Abba In Eurovision Song Contest 1973
It was held in luxembourg in a back to back victory the country won the contest with the song tu te reconnaîtras this being luxembourg s fourth win the voting was a very close one with spain finishing only 4 points behind and cliff richard of the united kingdom who had come second in 1968.
Abba in eurovision song contest 1973. Nevertheless the song fared much better in the swedish charts both in its swedish and english language incarnations hitting no. Nouveau théâtre luxembourg broadcaster. Saturday 7 april 1973 location. Eurovision song contest 1973 result.
Abba won their nation s hearts on swedish television on 9 february 1974 and with this third attempt were far more experienced and better prepared for the eurovision song contest. Luxembourg won with the song tu te reconnaîtras by anne marie david with 129 points date. But i m sure you knew that however they entered the qualification rounds for the swedish 1973 song contest with ring ring and. Winning the 1974 eurovision song contest on 6 april 1974 and singing waterloo in english instead of their native tongue gave abba the chance to tour europe and.
Sweden chose their entry for eurovision song contest 1973 in a national final called melodifestivalen 1973 one of the competitors was a group of those who would later be the members of abba but they only finished 3rd with their own entry instead the winner was the song sommaren som aldrig säger nej the summer which never says no with the group malta. The eurovision song contest 1974 was the 19th edition of the annual eurovision song contest. Adrián león 2 423 966 views. Each country had two jury members and each jury member awarded 1 to 5 points for each song interval act.
50 videos play all mix abba waterloo eurovision 1974. Well they won the 1974 eurovision song contest with waterloo. 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. When abba performed ring ring in the swedish eurovision selection competition on 10 february 1973 they only finished third.
The eurovision song contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual eurovision song contest.