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| VENUE
Dome Theatre, Brighton |
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ENTRIES 17 |
| HOST
Katie Boyle |
DEBUTS Greece |
Sven-Olof Walldoff, the
Swedish conductor, dressed up as Napoleon to conduct 'Waterloo', totally
in keeping with the brash, 'in-your-face' nature of Abba's presentation.
Ironic, though, given Abba's tremendously successful career in Britain,
that 'Waterloo' received 'nul points' from the United Kingdom jury.
France withdrew in the week of the contest due to the death of
President Pompidou.
The voting was announced in
an order 'determined by lot'. In the very early years of the contest, the
votes were announced in reverse order of performance, but for
most of ESC history, the order of voting has mirrored that of performance.
However, in 1974 there was apparently a suspicion of vote-rigging so the
votes were announced in a seemingly random order; although, strangely
enough, Finland and Italy occupied first and last places in the voting,
just as they had in the singing.
Katie Boyle was confronted
by a placard-carrying Womble at the end of the interval act, a video of
the furry creatures who were storming the charts in 1974. It was not
divulged whether our little friend from Wimbledon recognised a lost
relative that had become part of Katie's frock.
| Finland |
Keep Me Warm |
Carita |
13 |
| United Kingdom |
Long Live Love |
Olivia Newton-John |
4 |
| Spain |
Canta Y Sé Feliz |
Peret |
9 |
| Norway |
The First Day Of Love |
Anne Karine Strøm & Bendik Sgrs |
14 |
| Greece |
Krassi Thalassa Ke T'Agori Mou |
Marinella |
11 |
| Israel |
Natati La Hayai |
Poogy |
7 |
| Yugoslavia |
Generacija 42 |
Korni Group |
12 |
| Sweden |
Waterloo |
Abba |
1 |
| Luxembourg |
Bye Bye I Love You |
Ireen Sheer |
4 |
| Monaco |
Celui Qui Reste Et Celui Qui S'En Va |
Romauld |
4 |
| Belgium |
Fleur De Liberté |
Jacques Hustin |
9 |
| Netherlands |
I See A Star |
Mouth & MacNeal |
3 |
| Ireland |
Cross Your Heart |
Tina |
7 |
| Germany |
Die Sommermelodie |
Cindy & Bert |
14 |
| Switzerland |
Mein Ruf Nach Dir |
Piera Martell |
14 |
| Portugal |
E Depois Do Adeus |
Paulo De Carvalho |
14 |
| Italy |
Si |
Gigliola Cinquetti |
2 |
voting
 
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THIS WEEK:
The local
government map of England was transformed as new metropolitan
counties and other revisions came into force.
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