page_title: Eurovision Song Contest 1974
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Eurovision Song Contest 1974 / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Brighton Dome Viewed from the rear of the building showing the stage door
context_page_description: The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
  It was held in the seaside resort of Brighton on the south coast of the United Kingdom. The BBC agreed to stage the event after Luxembourg, having won in both 1972 and 1973, declined on the grounds of expense to host the contest for a second consecutive year.
  The winner of the Contest was Sweden with the song "Waterloo" which was performed by ABBA, who went on to become one of the most popular recording acts of all time. Sweden's win was their first, which was the first victory for the country from the Scandinavian Peninsula. Katie Boyle returned to host her fourth Eurovision Song Contest. Sandie Shaw, who won the contest for the United Kingdom in 1967 with "Puppet on a String", could be seen in the audience as a spectator.
context_section_description: Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) on the south coast of Great Britain.
  The venue which hosted the 1974 Contest was the Brighton Dome, an arts venue that contains the Concert Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Pavilion Theatre. All three venues are linked to the rest of the Royal Pavilion Estate by a tunnel to the Royal Pavilion in Pavilion Gardens and through shared corridors to Brighton Museum, as the entire complex was built for the Prince Regent (later George IV) and completed in 1805.
caption: Brighton Dome, United Kingdom – host venue of the 1974 contest.
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