50 years since Waterloo won Eurovision! And just a few months more since we signed their publishing with BOCU - sadly for a mere 40 years!

Abba winning Eurovision in 74 changed Eurovision and Pop music forever, however no one konws why the contest was held in Brighton in 1974. I asked Chat GPT and it said that the UK won the previous year, which is a complete lie because Luxembourg won in 1973 with Anne-marie David. It just goes to show you can't trust technology.

There are some good shows on bbc 2 this evening celebrating the event, including their last every live appearance on the Late Late Breakfast show in 1982.

My 10 year old girl loves ABBA as do a lot of her friends - definitely timeless pop genius there.

You need to play your daughter some daughter some Air Supply also.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001y52c/h...ion-1974-celebration

I have the answer in the programme above, about why the previous years winners, Luxembourg, didn't host the competition. They pulled out because it was too expensive.