[joeysteele]

Good heavens,MTVN thank you. How on earth did I forget to mention ABBA one of the biggest groups ever that may never have broken through but for Eurovision.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Good heavens,MTVN thank you. How on earth did I forget to mention ABBA one of the biggest groups ever that may never have broken through but for Eurovision.

Possibly because you weren't even born then to be aware of the difference between in the show way back in the 70's, and how it has changed over the decades.....just a thought!

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Possibly because you weren't even born then to be aware of the difference between in the show way back in the 70's, and how it has changed over the decades.....just a thought!

I accept your point to be fair to you, maybe 7 to 8 years was too much a small time to give, so I accept that I was over zealous to Eurovision on that point and concede you make a better point on that time scale than I did, however you also did say the Eurovision had 'never' in its life been prestigious.


Time was until the mid 90s at least that the winning song of Eurovision near always charted here in the UK and in other countries,often very highly too which gave that act a introduction and success in many countries that may otherwise likely not have happened for them.

It has a history and as MTVN pointed ABBA, admittedly from 1974,Waterloo I am told was considered a joke entry but what it led to was one of the best and most successful groups of the 70s and 80s, Worldwide.

I love the whole show that is Eurovision,its not all bad and its not all good and no matter the result its good in my opinion to have so many nations of the World involved that one night in a contest.
Loved or hated,its ran since the mid 1950s and seems to in no way be running out of steam yet.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I accept your point to be fair to you, maybe 7 to 8 years was too much a small time to give, so I accept that I was over zealous to Eurovision on that point and concede you make a better point on that time scale than I did, however you also did say the Eurovision had 'never' in its life been prestigious.


Time was until the mid 90s at least that the winning song of Eurovision near always charted here in the UK and in other countries,often very highly too which gave that act a introduction and success in many countries that may otherwise likely not have happened for them.

It has a history and as MTVN pointed ABBA, admittedly from 1974,Waterloo I am told was considered a joke entry but what it led to was one of the best and most successful groups of the 70s and 80s, Worldwide.

I love the whole show that is Eurovision,its not all bad and its not all good and no matter the result its good in my opinion to have so many nations of the World involved that one night in a contest.
Loved or hated,its ran since the mid 1950s and seems to in no way be running out of steam yet.

Which has been my point all along. It never was a competition that was ever taken too seriously. Entertaining, but not to be taken seriously.

Kudos to Abba and some of the other acts that came off the back of it - many of them from the UK (ie: Cliff Richard, Lulu, Olivia Newton John -ok an aussie -, Black Lace and many others) but as I say, I seriously couldn't give it the International Prestige that you placed upon it.