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* {{flag|Italy}} - [[Rosanna Vaudetti]]
* {{flag|Italy}} - [[Rosanna Vaudetti]]
* {{flag|Netherlands}} – [[Willem Duys]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp|title=Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival|work=Eurovision Artists|language=Dutch}}</ref>
* {{flag|Netherlands}} – [[Willem Duys]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/index.htm?content/esf480.asp|title=Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival|work=Eurovision Artists|language=Dutch}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}} - [[John Andreassen]]
* {{flag|Spain}} - [[José Luis Uribarri]]
* {{flag|Spain}} - [[José Luis Uribarri]]
* {{flag|Sweden}} - [[Johan Sandström]] <ref>Leif Thorsson. ''Melodifestivalen genom tiderna'' ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.&nbsp;108. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}} - [[Johan Sandström]] <ref>Leif Thorsson. ''Melodifestivalen genom tiderna'' ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.&nbsp;108. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2</ref>

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Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Dates
Final6 April 1974
Host
VenueThe Dome
Brighton, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)Katie Boyle
Musical directorRonnie Hazlehurst
Host broadcasterUnited Kingdom BBC
Websiteeurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries17
Debuting countries Greece
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries France
Vote
Voting systemEach country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song.
Winning song Sweden
"Waterloo"

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."Waterloo" itself was later voted the best song in the competition's history in the programme Congratulations:50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, which marked the 50th anniversary of the contest in 2005.

Malta had selected Enzo Guzman to represent them with "Peace in the World", as the singer has confirmed, however it is unknown why the country decided not to take part in the contest.[1]

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.[2]
  • 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.[2] For the same reason, the French singer Anne-Marie David, who won the first place for Luxembourg 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 "Sì", and which contained 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.[2]
  • 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.[2]
  • Sweden won the contest with a score of 24 points, representing just 15% of the possible available vote. Such a low percentage has never been achieved since, but it is still higher than the 12% achieved by each of the four winners in 1969.

Individual Entries

Template:1974 Eurovision Song Contest entries

Results

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Finland English Carita Holmström "Keep Me Warm" — 13 4
02  United Kingdom English Olivia Newton-John "Long Live Love" — 4 14
03  Spain Spanish Peret "Canta y sé feliz" Sing and be happy 9 10
04  Norway English Anne-Karine Strøm
feat. Bendik Singers		 "The First Day of Love" — 14 3
05  Greece Greek Marinella "Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu"
(Κρασί, θάλασσα και τ' αγόρι μου)		 Wine, sea and my boyfriend 11 7
06  Israel Hebrew Kaveret "Natati La Khayay"
(נתתי לה חיי)		 I Gave her my life 7 11
07  Yugoslavia Serbian Korni Grupa "Moja generacija"
(Моја генерaција)		 My generation 12 6
08  Sweden English ABBA "Waterloo" — 1 24
09  Luxembourg English, French Ireen Sheer "Bye Bye I Love You" — 4 14
10  Monaco French Romuald "Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va" The one who stays and
the one who goes		 4 14
11  Belgium French Jacques Hustin "Fleur de liberté" Flower of freedom 9 10
12  Netherlands English Mouth and MacNeal "I See A Star" — 3 15
13  Ireland English Tina Reynolds "Cross Your Heart" — 7 11
14  Germany German Cindy & Bert "Die Sommermelodie" The melody of summer 14 3
15   Switzerland German Piera Martell "Mein Ruf nach dir" My call to you 14 3
16  Portugal Portuguese Paulo de Carvalho "E depois do adeus" And after the goodbye 14 3
17  Italy Italian Gigliola Cinquetti "Sì" Yes 2 18

Score sheet

  Results
Contestants 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

Commentators

Spokespersons

References

  1. ^ "No, No, Never!!! - Songs That Did Not Make It To Eurovision". eurovisionsongs.net. Retrieved 2009-07-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  3. ^ "Nederlandse televisiecommentatoren bij het Eurovisie Songfestival". Eurovision Artists (in Dutch).
  4. ^ Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p. 108. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN 91-89136-29-2
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