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ABBA - Radio Times
Radio Times
"In 1974, Britain had the honour of hosting the event, not because we’d won the previous year (Cliff Richard came third), but because the actual winners, Luxembourg, were not prepared to host it. So it was that on 6 April, Abba took to the stage in Brighton to announce themselves to the world.
Not that the British jurors were impressed at the time. In fact, they gave the Swedes nul points – unlike the millions watching all over Europe, in particular the other Eurovision juries, who quickly installed Abba and their song Waterloo as the winners.
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In the latest issue of Radio Times magazine – out now – we remember that night and hear from those who were there, from Benny Andersson of Abba to Mike Batt of the Wombles, who had donned his furry suit to provide the half-time entertainment.
All this nostalgia is good clean fun, but of course Abba, who have long resisted demands to reform, remain part of our pop-cultural world. Their songs top playlists, inspire musicals and Hollywood movies and indeed their avatars still sell out shows half a century later. We explore all this and more in our feature."
domingo, 7 de abril de 2024
London Eurovision Party 2024
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The London Eurovision Party 2024 took place on 7 April with 24 of the 37 Eurovision 2024 participants performing live.
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Each year, artists from all around Europe appear at our press event and concert to promote their song before the contest in May. We provide an exclusive, high-end and unique environment for Eurovision acts to perform and socialise with one another — often for the first time!
We are the originators of the Eurovision Pre-Party concept.
Our first event was held in 2008, so… This means that we are having our 15th anniversary!
Last year our show featured more than 25 acts from Eurovision 2023, including the winner Loreen, UK’s Mae Muller and lots of super-stellar legacy acts.
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sábado, 6 de abril de 2024
Waterloo 50th, the day!!!!
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It’s slightly dizzying and deeply humbling to think that millions of you who saw us for the first time in the Eurovision final 1974 have passed our music on not only to one generation, but to several. We see evidence of that every time one of us visits ABBA Voyage in London and it’s because of this we can celebrate the 50th Anniversary of that event in the knowledge that our songs still resonate around the world.
It’s difficult to comprehend that 50 years have gone by since the four of us waited backstage for the verdicts of all the juries around Europe at the Dome in Brighton. So what were our dreams during those suspenseful moments or in the chaos in the aftermath of the victory we had secured with the smallest margin in Eurovision history? Four different dreams, no doubt, but whatever they were, however grand, reality has surpassed them, that’s for sure.
Many of you were there from the very start and have followed us ever since - for over half a century! Music you discover and learn to love when you grow up or even later in life has a way of staying with you forever. We share that experience with you and to know that our music has become a constant in your lives is a wonderful thing.
Throughout the years we have been blessed with the outpouring of love from you, our fans. We feel it and we want you to know that hardly a day goes by when we’re not reminded of it. To say thank you for what you’re giving us without sounding trivial is not easy and this is not a moment for triviality. It is a happy and at the same time solemn moment and we can only hope that you understand how deeply grateful we are for a long, successful career and for your steadfast loyalty and support through the years. Thank you!
/ Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid
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Mamma Mia 25th Anniversary Performance 6 April 2024. ABBA 50 Years since they won the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Waterloo
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Bjorn & Judy Cramer celebrating 25 years of @mammamiamusical attending the phenomenon on the day that Waterloo turned 50 winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
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ABBA Gold - Brighton Dome
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ABBA: The 50th Anniversary Eurovision Win
Sat 6 Apr 2024
My, my! It’s time for Waterloo to be performed again at Brighton Dome. The same stage. The same date. The same iconic songs you know and love!
Brighton Gay Mens Chorus
Charlotte Perrelli host
Måns Zelmerlöw
Emmelie de Forest
Katrina
Linda Martin
Nicki French
Come and celebrate as Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli and other Eurovision royalty perform ABBA’s greatest hits plus music from the Eurovision songbook backed by the fabulous Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus. So... how could you ever refuse?
Hosted by 1999 Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli alongside 2015 winner Måns Zelmerlöw, 2013 winner Emmelie de Forest, 1997 winner Katrina (Katrina and the Waves), 1992 winner Linda Martin and Nicki French, who represented the United Kingdom in 2000.
Presented in partnership with Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus
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Concert marks 50 years since Abba Eurovision win
6 April 2024
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Abba won Eurovision at Brighton Dome on 6 April 1974
A total of five Eurovision winners are set to perform on the stage where Abba won the contest exactly 50 years ago.
On 6 April 1974 the then-unknown Swedish group stormed to victory at Brighton Dome performing Waterloo.
Abba's journey from the Sussex seaside city took them to be one of the world's most successful groups of all time.
The concert, entitled Gold, will form the centrepiece of a "weekend of music, dance and family entertainment inspired by the Swedish supergroup", a venue spokesperson said.
The concert, in the Dome's Concert Hall on Saturday, has been described as "an evening of Abba’s greatest hits and more music from the Eurovision songbook".
A host of past Eurovision performers will take to the stage backed by the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus.
Eurovision Song Contest winners taking part include:
Linda Martin - 1992 (Ireland)
Katrina - 1997 (the UK's last winner)
Charlotte Perrelli - 1999 (Sweden)
Emmelie de Forest - 2013 (Denmark)
Måns Zelmerlöw - 2015 (Sweden)
Britain's most recent Eurovision winner, Katrina, is performing at The Dome
Also on Saturday there will be a dance party in the venue's Studio Theatre and a craft workshop to make hand puppets of the Swedish Super Troupers throughout the weekend.
Visitors will also be able to explore a new interactive digital timeline detailing the Dome's heritage, including Abba's win.
What is Eurovision, and where and when is the 2024 final taking place?
Andrew Comben, chief executive of Brighton Dome, said Eurovision 1974 has had a huge impact on the city and the venue.
He said: "Tourists come in large numbers on a pilgrimage to visit the Dome and the city as a whole and attend our gigs.
"The legacy of Eurovision 1974 is still being felt in Brighton.
"We are an open, inclusive city. It feels right that Abba had their Eurovision victory here."
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viernes, 5 de abril de 2024
'Waterloo' at 50: Revisiting ABBA's charge to Eurovision victory in 1974
'Waterloo' at 50: Revisiting ABBA's charge to Eurovision victory in 1974
'Waterloo' at 50: Revisiting ABBA's charge to Eurovision victory in 1974
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ABBA in their iconic stage outfits for the release of Waterloo
'Waterloo' at 50: Revisiting ABBA's charge to Eurovision victory in 1974
As one of the most important milestones in ABBA's career is celebrated on Saturday 6 April, we take a look back at their journey towards that Eurovision Song Contest victory in Brighton 50 years ago.
By now we're all well familiar with the countless achievements that ABBA went on to collect in the wake of their unforgettable Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974. The Swedish foursome's triumphs across the globe were plentiful, they were wonderful and - my my - they were colourful!
On this Golden Anniversary of the group's Eurovision victory, we take a look back at the platform-clad steps that got them there; from the determination that was fuelled by a failed attempt, to a conductor who had the genius idea to dress himself that day via taking the lyrics of the song quite literally.
After missing out on a ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in Luxembourg, when their entry Ring Ring could only manage a third-place finish at Sweden’s pre-selection Melodifestivalen, ABBA decided to sit down and write a song specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. Something that would definitely smash the competition at Melodifestivalen and get them onto that international stage in Brighton.
The recording of this song with Eurovision success in mind began on 17 December 1973, with a more saccharine working title of Honey Pie having been given to it, before the more battle-worthy Waterloo was bestowed upon the anthem ahead of the two contests it was to (hopefully) be put through.
Once Waterloo was finished, however, ABBA actually started having second thoughts about it. The band became a little concerned that it was perhaps a little too risky for the Eurovision Song Contest, what with its comparatively raucous tempo, its schlager sounds, and its influences that had been taken from the glam rock of the early '70s.
For a while, they heavily toyed with the idea of sending another song of theirs, Hasta Mañana. They’d started recording that song the day after the Waterloo session, and they felt it was more in line with the slower songs that had done so well at Eurovision Song Contests past.
The history book on the shelf tells us that this perceived risk ended up driving the foursome in the end, and so Waterloo was submitted by an excited ABBA to Sweden’s national final for the 1974 Contest.
Melodifestivalen took place on 9 February, with Waterloo competing against 9 other songs, ultimately coming out on top by a landslide; scoring 302 points to runner-up Lasse Berghagen’s Min Kärlekssång Till Dig and its tally of 211 points. Lasse, as with ABBA the year before, wouldn’t have to wait too long for redemption, however - he got to triumph at Melodifestivalen the following year with Jennie, Jennie, which represented Sweden at Stockholm 1975.
The Waterloo single was released in Sweden one month after Melodifestivalen, on 4 March. It may surprise you to learn that the single didn’t in fact go to number 1 for the band at home. But that’s only because back then in Sweden, there was just one chart which had singles and albums combined. As a result, the Waterloo single stalled at number 2 - kept off the top spot by ABBA’s Waterloo album, which had been released at the same time. So we can't imagine they were too dismayed by that blip on their hit-list history.
Throughout the rest of March, our Swedish friends had the good foresight to think about the charts around the rest of Europe too, while basking in the glow of their domestic number 1. That month, they got back into the studio to start work on the German and French versions of Waterloo.
For the French adaptation of the text, they invited Alain Boublil to work his magic on their own lyrics. Alain, a lyricist for musical theatre, would go on to pen some of the most popular musicals of all time, such as Les Misérables and Miss Saigon. And the multi-lingual approach worked for ABBA too, with Waterloo going on to become number 1 for the band in both Germany and France.
For the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, rehearsals will begin on Saturday 27 April, two weeks ahead of the Grand Final on Saturday 11 May. But back in 1974, things were done a little differently.
For the 6 April Grand Final, rehearsals began on Tuesday 2 April, with ABBA touching down in Brighton shortly beforehand. In between rehearsals, the Swedes got to lark about in the British seaside town, before retreating back to their aptly named Napoleon suite at The Grand Hotel.
Saturday 6 April was the date of the 19th Eurovision Song Contest, and it was Sweden’s 15th time competing - alas thus far without ever having achieved a win.
Just over 1,000 attendees rocked up to the Brighton Dome that evening, down from the usual 2,000+ capacity of the venue, thanks to the lavish production of the Contest needing more space than what the Dome was used to, and with some seating therefore having to be removed.
17 countries took part that night, which was actually down from the 18 that the BBC were expecting less than one week earlier. This is because France understandably took the decision to withdraw, following the passing of the French president Georges Pompidou on 2 April.
Amongst the 17 countries that did perform on the night, we got to see Greece participate for the very first time, with Marinella performing Krassi, Thalassa Ke t' Agori Mou. Italy's Gigliola Cinquetti, meanwhile, almost became the Contest’s first double winner. She had previously won the Contest 10 years earlier in 1964 with the song Non Ho L'età, and returned in 1974 with Sì, which would eventually go on to finish in 2nd place behind Waterloo.
We also had Olivia Newton-John representing the United Kingdom. The artist was in the early stages of her career but already having achieved some success in both the UK and the US. Her song Long Live Love was considered the favourite to win ahead of the Contest, but finished in joint 4th place for the United Kingdom along with two other countries (Luxembourg and Monaco).
Host Katie Boyle opened proceedings, after having done so in 1960, 1963 and 1968. And 50 years on, she still holds the record for having hosted the Eurovision Song Contest the most times - with that 4th turn she breezed through that night in 1974 remaining an unbeaten haul.
After all 17 songs had performed, and we’d had a brief musical interlude by The Wombles, we got to get down to the exciting business of the voting. Each of the 17 competing countries had a 10-person jury, with every member getting to award one point to their favourite song, with the maximum score any jury could therefore award a song being 10 points.
In the end, the most points any song got from one jury was 5 points, which Waterloo received twice - from Finland and Switzerland. Once the voting had played out, ABBA’s total points tally was 24, which was 6 points ahead of the runner-up on 18. Sweden had achieved its very first Eurovision Song Contest win - the beginning of the 7 victories that has placed the country as joint record holders for the most wins 50 years later.
After just 1 hour and 48 minutes, it was all over. ABBA’s performance at the Brighton Dome - bursting with bright colours, brimming with joy, and with conductor Sven-Olof Walldoff dressed as Napoleon - is one that cemented itself inside the minds of the millions who had been watching across Europe that Saturday night, and is still solidified as one of the most iconic images associated with the band; 50 years on and with them having achieved many more career highlights since.
Waterloo itself went to number 1 in 10 countries across Europe, charting inside the Top 10 in many more. It also became a Top 10 hit outside of Europe, too, in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. And it even reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, charting at 6.
It was the very beginning of ABBA's enormous international legacy, and it's safe to say it's remained a highlight in the Eurovision Song Contest's own legacy too. 50 years on, and it's an honour to be able to toast the occasion of a Golden Anniversary and all that has happened in those 5 decades.
See you again in Sweden in May!
You can listen to all 37 songs of Eurovision 2024 via your favourite streaming service or watch the music videos on our YouTube channel.
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday 7 May (First Semi-Final), Thursday 9 May (Second Semi-Final) and Saturday 11 May (Grand Final) 2024.
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“I Gave ABBA 'Nul Points’ at the 1974 Eurovision”
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Eurovision judge who gave Abba’s Waterloo ‘nul points’ doesn’t regret decision
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"The last surviving member of the jury I talked to interviewed, and he said that the UK gave us nil point and I always thought it was 12."
Björn Ulvaeus speaks when ABBA recorded Waterloo
On 6 April 1974, Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time with the entry 'Waterloo', performed by ABBA.
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Just another bubblegum band’: the day Abba won Eurovision
Just another bubblegum band’: the day Abba won Eurovision
Despite receiving ‘nul points’ from five countries, the Swedish foursome defied the odds 50 years ago with their hit Waterloo
Etan Smallman
5 April 2024 • 7:00am
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Winners take it all: Abba performing during the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974
Winners take it all: Abba performing during the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 CREDIT: Olle Lindeborg/AFP via Getty Images
My, my! It’s 50 years since Europe did surrender… to the charms of a Swedish foursome clad in shiny orange and blue costumes and towering silver platform boots.
On April 6 1974, at the Brighton Dome, Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest with a zany track about the 1815 Battle of Waterloo that would pave the way for them to conquer not just a continent but an entire planet.
Those who were there share their memories of the night a pop phenomenon was born…
The Lead Up… ‘Abba who?’
No-one outside of Sweden had heard of Abba pre-1974. Even in their own country, they were considered “just another bubblegum band who’ll be gone tomorrow”, says Sheffield-born bass player Mike Watson, who first came across Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson while they were all on the road in various bands in the mid-1960s.
By 1972, Watson was recording with the quartet – still going by the name Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida – and in February 1974, he was given a crucial job for what would be the cover of Waterloo, their first album as Abba. “Yeah, that’s me dressed up as Napoleon in the background, with my back to the camera, in an old castle, about 100km from Stockholm,” says the 77-year-old. “That was my modelling career – just the one time.”
Agnetha, right, and Frida, in a London hotel room after their victory
Agnetha, right, and Frida, in a London hotel room after their victory CREDIT: TT News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo
Essex-born Ireen Sheer had been invited to represent Luxembourg with Bye Bye I Love You after having a hit in the country. “The first time I heard of Abba was when I was sitting on a plane next to a Swedish couple. They said, ‘A good band is singing for Sweden this year.’ I said, ‘I’m singing for Luxembourg.’ They said, ‘Oh, that’s a pity – because they’re going to win.’” She would have the challenge of following the group in the running order.
Over in Brighton on that spring day, “there was quite a surreal atmosphere”, according to Nick Ingman, 75, who orchestrated, arranged and conducted Long Live Love, the song for the UK entrant, Cambridge-born Olivia Newton-John. “It was the height of the IRA troubles and therefore Brighton was under huge security and there were literally tanks in the streets.”
Despite Abba’s obscurity in Britain, John Henty, a presenter for BBC Radio Brighton, remembers the “gorgeous guys” and their “amazing gear” having “quite an impact” around the town. They were making less of a mark on the airwaves of the local station, however, after the manager banned Waterloo from his playlist, having deemed the record “too ’eavy, mate”. “I think he meant it had too much of a heavy beat, I suppose. Obviously, in our little ‘gram’ library, we most certainly did listen and probably silently cursed the manager for not being able to play it. We thought it was terrific, fresh and new.”
In the afternoon, 17 acts took part in the dress rehearsal, at which Abba decided to perform in their native tongue. From a cellar inside the BBC’s Broadcasting House, Britain’s 10 jurors – selected from the public – watched and took notes. “They followed two other Europop songs,” recalls Basil Herwald, then a 20-year-old student. “And I have no other memory of it, other than that it was clear that none of us was intending to vote for them [Abba].”
The Performance… ‘The event was a sort of BBC civil service’
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Ingman remembers the event being “very slightly sort of BBC civil service, rather strait-laced. We were all dressed in dinner jackets.” Then, in marched Abba’s bicorne hat-wearing conductor, Sven-Olof Walldoff, kitted out as Napoleon. “It immediately struck an atmosphere of, let’s break the mould here,” says Ingman. “I will take some credit for actually voting for Abba maximum points,” says Henty. In the second row of the balcony, with VIP tickets, Carol Theobald was sitting with her husband, Geoffrey, chairman of a local council committee. They, too, awarded Sweden full marks. “Immediately they came on to that stage, their appearance, their dress and their first few steps, I just thought ‘They’re going to win this,’” says Geoffrey.
The Results… ‘Olivia Newton-John said that it serves the UK right’
An hour and 40 minutes into the show, the BBC’s Katie Boyle received the final votes, from Italy, and announced: “Good night, Rome. There’s no doubt about it, the winning song of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest… c’est la Suède, avec Waterloo, chanté par Abba!” Italy came second, followed by the Netherlands.
The UK was joint fourth with Luxembourg and Monaco. “It didn’t help that the public chose this very crass bang, bang, bang song and Olivia absolutely hated it,” says Ingman.
Sheer, 75, remembers her friend Olivia being “very disappointed. Olivia said, ‘It serves them right for choosing that song.’ Bless her.”
Herwald says: “We were surprised,” as the jury he was on in London failed to award Abba a single point, giving half of their 10 points to Italy. “Of course, Björn had this conspiracy theory that we’d failed to vote for Sweden to allow Olivia Newton-John to win.” (In 2021, he said he suspected “something cunning”.)
Swedish pop group Abba in Brighton for the Eurovision Song Contest, 1974
Swedish pop group Abba in Brighton for the Eurovision Song Contest, 1974 CREDIT: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
Waterloo was voted the best song in the history of Eurovision when the competition marked its half-century in 2005.
But, says Herwald: “It’s really important that I point out they made no impression on the Greek jury, the Monégasque [Monaco] jury, the Belgian jury and the Italian jury, who gave them nought. So, as I pointed out to Björn when I spoke to him in December 2022, he managed to win with no points from five of the 17 countries and the lowest number of points ever anyway.”
However, the moment of victory is engraved on Henty’s mind. “You can imagine our delight when the record effectively banned by the local radio station won the Eurovision Song Contest,” he says, still chuckling at the thought today. And the station manager? “He obviously had to – literally – change his tune.”
The Aftermath… ‘I’m still living down my nul points’
For Carol and Geoffrey Theobald, the party was far from over. They were invited to a reception at the Royal Pavilion, where they chatted to Newton-John. “She asked if she could get into a nightclub,” recalls Carol. “My husband and I belonged to the King’s Club and we knew the owners and the doorman. I said, ‘We’ll certainly get you in there.’”
Sheer bumped into Abba when they appeared together on various TV shows across Europe. She was sitting at the bar with Ulvaeus when he said he wanted to write a song for her.
“I gave him my telephone number and I think he did phone but I was out on the road.”
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Mike Watson continued playing bass on almost all of Abba’s albums and witnessed the superstardom that quickly came their way, as they notched up nine UK No 1 singles and 10 chart-topping albums, including Abba Gold, the second biggest-seller of all time.
“They were as big as Queen, the Beatles, the Stones.”
Abba has also been a boon for Watson in his late 70s. He still lives in Sweden – his home since 1964 – and says: “I’m very lucky to be able to tour the world with the tribute bands. And I never get tired playing the songs.”
Meanwhile, Herwald is still living down his jury’s notorious “nul points”.
“I was in a pub a year or so ago and I was queuing at the bar when Waterloo came on over the speakers. I suppose I must have winced slightly and this older lady came up to me and said: ‘What’s the matter with you? Don’t you like Abba?’”
‘When Abba Came to Britain’ will air on BBC Two on Saturday April 6, at 9.35pm; Eurovision 2024 runs from May 7-11, in Malmö, Sweden
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/04/05/when-abba-came-to-britain-bbc-two-eurovision-song-contest/
jueves, 4 de abril de 2024
Brighton Dome - plaque to commemorate 50 years since ABBA’s historic Eurovision win on the Concert Hall stage
Brighton Dome: "Today we unveiled a plaque to commemorate 50 years since ABBA’s historic Eurovision win on the Concert Hall stage! The sun held out and we heard from our Chief Executive, Andrew Comben, and Brighton & Hove mayor, Jackie O’Quinn, who did the honours. One of our incredible in-house artists, @erinenfys , also sang a beautiful rendition of Thank You For The Music – you’d never have known they jumped in last minute to perform for us all! Fantastic to be joined by local and national press including @bbcbreakfast and BBC South East, as well as an epic, four hour-long live radio coverage stint from @bbcsussex ; joined by special guests throughout the morning including Dan from @brightongmc , who will be performing Sat 6 Apr on the Concert Hall stage at GOLD, a dazzling ABBA-filled evening of live music with Eurovision royalty.".
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In pictures: Abba's Eurovision win commemorated 50 years on with plaque unveiling
The plaque being unveiled at the Dome (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
Crowds packed the pavement to mark the 50th anniversary of Abba's historic Eurovision win.
Mayor of Brighton Jackie O'Quinn unveiled a blue plaque outside the Dome in Church Street this afternoon to mark the big day.
Abba fans came from across the country - with two superfans travelling from Belgium - to cement the venue's place in pop history.
The Argus: Mayor of Brighton Jackie O'Quinn after the plaque was unveiled
Mayor of Brighton Jackie O'Quinn after the plaque was unveiled (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
The Swedish group won the contest at the Dome on April 6, 1974, with their hit Waterloo.
Councillor O'Quinn said: "Hosting the contest was seen as an enormous boon for the city.
"There were tense moments in the Abba rehearsals which didn't run smoothly but according to Bjorn, a Dome engineer saved the day."
The Argus: Abba at the Brighton Dome
Abba at the Brighton Dome (Image: PA)
The band appeared eighth in the contest line-up and made a lasting impression on the jury.
The song scored 24 points and marked the first Eurovision win for a Scandinavian country.
The Argus: Abba fans taking a picture of the plaque outside the Dome
Abba fans taking a picture of the plaque outside the Dome (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
Cllr O'Quinn watched as the blue curtains were pulled back to reveal the plaque shortly after noon.
It says: "Abba launched their career winning the 19th Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden at Brighton Dome on 6th April 1974."
The Argus: Frank and Sandra waving the scarf ahead of the big reveal
Frank and Sandra waving the scarf ahead of the big reveal (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
Belgian Abba superfans Sandra Vanoost and Frank Van Hecke brought a commemorative scarf to the unveiling.
Brighton Dome chief executive Andrew Comben was on the stage outside the venue to celebrate the occasion.
He said: "It's really exciting and a moment to celebrate in Brighton's history and Brighton Dome's history, and in Abba's history.
To have that all come together is fantastic and have the blue plaque acknowledging this is fantastic."
The Argus: Brighton Dome CEO Andrew Comben speaking at the unveiling
Brighton Dome CEO Andrew Comben speaking at the unveiling (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
The unveiling comes after the recent reopening of Brighton Dome’s Grade I and Grade II listed Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre following a major six-year refurbishment.
Inside the Dome, an interactive digital timeline will allow visitors to explore Brighton Dome’s rich heritage, including the Abba win, and a new dressing room has been named Waterloo.
The Argus: Crowds packed the pavement to watch the reveal
Crowds packed the pavement to watch the reveal (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)
An exhibition at the neighbouring Brighton Museum is bringing together artefacts and people who remember the contest.
The Abba: One Week In Brighton exhibition runs until August 4.
On Saturday, exactly 50 years on from Abba's win, Sweden's 1999 Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli will sing Abba hits throughout the night at the Dome.
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