Fri, May 24, 1974
This was the Episode No. 14., filmed in Estudios de Prado del Rey, Madrid, broadcast on Saturday 25 May 1974, 9.30-10.45pm, RTVE and again on Canal Nostalgia around 2005. Other guests of the show were:-
1. Los Diablos - Mi talismán, Acalorado
2. Andres Pajares - comedy skech
3. Elsa Baeza - Un Nuevo Día, Junto al mar
4. Bruno Lomas - Ven sin temor, Mini, mini, mini
5. Augusto Alguero - composer
6. Anne-Karine - Harmony, The first day of love
7. ABBA - Ring, ring, Honey, honey, Hasta mañana and Waterloo
8. Manolo Escobar - Y viva España, Los Mayorales, Ali Babá, Ay caridad
intermingled with dance scenes and jokes.
ABBA performed four songs, Ring, ring (first part of the song only), Honey, honey, Hasta mañana and Waterloo in 4 individual segments of the show and Björn said some words in Spanish (introducing Manolo Escobar), interspersed with some "special effects" and dancers of 'Ballet Zoom' and introduced by Victoria Vera and Sharine Zaragoza.
This was ABBA's first TV appearance in Spain. Apparently, ABBA were supposed to record "Waterloo" in Spanish in May 1974 but as the scheduled interviews and filming of their appearance for this TV show took longer than expected, they didn't find the time to record the song in the studios in Madrid, even though their Spanish record label, Carnaby, was keen to release a Spanish version of the song.
Duration of the full programme 1:03:08 minutes
Björn fluent English words: "Buenas noches. ABBA estamos muy contentos de que el apoteosis de esta noche sea a La Escandinava. Y como en cada show importante, tenemos nuestron invitados especiales: Annn-Karine de Noruega, y Manolo Escobar, cuya fama ha llegado hasta el norte" ("Good evening. ABBA is excited that tonight is the apotheosis to Scandinavia. And as with every major show, we have our special guests: Anne-Karine from Norway and Manolo Escobar, whose fame has reached the North.")