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JK2006

Amazing Eurovision fact 5 Years, 11 Months ago
The UK gave Sweden 0 points in 1974 - for Waterloo by Abba! Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:Amazing Eurovision fact 5 Years, 11 Months ago
JK2006 wrote: The UK gave Sweden 0 points in 1974 - for Waterloo by Abba! Yet it was a hit. I wonder why? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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robbiex

Re:Amazing Eurovision fact 5 Years, 11 Months ago

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
The UK gave Sweden 0 points in 1974 - for Waterloo by Abba!

Yet it was a hit. I wonder why?

In those days the voting was decided purely by Juries only (no public vote). It was a hit because its a great song and it won the competition. In the 70s and early 80s virtually all the winners made it to no. 1 in the uk charts (Milk and Honey, Nicole, Izhar Cohen, Johnny Logan)

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PaulB

Re:Amazing Eurovision fact 5 Years, 11 Months ago

robbiex wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
The UK gave Sweden 0 points in 1974 - for Waterloo by Abba!

Yet it was a hit. I wonder why?

In those days the voting was decided purely by Juries only (no public vote). It was a hit because its a great song and it won the competition. In the 70s and early 80s virtually all the winners made it to no. 1 in the uk charts (Milk and Honey, Nicole, Izhar Cohen, Johnny Logan)

I became a teenager and good old Katie Boyle hosted the UK show.

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honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:Amazing Eurovision fact 5 Years, 11 Months ago

PaulB wrote:
robbiex wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
The UK gave Sweden 0 points in 1974 - for Waterloo by Abba!

Yet it was a hit. I wonder why?

In those days the voting was decided purely by Juries only (no public vote). It was a hit because its a great song and it won the competition. In the 70s and early 80s virtually all the winners made it to no. 1 in the uk charts (Milk and Honey, Nicole, Izhar Cohen, Johnny Logan)

I became a teenager and good old Katie Boyle hosted the UK show.

You are just a year younger than me then, Paul. The best time ever to be young, I think.

Robbie, thank you for reminding me about the jury-only-voting. I must have been having a daft moment because I was quite puzzled.

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