1974 NETHERLANDS EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - February 27, 1974

Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1974

Organising broadcaster - AVRO

Venue - Jaarbeurs Congrescentrum, Utrecht

Host - Willem Duys

Director - Theo Ordeman

Stage designer - Els Salomons

Producer - Fred Oster

Musical director - Harry van Hoof

Orchestra - Songfestivalorkest (freelance orchestra)

Interval acts - Lenny Kuhr / Dana / Séverine / Vicky Leandros / Anne-Marie David

Number of entries - 3, all performed by Mouth & MacNeal

Winning entry - 'Ik zie een ster'

Winning songwriters - Gerrit den Braber / Hans van Hemert

Winning orchestrator - Piet Souer

Note - The winning entry, 'Ik zie een ster', was performed on the international Eurovision stage with English lyrics by Hans van Hemert, 'I See A Star'

Conductor Harry van Hoof (with headphones) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Mouth & MacNeal 

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1

Title – "Liefste"

Lyrics – Lennaert Nijgh

Composition – Hans van Hemert

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 2nd place (19 votes)

Song 2

Title – "Zoals de oudjes zongen"

Lyrics – Hans Bouwens / John Möring / Peter Schoonhoven

Composition – Hans Bouwens / John Möring / Peter Schoonhoven

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 3rd place (12 votes)

Song 3

Title – "Ik zie een ster"

Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber

Composition – Hans van Hemert

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 1st place (79 votes)

1974 SWEDEN EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - February 9, 1974

Official name - Melodifestivalen 1974

Organising broadcaster - SR

Venue - TV-huset Studio 1, Stockholm

Host - Johan Sandström

Producer - Bo Billtén

Musical director - Lars Samuelson

Orchestra - freelance orchestra

Backing vocalists - Ajax (Beverly Glen / Peter Lundblad / Karin Stigmark / Göran Wiklund)

Number of entries - 10

Winning entry - 'Waterloo'

Winning songwriters - Stig Anderson / Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus

Winning orchestrator & conductor - Sven-Olof Walldoff

Conductor Sven-Olof Walldoff dressed up as Napoleon with the four members of ABBA after winning the Melodifestival and the ticket to the international final in Brighton

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1

Title – "En enda jord"

Rendition – Lena Ericsson

Lyrics – Håkan Elmquist

Composition – Håkan Elmquist

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Conductor – Mats Olsson

Score – 3rd place (185 votes)

Song 2

Title – "En mysig vals"

Rendition – Östen Warnerbring

Lyrics – Östen Warnerbring

Composition – Bengt Hallberg

Studio arrangement – Bengt Hallberg

(studio orchestra conducted by Bengt Hallberg)

Live orchestration – Bengt Hallberg

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 10th place (10 votes)

Song 3

Title – "Jag minns dej nog"

Rendition – Göran Fristorp

Lyrics – Stig Claesson "Slas"

Composition – Georg Riedel

Studio arrangement – Rune Öfwerman

Live orchestration – Rune Öfwerman

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 7th place (16 votes)

Song 4

Title – "Fröken-ur-sång"

Rendition – Titti Sjöblom

Lyrics – Torgny Söderberg

Composition – Torgny Söderberg

Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson

Studio orchestration – Lars Samuelson

(studio orchestra conducted by Lars Samuelson)

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 4th place (148 votes)

Song 5

Title – "Waterloo"

Rendition – ABBA

Lyrics – Stig Anderson

Composition – Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus

Studio arrangement – Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus

Live orchestration – Sven-Olof Walldoff

Conductor – Sven-Olof Walldoff

Score – 1st place (302 votes)

Song 6

Title – "Min kärlekssång till dej"

Rendition – Lars Berghagen

Lyrics – Lars Berghagen

Composition – Lars Berghagen

Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson

Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 2nd place (12 votes)

Song 7

Title – "En grön dröm om mej"

Rendition – Inger Öst

Lyrics – Bitte Carlgren / Bo Carlgren

Composition – Bo Sylvén

Studio arrangement – Alain Leroux

(studio orchestra conducted by Alain Leroux)

Live orchestration – Alain Leroux

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 5th place (61 votes)

Song 8

Title – "En dröm är en dröm"

Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar / Göran Fristorp

Lyrics – Lars Bagge

Composition – Lars Färnlöf

Studio arrangement – unknown

Live orchestration – unknown

Conductor – Lars Bagge

Score – 6th place (31 votes)

Song 9

Title – "Den sista sommar'n av mitt liv"

Rendition – Lena Bergqvist

Lyrics – Lena Bergqvist

Composition – Björn Isfält

Studio arrangement – Björn Isfält

Live orchestration – Björn Isfält

Conductor – Lars Samuelson

Score – 9th place (11 votes)

Song 10

Title – "I annorlunda land"

Rendition – Glenmarks

Lyrics – Anja Notini-Wallin

Composition – Bengt-Arne Wallin

Studio arrangement – Bengt-Arne Wallin

(studio orchestra conducted by Bengt-Arne Wallin)

Live orchestration – Bengt-Arne Wallin

Conductor – Bengt-Arne Wallin

Score – 8th place (15 votes)