolds	Colman Pearce	11	7
14	Germany	Die Sommermelodie	Kurt Feltz & Werner Scharfenberger	Cindy & Bert	Werner Scharfenberger	3	14
15	Switzerland	Mein Ruf Nach Dir	Pepe Ederer	Piera Martell	Pepe Ederer	3	14
16	Portugal	E Depois Do Adeus	Jose Niza & Jose Calvario	Paulo De Carvalho	Jose Calvario	3	14
17	Italy	Si	Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Pilat & Carrado Conti	Gigliola Cinquetti	Gianfranco Monaldi	18	2

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Scoreboard

	Country	FIN	UK	ESP	NOR	GRC	ISR	YUG	SWE	LUX	MCO	BEL	NLD	IRL	DEU	CHE	PRT	ITA	Points	Position
1	Finland (FIN)			2		1			1										4	13
2	United Kingdom (UK)	1					4	1	1	2						1	1	3	14	4
3	Spain (ESP)		1		2					1	2	1			3				10	9
4	Norway (NOR)												1		1		1		3	14
5	Greece (GRC)										1	4	2						7	11
6	Israel (ISR)					2			1		2	2	1					3	11	7
7	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1									1			1			1	2	6	12
8	Sweden (SWE)	5	1	2	2		1		1	2	1	3		1		5			24	1
9	Luxembourg (LUX)		2	1	1				1	2	1		1	2		1	2		14	4
10	Monaco (MCO)		2	1	1				1	2	1		1	2		1	2		14	4
11	Belgium (BEL)		3		2			5											10	9
12	Netherlands (NLD)	1		1	1		3	2	1	1	1		3				1		15	3
13	Ireland (IRL)		2	1	2	1							2	2	1				11	7
14	Germany (DEU)							1								1	1		3	14
15	Switzerland (CHE)					1				1							1		3	14
16	Portugal (PRT)													1		2			3	14
17	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1		5			1		1			2	4		1		18	2

Waterloo reached No. 1 in the UK charts.
The second place song from Italy - Si - was released in English as Go and reached No. 8 in the UK charts, while the third placed song from the Netherlands - I See A Star - also reached No. 8 in the UK charts.
Long Live Love reached No. 11 in the UK charts. Olivia Newton-John also recorded a German version of the song, also titled Long Live Love.

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Winning Song

ABBA at The Eurovision Song Contest 1974

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United Kingdom Entry

Olivia Newton-John at The Eurovision Song Contest 1974

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