ABBA: How They Won Eurovision

Apr 13, 2024

0h 45m

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The extraordinary story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.

Overview

Celebrating 50 years since ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo, through the extraordinary and entertaining story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Coming Up Roses

ABBA: How They Won Eurovision Trailers

Cast

Self

Cheryl Baker

Self

Nicki Chapman

Narrator

Mariella Frostrup

Self

Claes af Geijerstam

Self

Nick Ingman

Self

Paul Jordan

Self

Silvia Montello

Self

Carl Magnus Palm

Self

Roger Palm

Self

Sian Pattenden

Self

Katie Puckrik

Self

Owe Sandström

A 2008 documentary and debut feature film of Bafta-Award nominated director Jamie Jay Johnson. It follows the lives of the participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, specifically the entrants from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Georgia. The film sees them proceed from the national finals that saw them crowned the representatives of their country through to the international song festival itself held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands where they each compete against 16 other acts.

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La Grande Histoire de l'Eurovision

May 16, 2020

No overview available.

6.4

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Jun 26, 2020

Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.

9.0

A Song Called Hate

Jun 17, 2021

The pro-Palestinian, anti-capitalist, BDSM-provocative, techno-punk performance art ensemble Hatari unsurprisingly drew attention to themselves with their performance at the Icelandic qualifiers for the Eurovision Song Contest. So much so that they won and therefore were allowed to perform at the main event in Tel Aviv. But what now? Should they boycott the event, swallow their idealism, or use their airtime to criticise the host country for their illegal occupation of Palestine? The Icelandic director Anna Hildur joins the boys in the band all the way to the fateful final.

6.3

The Secret History of Eurovision

Apr 30, 2011

A television documentary charting the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its impact on European political and social structure.

6.4

Take a Chance

May 19, 2023

Gert van der Graaf, an infamous stalker, reveals how his childhood crush on Abba superstar Agnetha Fältskog turned into an obsession that shaped the rest of his life, thus showing how compulsive fandom can become criminal obsession.

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Worst Kept Secret: The Subwoolfer Documentary

Mar 3, 2023

It started with a writing camp and a banana... and became a phenomenon that captivated Eurovision fans across the world. But who could possibly be behind the masks? Worst Kept Secret tells the story of Subwoolfer - Norway's iconic Eurovision entry in 2022 and the first ever anonymous yellow wolves from space to grace the Eurovision Song Contest stage. Finally the identities of Jim and Keith have been revealed... but not everything was always as it seemed.

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Nul Points?!

Aug 31, 1992

Love it or hate it, the Eurovision Song Contest has not only redefined Europe, it has redefined music. Conceived in 1956 as a great televised musical event which would bring peace and harmony to Europe, it has since launched meteoric careers and made hits of songs such as Waterloo, Volare and Boom Bang a Bang. It has also bred an annual hotbed of political intrigue, racial rivalry, allegations of bribery and plain old sour grapes. In this programme Abba, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard and many others sing while Katie Boyle, Bucks Fizz, John Peel, Michael Ball and Johnny Logan try to explain that special Eurovision "ring-a-ding-ding".