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The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision and was held on April 6, 1974, in the United Kingdom. With Katie Boyle as the presenter, the contest was won by ABBA who represented Sweden, with their song "Waterloo".
Representing the United Kingdom in Eurovision 1974 song contest was the British pop singer Olivia Newton-John, who came in fourth with the song "Long Live Love". She wanted to perform a different song for the contest to represent the UK but "Long Live Love" was the chosen song by the voters for her to sing.
France was originally also going to enter this Eurovision with the song "La vie a vingt cinq ans" by Dani, but they withdrew because Georges Pompidou, the French president, died in the week of the contest.
On April 25, 1974, the Portuguese entry was used as the signal for the tanks of the left-wing military coup that otherthrew the fascist government to move in.
Interval Act
The interval act was music by The Wombles.
Results
First Appearances
Greece
Voting Structure
Each Country had 10 Jury Members who each decided the best song and each awarded 1 point.
Score Sheet
| |
Juries |
 |
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 |
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Finland |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| United Kingdom |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Spain |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Norway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Greece |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Israel |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Yugoslavia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Sweden |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Luxembourg |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Monaco |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Belgium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Netherlands |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Irealand |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Switzerland |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Portugal |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
| Italy |
2 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| The table is ordered by appearance. |
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