Abba australian bandstand best of abba was the highest rating show ever on australian television to date. Newspapers reporting that it had out-rated the moon landing of july 1969! It went on to be repeated many times, also to high ratings, and was followed by an edited half hour format.in the special abba perform eight songs from the best of abba lp, which included all of their hits to date, plus both sides of the newest single, 'fernando'/'tropical loveland', which was released the first week that abba were in australia.due to australian content requirements, abba are seen with three australian backing musicians. Also country singer lucky starr appeared as special guest star and had two songs in the middle of the special, plus a short chat with björn and benny.in the overseas version of the special they are also seen having a barbecue and cruise on the hawkesbury river, and all the introductions betwee n songs were filmed then or at tarong a zoo.the special performance of 'dancing queen' was first sho wn on bandstand in august 1976, after the single had stations.been released. It was shown several times while the single was in the top 40, and was also included in the version of the special (retitled abba in australia) sold to overseas television