Nul points! But it wasn’t ABBA’S Waterloo
ABBA’S Bjorn Ulvaeus is still smarting at the nul points awarded to them by the UK jury for Waterloo in 1974’s Eurovision Song Contest. Maybe the UK was trying to give the best chance to Olivia Newton-John’s now forgotten Long Live Love.
The jury was wrong and Waterloo won. It was the best song in the contest and it’s understandable that Bjorn is still miffed.
It’s not his best song, but Mamma Mia, it set him on the road to success. I know. I’ve seen the stage show ten times and the film every time I’m fed up.
So, to all of you in Abba, all the points possible all these years on. Thank you for the music.