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Eurovision Song Contest 1974

The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision and was held on April 6, 1974, in the United Kingdom. With Katie Boyle as the presenter, the contest was won by ABBA who represented Sweden, with their song "Waterloo".

France was originally also going to enter this Eurovision with the song "La vie a vingt cinq ans" by Dani, but they withdrew because Georges Pompidou, the French president, died in the week of the contest.

On April 25, 1974, the Portuguese entry was used as the signal for the tanks of the left-wing military coup that otherthrew the fascist government to move in.

Interval Act

The interval act was music by The Wombles.

Results

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Country Artist(s) Song Place Points
Belgium Jacques Hustin Fleur De Liberte 9 10
Finland Carita Keep Me Warm 13 4
Germany Cindy and Bert Die Sommermelodie 14 3
Greece Marinella Krassi, Thalassa Ke T'agori Mou 11 7
Ireland Tina Reynolds Cross Your Heart 7 11
Israel Poogy Natati La Khaiai 7 11
Italy Gigliola Cinquetti Si 2 18
Luxembourg Ireen Sheer Bye bye, I Love You 4 14
Monaco Romuald Celui Qui Reste Et Celui Qui S'en Va 4 14
Netherlands Mouth and MacNeal I See A Star 3 15
Norway Anne Karine Stroem and The Bendik Singers The First Day Of Love 14 3
Portugal Paulo de Carvalho E Depois Do Adeus 14 3
Spain Peret (Pedro Pubill Callaf) Canta Y Se Feliz 9 10
Sweden ABBA Waterloo 1 24
Switzerland Piera Martell Mein Ruf Nach Dir 14 3
United Kingdom Olivia Newton-John Long Live Love 4 14
Yugoslavia Korni Group Generacija 42 12 6
Venue: The Dome - Brighton, United Kingdom
The table is ordered by the countries names.

First Appearances

Greece

Voting Structure

Each Country had 10 Jury Members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.

Score Sheet

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Juries







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
Irealand 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.


Other Eurovision Song Contests

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Junior Eurovision Song Contests

2003 - 2004