ABBA's Waterloo Revealed as UK Public's No. 1 Eurovision SongOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY BBC TWO ABBA’s Waterloo has been revealed as the UK public’s favourite Eurovision song following an online vote. Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz came in second, Love Shine a Light by Katrina and the Waves came third, with Brotherhood of Man’s Save Your Kisses for Me in fourth, and Sandie Shaw with Puppet on a String coming fifth. Voters were asked to select between three and fifteen of their favourite Eurovision songs from the last 65 years with the results being compiled for a special show - The UK’s All-Time Eurovision Top 50 – presented by Ken Bruce. The show will be available on BBC Sounds from 8pm, Tuesday 18th May, and on Radio 2 from 1-3pm, Saturday 22nd May, ahead of the Grand Final of Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam that night – which will be broadcast live on BBC ONE, Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. Frida Lyngstad of ABBA said: “Waterloo was our first song under our new name, ABBA, which - after we performed it to audiences across Europe thanks to Eurovision - became a huge global hit. The success of Waterloo changed everything for us as a band, so we would like to thank all the Eurovision fans who voted for the song!” Presenter Ken Bruce said: “Well, who’d have thought it? Waterloo comes top but as ABBA sang, ‘I feel like I win when I lose’ - a massive 18 of the Top 50 are UK songs, so well done us!” Laura Busson, Radio 2 Commissioning Executive, said: “Waterloo has consistently been a Eurovision favourite ever since it won back in 1974, which just shows the talent ABBA had right from the very beginning. The song has stood the test of time extremely well, incredibly almost five decades on. Do tune into The UK’s All-Time Eurovision Top 50 on BBC Sounds and Radio 2 which will be getting the party started ahead of the Grand Final.” Fascinating facts about Waterloo:
BBC Radio 2 is the UK’s most listened to radio station, with a weekly audience of 14.4 million (RAJAR Q1, 2020). The network’s presenters include Michael Ball, Zoe Ball, Tony Blackburn, OJ Borg, Ken Bruce, Craig Charles, Rylan Clark-Neal, Fearne Cotton, Sara Cox, Jamie Cullum, Gary Davies, Vanessa Feltz, Paul Gambaccini, Bob Harris, Ana Matronic, Cerys Matthews, Trevor Nelson, Graham Norton, Paul O’Grady, Dermot O’Leary, Mark Radcliffe, Liza Tarbuck, Jeremy Vine, Johnnie Walker, Jo Whiley, Claudia Winkleman and Steve Wright.
Source BBC TWO
May 18, 2021 4:00am ET by Pressparty |