In the UK, the 1974 ESC is generally regarded as a high quality contest, one of the strongest there has been. It produced four significant UK chart hits, something unprecedented as far as Eurovision was concerned, although the solid quality went much further down the leaderboard than that. I think Dani's song would have been competitive but would have been handicapped by the presence of at least three similar catchy, light-hearted, mid-tempo songs by female soloists, all of which did well, although I think 'La Vie a 25 ans' may have done at least as well as any of them. Abba certainly did not have things all their own way, and had two Scandinavian neighbour juries to thank for over a quarter of their total score! Gigliola Cinquetti, 'Si' was, I think, the pre-contest favourite on the tenth anniversary of her 1964 win.
In 1979 Turkey also do same thing eventhough they made a national final and chose a song. But the reason was completely related with political issues And i think this song would do very well if it would compete
Was it because political issues inside Turkey or was the song political? Interestingly Malta had a song prepared for 1974 too, but they withdrew for financial reasons. 🙁
@@gittanwaitingforthenexteur4525 Turkey withdrew from Eurovision Song Contest 1979 after pressure from Arab countries not to send a song to Eurovision held in Jerusalem, Israel. The song was about love of a woman
In the UK, the 1974 ESC is generally regarded as a high quality contest, one of the strongest there has been. It produced four significant UK chart hits, something unprecedented as far as Eurovision was concerned, although the solid quality went much further down the leaderboard than that. I think Dani's song would have been competitive but would have been handicapped by the presence of at least three similar catchy, light-hearted, mid-tempo songs by female soloists, all of which did well, although I think 'La Vie a 25 ans' may have done at least as well as any of them. Abba certainly did not have things all their own way, and had two Scandinavian neighbour juries to thank for over a quarter of their total score! Gigliola Cinquetti, 'Si' was, I think, the pre-contest favourite on the tenth anniversary of her 1964 win.
In 1979 Turkey also do same thing eventhough they made a national final and chose a song. But the reason was completely related with political issues
And i think this song would do very well if it would compete
Was it because political issues inside Turkey or was the song political?
Interestingly Malta had a song prepared for 1974 too, but they withdrew for financial reasons. 🙁
@@gittanwaitingforthenexteur4525 Turkey withdrew from Eurovision Song Contest 1979 after pressure from Arab countries not to send a song to Eurovision held in Jerusalem, Israel.
The song was about love of a woman
Yes, yes, yes!! I remember hearing about that, but I’m so bad with years.
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