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Post by Alan on Jan 8, 2023 16:35:12 GMT
Olivia certainly had a great voice didn’t she...... She certainly did. I don’t think there was ever any danger of Eurovision failure harming her career. After nearly a decade in the UK, she left for the US not long after and never looked back. I was too young to remember her from this period. Prior to Grease, I only knew of her song, Sam. She was a regular on TV in the early 70s, often appearing on Cliff Richard’s TV show. Apparently, the UK selection process for 1974 was meant to take place on Cilla Black’s variety show, Cilla. Cilla didn’t want to be upstaged on her own show by someone she regarded as a rival female singer, so the process was moved to “Clunk Click” and the less said about the host of that TV programme, the better! Votes were mailed-in by viewers, with the winning song announced on A Song For Europe on 23 February 1974. |
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Post by gazman on Jan 9, 2023 10:24:11 GMT
Apparently, Cilla herself was considered at least twice by the BBC as the potential UK singer for Eurovision. I understand she was first approached for the 1968 Contest, but the previous year's Eurovision had been won by the UK's Sandie Shaw and Cilla told the BBC that she did not think a female singer could win it for the UK 2 years in a row. The honours went to Cliff Richard instead, who came 2nd in the 1968 Contest.
A few years later, Cilla was again ear-marked by the BBC for the show - but when they asked her, she had fallen pregnant and declined for that reason.
My gut feeling is - she never wanted to do Eurovision.
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Post by Alan on Jan 9, 2023 17:16:31 GMT
A few years later, Cilla was again ear-marked by the BBC for the show - but when they asked her, she had fallen pregnant and declined for that reason. My gut feeling is - she never wanted to do Eurovision. Yes, considering Agnetha was heavily pregnant for Sweden’s 1973 selection process, it sounds like a bit of a convenient excuse on Cilla’s part! |
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Post by ianunderattack on Jan 12, 2023 8:38:51 GMT
I knew the voting system changed in 1975 I just didn't realise the previous system was based on individual juror votes rather than a collective consensus. With the 12, 10, 8 etc voting now the jurors obviously come to a consensus. They hear the songs before the final and have made up their minds. Otherwise their deliberations would take so long! That being the case and I think it is, then a dodgy performance on the night won't make such a difference. Imagine a jury decide to give country x 12 points but the performance on the night is terrible they wouldn't seem to recinsider the pecking order. Would they? They don't actually have to come to a consensus under the current system. Each of the professional jurors rank their songs in order of preference. Then the jurors' votes are all added up and the points allocated accordingly. The official Eurovision website publishes a comprehensive list of all the voting information after the contest, so you can see how each individual national juror has ranked the songs if you so desire! |
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