ABBA was one of the favourites to win the 1974 contest, held in Brighton, United Kingdom. They sang in slot No. 8. In the voting, they received high points from the first jury to vote (Finland), but it was a close race until the third last jury, Switzerland, gave Sweden enough points to secure victory. Sweden received a total of 24 points, compared to runner-up Italy's 18.[1] This was Sweden's first victory. In 2005, in the 50th anniversary show Congratulations, Waterloo was chosen the best Eurovision song ever.
Melodifestivalen 1974 (on-screen title Melodifestival 1974) was the selection for the 15th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 14th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Ten songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 9 February 1974, presented by Johan Sandström and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. ABBA went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, Sweden's first Eurovision victory.
"Waterloo" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs chosen by fans to compete in the Congratulations 50th anniversary special in 2005. The contest was broadcast on SVT with commentary by Pekka Heino. It was the only Swedish entry featured in the show, although several Swedish entrants were featured (including Swedish winners Carola and Richard Herrey of Herreys). "Waterloo" appeared seventh in the running order, following "Nel blu dipinto di blu" by Domenico Modugno and preceding "Fly on the Wings of Love" by the Olsen Brothers. At the end of the first round, it was announced that "Waterloo" had advanced to the second round along with four other songs. It was later revealed that "Waterloo" won the first round with 331 points. This included 18 sets of the maximum twelve points, including from Sweden (who, unlike in usual contests, were allowed to vote for their own entry). Coincidentally, the first proper competing Eurovision song to receive a record 18 top marks was a Swedish entry: "Euphoria" by Loreen, the winning song of the 2012 contest.
"Waterloo" went on to win the second round and the anniversary contest as a whole, scoring 329 points.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest was Melodifestivalen 1974 It was by a runaway score won by the group ABBA comprising Anni Frid Lyngstad Agnetha Faltskog Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus Their song Waterloo was written by Bjorn and Benny with Stig Anderson It was originally written in Swedish but for the ESC final it was translated into English which the rules allowed between the years 1973 and 1976 Eurovision Song Contest 1974Country SwedenNational selectionSelection processMelodifestivalen 1974Selection date s 9 February 1974Selected entrantABBASelected song Waterloo Selected songwriter s Benny AnderssonBjorn UlvaeusStig AndersonFinals performanceFinal result1st 24 pointsSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 1974 1975 ABBA was one of the favourites to win the 1974 contest held in Brighton United Kingdom They sang in slot No 8 In the voting they received high points from the first jury to vote Finland but it was a close race until the third last jury Switzerland gave Sweden enough points to secure victory Sweden received a total of 24 points compared to runner up Italy s 18 1 This was Sweden s first victory In 2005 in the 50th anniversary show Congratulations Waterloo was chosen the best Eurovision song ever Contents 1 Before Eurovision 1 1 Melodifestivalen 1974 1 1 1 Voting 2 At Eurovision 2 1 Voting 3 Congratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest 3 1 Voting 4 References 5 External linksBefore Eurovision editMelodifestivalen 1974 edit nbsp Anni Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA Melodifestivalen 1974 on screen title Melodifestival 1974 was the selection for the 15th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest It was the 14th time that this system of picking a song had been used Ten songwriters were selected by SR for the competition The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 9 February 1974 presented by Johan Sandstrom and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio ABBA went on to win that year s Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton Sweden s first Eurovision victory Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Points Place1 Lena Ericsson En enda jord Hakan Elmquist 185 3rd2 Osten Warnerbring En mysig vals Bengt Hallberg Osten Warnerbring 10 10th3 Goran Fristorp Jag minns dej nog Georg Riedel Stig Claesson 16 7th4 Titti Sjoblom Froken Ur sang Torgny Soderberg 148 4th5 ABBA Waterloo Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus Stig Anderson 302 1st6 Lasse Berghagen Min karlekssang till dig Lasse Berghagen 211 2nd7 Inger Ost En gron drom om dej Bo Sylven Bo Carlgren Bitte Carlgren 61 5th8 Sylvia Vrethammar and Goran Fristorp En drom ar en drom Lars Farnlof Lasse Bagge 31 6th9 Lena Bergqvist Den sista sommaren av mitt liv Bjorn Isfalt Lena Bergqvist 11 9th10 Glenmarks I annorlunda land Bengt Arne Wallin Anja Notini Wallin 15 8thVoting edit Song Total score Lulea Falun Karlstad Gothenburg Umea Orebro Norrkoping Malmo Sundsvall Vaxjo Stockholm En enda jord 185 10 20 15 6 11 10 30 21 15 24 23 En mysig vals 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 Jag minns det nog 16 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 Froken Ur sang 148 12 18 19 14 14 20 10 12 7 15 7 Waterloo 302 26 27 24 35 41 26 34 16 32 24 17 Min karlekssang till dej 211 26 21 20 25 17 18 12 14 22 18 18 En gron drom om dej 61 2 1 9 3 4 9 4 11 9 3 6 En drom ar en drom 31 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 9 3 4 8 Den sista sommaren av mitt liv 11 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 I annorlunda land 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 3At Eurovision editVoting edit Every country had a jury of ten people Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song Points awarded to Sweden 2 Score Country5 points nbsp Finland nbsp Switzerland3 points nbsp Netherlands2 points nbsp Germany nbsp Israel nbsp Norway1 point nbsp Ireland nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Portugal nbsp Spain nbsp Yugoslavia Points awarded by Sweden 2 Score Country3 points nbsp Netherlands2 points nbsp Greece nbsp Ireland1 point nbsp Israel nbsp Monaco nbsp NorwayCongratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest editMain article Congratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Waterloo was one of fourteen Eurovision songs chosen by fans to compete in the Congratulations 50th anniversary special in 2005 The contest was broadcast on SVT with commentary by Pekka Heino It was the only Swedish entry featured in the show although several Swedish entrants were featured including Swedish winners Carola and Richard Herrey of Herreys Waterloo appeared seventh in the running order following Nel blu dipinto di blu by Domenico Modugno and preceding Fly on the Wings of Love by the Olsen Brothers At the end of the first round it was announced that Waterloo had advanced to the second round along with four other songs It was later revealed that Waterloo won the first round with 331 points This included 18 sets of the maximum twelve points including from Sweden who unlike in usual contests were allowed to vote for their own entry Coincidentally the first proper competing Eurovision song to receive a record 18 top marks was a Swedish entry Euphoria by Loreen the winning song of the 2012 contest Waterloo went on to win the second round and the anniversary contest as a whole scoring 329 points Voting edit Points awarded to Waterloo Round 1 3 Score Country12 points nbsp Andorra nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Croatia nbsp Denmark nbsp Finland nbsp Germany nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Monaco nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Russia nbsp Serbia and Montenegro nbsp Slovenia nbsp Sweden nbsp Ukraine10 points nbsp Cyprus nbsp Iceland nbsp Ireland nbsp Netherlands nbsp Spain nbsp Switzerland8 points nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Israel nbsp Macedonia nbsp Malta nbsp Romania nbsp Turkey7 points nbsp Greece6 points5 points4 points3 points2 points1 points Points awarded to Waterloo Round 2 4 Score Country12 points nbsp Andorra nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Denmark nbsp Finland nbsp Iceland nbsp Latvia nbsp Monaco nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Russia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp Ukraine10 points nbsp Croatia nbsp Cyprus nbsp Ireland nbsp Israel nbsp Lithuania nbsp Macedonia nbsp Malta nbsp Serbia and Montenegro8 points nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Romania nbsp Turkey7 points nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Portugal6 pointsReferences edit Final of Brighton 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Archived from the original on 9 April 2021 Retrieved 9 April 2021 a b Results of the Final of Brighton 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Archived from the original on 9 April 2021 Retrieved 9 April 2021 Congratulations Results from the voting Round 1 PDF Eurovision Song Contest Archived from the original PDF on 25 May 2006 Retrieved 27 March 2021 Congratulations Results from the voting Round 2 PDF Eurovision Song Contest Archived from the original PDF on 20 May 2006 Retrieved 27 March 2021 External links editTV broadcastings at SVT s open archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 amp oldid 1171893016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
