Am 06.04.2024 wird ABBAs ESC-Sieg von SVT mit einer großen Gala zelebriert. Offenbar sind einige Künstler geladen, die ABBAs Songs präsentieren werden. Laut SVT wird wohl die gesamte Woche gefeiert, mit der Gala als krönenden Abschluss.
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50 years since Abba won - big gala evening in SVT
9 January 2024 05:44
50 years ago Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest.
It will be celebrated with a live gala evening on SVT this spring.
- This will be SVT's present to Abba and the Swedish people, says program manager Christina Hill.
On April 6, 1974, music and television history was made when Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo". It became the international breakthrough for the group and the rest is pop history.
SVT's gala evening to celebrate Abba takes place on the same day as the victory in Brighton, Saturday 6 April, 50 years later.
- It just so happens that April 6 is a Saturday, just like it was 50 years ago. So then we've cleared the slate and are going to make a kind of disco party for the whole of SVT that evening, says Christina Hill, program manager for culture, entertainment and lifestyle at SVT.
Gala at Circus
The gala evening will take place at Cirkus in Stockholm in front of an audience. Among other things, artists will perform Abbas' classic songs. SVT does not yet want to reveal who it will be.
But of course it will be an artist line-up called duga (???) There are very fine artists who will be on stage.
Abba continues to fascinate. Here at the premiere of Abba Voyage in London in May 2022. Now they will be celebrated on SVT.
SVT has been in contact with Abba and received the go-ahead for the gala, but it is uncertain whether the notoriously media-shy members intend to appear at Cirkus.
- We don't really know that. We want to pay attention and pay tribute to them. And of course it happens with their good memory and they know that we do it. They are very warmly welcome. But formal invitations haven't gone out yet, so we'll see.
Whole week celebration
Abba has continued to attract new generations of fans from all over the world thanks to the 'Mamma Mia' musical which led to two films and then the Abba Voyage show in London. They also inspire today's artists. SVT therefore hopes to be able to offer some international stars to the gala.
- We imagine that some of the participants will be faces from other countries, says Christina Hill.
The TV gala from Cirkus will be the culmination of a whole week of celebrating Abba on SVT in several different programs.
- It will really be felt all week in SVT that it is ABBA's anniversary.
The celebration comes fittingly for SVT, where the Abbagalan will be a sort of prelude to the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Malmö in May.
- It's very fun and full of joy and then it will be extra nice that we will also do an ESC final a month later, so it will be a very fun spring in SVT.
Facts
Facts: Abba and the Eurovision Song Contest
Abba tried to win the Melodifestivalen back in 1973 with the song "Ring ring", but only came third. The following year it went better. Abba won the Swedish selection with "Waterloo" and also the Eurovision Song Contest which was decided in Brighton.
Just a few weeks later, "Waterloo" became the first of a total of nine songs that Abba had at number one in the UK charts during their career.
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