Thank you very much, therogue, for hosting and, of course, judging. Thank you also to everyone who has offered congratulations and comments.
A very appropriate video clip, and one which I have watched previously several times. It is in one of my You Tube playlists and so it is indeed apt. I remember the contest in '74. I was aged 7 at the time and was allowed to stay up and hear Olivia Newton John sign Long Live Love as she sang second in the running order, but was ushered off to bed promptly afterwards; so I missed the original performance of this classic.
Eurovision was different in those days. Top artists with genuinely good songs and fine performances. Although everyone from that time remembers Abba I personally rate Vicky Leandros's Apres Toi from '72 as the finest winning song, and the UK entry that year Beg, Steal or Borrow by the New Seekers as arguably the best song never to win. Cliff's Congratulations comes close, mind you, and he lost out due to political shenanigans by Franco.
Hope to see everyone next Tuesday.