Clunk Click: Songs for Eurovision

Olivia was chosen to represent Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. Countries from all over Europe all submit a song to this contest and then each vote on each other's songs. 1974 was the year that Abba won with Waterloo and Olivia came fourth with the self-confessed terrible Long Live Love.

However, this programme was the qualifying round where the British public voted on which song should be Olivia's entry for Britain. It was part of Jimmy Saville's Clunk Click programme and ran over three weeks.

Olivia was supposed to perform two songs per week but for some reason the scheduled Feb 2 1974 show was not broadcast so she performed three songs over two weeks. The third week was a repeat of the performances and when voting began.

Olivia was quoted at the time about the songs The standard of the songs is very high in contemporary terms, and there's only one that falls into the singalong sort of category. I think they're all very good, and I'm working really hard at them to put them across as best I can. They're a great challenge for me. Well the singalong song was the one that was chosen so blame the public! Her favourite, she confessed many years later, was Angel Eyes.

Olivia mimes six songs, all of which can be found on her 1974 album Long Live Love. This was 1974, pre-personal stylists, and Olivia wears an assortment of outfits from trouser suits to a long yellow dress.

Songs Performed

1. Have Love Will Travel
2. Lovin' You Ain't Easy
3. Long Live Love