Système 2

(This entry was previously known as Midi-Première and Samedi est à Vous which have been combined into this one as there's no proof those two actually featured ABBA - now confirmed as Système 2 - apparently Ring Parade was shown every Sunday at 7.30pm and Système 2 the same day at 8.30pm.)

Show background: Every Sunday evening, during the 1970s there was a TV show hosted by Guy Lux and Sophie Darel. The name of the show changed with the years (French Cancan, Domino, Ring Parade/Système 2, Top Club, Cadence 3). Ring Parade was shown every Sunday at 7.30pm and was a competition featuring approximately six songs/artists. This was followed by the news between 8.00pm and 8.30pm followed by Système 2. Système 2 was a 70-80 minute show with several artists. During the show, viewers got the results of the Ring Parade competition.  ABBA appeared in Ring Parade or in Système 2 but it seems that Ring Parade was, sometimes, listed as Système 2 by the French TV archives (INA) in the 70s.

ABBA performed "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" to playback on this show hosted by Guy Lux and Sophie Darel. 

Agnetha, Frida and Benny can be seen at the end of the show in the guest line-up. Agnetha is in the front row, 3rd person on the left and Frida and Benny's faces can be seen in the middle of the back row.

*ABBA were in Paris for only 2-3 days between these dates


The guests on the show were:

1. Guy Beart - La gambille, Tournez rotatives
2. The Compagnons - Welcome
3. Guy Beart - Il y a plus d'un an
4. Carlos and Sophie Darel - Qu'on est bien
5. Guy Beart et Sophie Darel (imitant Marie Laforet) - Frantz
6. Pierre Perret - Chandernagor
7. Nicole Rieu - L'eau vive
8. segment of an animated cartoon + a comedy scetch
9. ABBA - I do, I do, I do, I do (edited version: the middle of the song is edited out)
10. Nino Ferrer chante - Le Sud
11. Sophie Darel with dancers -Il fait trop beau pour travailler
12. Carlos - Senor météo
13. Georges Brassens, Jacques Grello et Guy Beart - Une jolie vache
14. comedy scetch
15. Guy Beart - Allo, tu m'entends
16. end scene