![dek](https://content.time.com/time/daily/2007/0705/eurovision_abba.jpg)
Abba at Eurovision 1974
Ever so sombre, the French withdraw to mark the death of President Pompidou (it's what he would have wanted...). The UK went with Olivia Newton-John and came in fourth. Sweden won the grand prize thanks to some small time act called ABBA singing a track by the name of Waterloo. They clearly wouldn't have much of a future