Feature: 1974 - Wombles, Scoreboards, and Abba's Iconic Eurovision Win

Douze Points

To celebrate 50 years since Abba's famous victory in Brighton (incidentally the first UK-hosted Eurovision to be held outside London), Steven Perkins looks back at the 1974 contest.

With a famous cameo from the Wombles, and a famous lack of Turkey and computers, it will go down as one of the great Eurovision Song Contests.

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The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest

Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (United Kingdom, 1973)

Mocedades - Eres tú (Spain, 1973)

Anne-Marie David - Tu te reconnaîtras (Luxembourg, 1973)

Gigliola Cinquetti - Sì (Italy, 1974)

Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l’età (Italy, 1964)

Paulo de Carvalho - E depois do adeus (Portugal, 1974)

Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (United Kingdom, 1974)

Korni Grupa - Generacija ’42 (Yugoslavia, 1974)

ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden, 1974)

Ireen Sheer - Bye, Bye, I Love You (Luxembourg, 1974)

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