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I’m a Eurovision expert and here are the five reasons it is the best show on TV | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

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Eurovision: Olly Alexander performs in the semi-final The Eurovision Song Contest is the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world’s longest-running television programmes. Since its inception in 1956, it has only missed one year, when it was cancelled in 2020 due to the worldwide Coronavirus restrictions. The show is wildly successful … Read more

The best classic ABBA song you’ve never heard, plus free music for three months | Music | Entertainment

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Think you know everything about ABBA? A brand-new documentary, ABBA: 50 Years of Pop, is on Channel 4 tonight at 8.50pm, with famous industry figures diving into their songwriting and enduring influence. Fans can also immerse themselves in the spectacular ABBA Voyage show, which uses cutting edge technology to allow digital ABBAtars to preform a full concert … Read more

ABBA-versary: Fans mark 50 years since ‘Waterloo’ took the world by storm – National

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It’s 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way.” The song rang out again Saturday at London’s … Read more

ABBA ‘blessed by love from fans’ – Waterloo 50th ‘difficult to comprehend’ | Music | Entertainment

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It was 50 years ago today on April 6, 1974 when Swedish band ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest held in the UK with their hit song Waterloo. Having sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide, the band reunited for the first time in 40 years in 2021 with a new album and virtual concert … Read more