Random TV History

On June 2, 2001, The ABBA Tribute Show went to air live on the Nine Network, and was presented by Richard Wilkins. It featured a Red Faces-type segment with judges Getaway’s Ben Dark (as Benny), Fox FM’s Tracy Bartham (as Anni-Frid) and the late celebrity chef Bernard King (as Bjornard), (before the segment, Bartham noticed 658 x 3 = 1,974 the year the Swedish group won the Eurovision Song Contest, and her favourite song was Dancing Queen”. The segment began with Act 1 with belly dancer Kimberly Kavanagh performing “Money Money Money”, Act 2 were two girls Brianna and Sue as AB performing “Mamma Mia” (thought they work for Volvo, but they work for Mitsubishi!) and Act 3 a couple Holly and Mike as SPUNK performing “Does Your Mother Know”, then the good news is that with the most scores, SPUNK won! They have won passes to see the premiere of the Australian Production of “Mamma Mia: The Musical” at Melbourne’s Crown Casino, 2nd and 3rd place acts recieve a collection on ABBA’s albums. It was a big night with the lead up to Nine’s airing of ABBA: The Movie in 1977.

Here was SPUNK’s performance:

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