Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Contest details
Location: The Dome, Brighton, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Katie Boyle
Participating countries: 17
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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8 | Sweden | ABBA | Waterloo | 24 | 1 |
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17 | Italy | Gigliola Cinquetti | Si | 18 | 2 |
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12 | The Netherlands | Mouth and MacNeal | I see a star | 15 | 3 |
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10 | Monaco | Romuald | Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va | 14 | 4 |
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9 | Luxembourg | Ireen Sheer | Bye, bye, I love you | 14 | 4 |
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2 | United Kingdom | Olivia Newton-John | Long live love | 14 | 4 |
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6 | Israel | Poogy | Natati la khaiai | 11 | 7 |
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13 | Ireland | Tina | Cross your heart | 11 | 7 |
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3 | Spain | Peret | Canta y se feliz | 10 | 9 |
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11 | Belgium | Jacques Hustin | Fleur de liberté | 10 | 9 |
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5 | Greece | Marinella | Krassi, Thalassa ke t'agori mou | 7 | 11 |
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7 | Yugoslavia | Korni | Generacija 42 | 6 | 12 |
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1 | Finland | Carita | Äla mene pois (Keep me warm) | 4 | 13 |
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16 | Portugal | Paulo de Carvalho | E depois do adeus | 3 | 14 |
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14 | Germany | Cindy und Bert | Die Sommermelodie | 3 | 14 |
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4 | Norway | Anne-Karine Ström and the Bendik Singers | The first day of love | 3 | 14 |
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15 | Switzerland | Piera Martell | Mein Ruf nach dir | 3 | 14 |
Click here for a full crostable of the votes (available after the contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
The BBC took over the hosting-job for the second time in three years as the RTL didn’t want to host the show in two consecutive years. 17 countries took part as France withdrew at the last moment. Their president died during the festival week and so the song La vie a vingt cinq ans by Dani was never performed. Greece participated for the first time. Gigliola Cinquetti, a former winner (1964), took part for Italy where the contest wasn't broadcasted live as the song title "Si" was seen as misleading towards the elections that were held in Italy shortly after the contest. Sweden won and the winning group, ABBA, started a worldwide career.
