Olivia Newton-John has died this Monday at the age of 73 after a long professional career. In addition to starring in ‘Grease’, among many other films, the actress also made a name for herself in the music industry having released more than 26 studio albums and have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Despite having Australian nationality, the interpreter represented the United Kingdom in 1974, the year in which the British BBC organized the contest in Brighton after the resignation of Luxembourg, the winning country in 1973 with Anne-Marie David and her ‘Your you reconnaissance’. His song was titled ‘Long live love’ (Long live love) and was chosen at the ‘A song for Europe’ gala by obtaining the most postal votes.
Olivia Newton-John’s Eurovision song was an ode to love in all its kinds and forms. The actress launched a message of caring and raising the flag of love and affection to brighten the lives and hearts of each one in our day to day.
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In this way, the artist competed directly against Gigiola Cinquetti (Italy), Peret (Spain) and against ABBAwho achieved victory carrying the Swedish flag with their mythical ‘Waterloo’.
Finally, Olivia Newton-John achieved fourth position in that Eurovision Song Contest in which she served as hostess at the Brighton Dome. The protagonist of ‘Grease’ and ‘Xanadu’ received 14 points in an edition in which each country had a jury of 10 people who gave a point to their favorite song, achieving its highest scores by Yugoslavia (4 points) , Italy (3) and Germany (2).