Eurovision Song Contest 1980 (Redirected from 1980 Eurovision Song Contest)
Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 19 April 1980 |
Host | |
Venue | Nederlands Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands |
Presenter(s) |
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Musical director | Rogier van Otterloo |
Directed by | Theo Ordeman |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Executive producer | Fred Oster |
Host broadcaster | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) |
Website | eurovision |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 19 |
Debuting countries | Morocco |
Returning countries | Turkey |
Non-returning countries | |
Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Winning song | Ireland "What's Another Year" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event after Israel, having won in both 1978 and 1979, declined to host it for a second successive year – and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw on 19 April 1980 and was hosted by Dutch actress Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation (in some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary).
Nineteen countries took part this year, with Monaco and the previous year's winner Israel deciding not to participate, and Turkey returning. Morocco, notably, made its only appearance in the contest.
The winner was Ireland with the song "What's Another Year", sung by Johnny Logan and written by Shay Healy.
Location
Israel, the winner of the 1979 contest, declined to host it for the second time in a row, as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) could not fund another international production without extra resources, and the Israeli government turned down a request to extend the IBA budget. The EBU also scheduled the broadcast for the same day as the Yom HaZikaron holiday, which meant that Israel could not even participate at all, marking the first time that the previous year's winning country did not compete the following year. After Spain – the second-placed country of 1979 – and (reportedly) the United Kingdom both declined to host, the Netherlands ultimately agreed to host the show in a small-scale production. According to the first minister Yair Lapid, son of Tommy Lapid who was then the IBA director general, his father called his then counterpart at NOS and convinced him to take the "undesired honour", when he realised that the extra cost could paralyse the regular work of the IBA.
The contest took place in The Hague at the Congresgebouw (presently known as the World Forum). The venue was constructed in 1969 and had previously hosted the contest in 1976.
Participating countries
After Israel announced its non-participation, Morocco entered into the contest instead. Monaco also withdrew from the contest, and would not return until 2004.
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Paola del Medico | Switzerland | 1969 |
Katja Ebstein | Germany | 1970, 1971 |
Maggie MacNeal | Netherlands | 1974 (part of Mouth and MacNeal) |
Format
For security reasons, NOS decided that the same scheme applied during the 1976 contest, the Congresgebouw, was again chosen to stage the contest.But this time with a smaller scale.As they had a little time available and a lower budget.This led the production to recycle several elements of the that contest such as opening video sequence and various scenic elements that comes from another NOS departments productions. Again, Roland de Groot took charge of the design. As with the 1977 and 1978 contests, there were no pre-filmed postcards between the songs, with a guest presenter from each nation introducing the entries. Apart from this, the presenter, Marlous Fluitsma practically presented the contest almost entirely in Dutch, with exceptions in the protocol parts and in the voting where she used French and English according to tradition.Thus, the broadcaster host spent only US$725,000 on production.
Song presenters
Each of the 19 contestants was presented by a persons who come from that respective country.In some cases,the respective broadcaster used theircommentator who was in The Hague for the contest,as the Netherlands were presented by the own Marlous. Each of the songs was introduced in one of the official languages of the competing country. The UK presenter was incorrectly identified in the onscreen caption as 'Noel Edmunds' and the Finnish presenter as 'Heikki Haarma'.
- Austria – Chris Lohner
- Turkey – Şebnem Savaşçı
- Greece – Kelly Sakakou
- Luxembourg – Michèle Etzel
- Morocco – Mohammed Bouzidi
- Italy – Beatrice Cori
- Denmark – Jørgen de Mylius
- Sweden – Ulf Elfving
- Switzerland – Lyliam Stambac
- Finland – Heikki Harma
- Norway – Åse Kleveland
- Germany – Carolin Reiber
- United Kingdom – Noel Edmonds
- Portugal – Eládio Clímaco
- Netherlands – Marlous Fluitsma
- France – Évelyne Dhéliat
- Ireland – Thelma Mansfield
- Spain – Mari Cruz Soriano
- Belgium – Arlette Vincent
Contest overview
During the live interval act performance of San Fernando by The Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band with the Lee Jackson dancers, Hans van Willigenburg intercut brief interviews with some of the participants backstage in the green room, speaking to the singers from Germany, Luxembourg, the UK, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands, each in their own language.
Australian-born Johnny Logan, representing his parents' country Ireland, was ultimately crowned the winner with the song "What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second victory in the competition, having previously won in 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything", coincidentally also held on Dutch soil. It was also the first time that a male solo artist (albeit with backing vocals) had won the contest since Udo Jürgens won for Austria in 1966.
R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Austria | Blue Danube | "Du bist Musik" | 64 | 8 |
2 | Turkey | Ajda Pekkan | "Pet'r Oil" | 23 | 15 |
3 | Greece | Anna Vissi and the Epikouri | "Autostop" | 30 | 13 |
4 | Luxembourg | Sophie and Magaly | "Papa Pingouin" | 56 | 9 |
5 | Morocco | Samira Bensaïd | "Bitakat Hob" | 7 | 18 |
6 | Italy | Alan Sorrenti | "Non so che darei" | 87 | 6 |
7 | Denmark | Bamses Venner | "Tænker altid på dig" | 25 | 14 |
8 | Sweden | Tomas Ledin | "Just nu" | 47 | 10 |
9 | Switzerland | Paola | "Cinéma" | 104 | 4 |
10 | Finland | Vesa-Matti Loiri | "Huilumies" | 6 | 19 |
11 | Norway | Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta | "Sámiid ædnan" | 15 | 16 |
12 | Germany | Katja Ebstein | "Theater" | 128 | 2 |
13 | United Kingdom | Prima Donna | "Love Enough for Two" | 106 | 3 |
14 | Portugal | José Cid | "Um grande, grande amor" | 71 | 7 |
15 | Netherlands | Maggie MacNeal | "Amsterdam" | 93 | 5 |
16 | France | Profil | "Hé, hé m'sieurs dames" | 45 | 11 |
17 | Ireland | Johnny Logan | "What's Another Year" | 143 | 1 |
18 | Spain | Trigo Limpio | "Quédate esta noche" | 38 | 12 |
19 | Belgium | Telex | "Euro-Vision" | 14 | 17 |
Spokespersons
Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1980 contest are listed below.
- Denmark – Bent Evold
- Italy – Mariolina Cannuli
- Sweden – Arne Weise
- Turkey – Başak Doğru
- United Kingdom – Ray Moore
Detailed voting results
The scoring system implemented in 1975 remained the same; each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top ten songs. However this year for the first time, countries were required to declare their scores in ascending order, 1,2,3 etc. This change made for the added excitement of waiting for each country to award their highest 12 points at the end of each voting round.
For the voting sequence, Marlous Fluitsma used a unique telephone to speak to the nineteen jury spokespersons, although the phones were simply props and were not connected.
Austria | 64 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||
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Turkey | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
Luxembourg | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
Morocco | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 87 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
Denmark | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 47 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | 104 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||
Finland | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Norway | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Germany | 128 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | |||
United Kingdom | 106 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||
Portugal | 71 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||
Netherlands | 93 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
France | 45 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
Ireland | 143 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | |||
Spain | 38 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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7 | Ireland | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
4 | Netherlands | Austria, France, Luxembourg, Turkey |
3 | Germany | Italy, Netherlands, Spain |
2 | Switzerland | Finland, Ireland |
1 | Italy | Portugal |
Turkey | Morocco | |
United Kingdom | Sweden |
Broadcasts
Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Austria | ORF | FS2 | Ernst Grissemann | |
Belgium | RTBF | RTBF1 | Unknown | |
BRT | TV1 | Unknown | ||
Denmark | DR | DR TV | Jørgen de Mylius | |
Finland | YLE | TV1, Rinnakkaisohjelma | Heikki Harma | |
France | TF1 | Patrick Sabatier | ||
Germany | ARD | Deutsches Fernsehen | Ado Schlier | |
Greece | ERT | ERT | Mako Georgiadou | |
Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ 1 | Larry Gogan | |
RTÉ Radio 1 | Unknown | |||
Italy | RAI | Rete Due | Michele Gammino | |
Luxembourg | CLT | RTL Télé-Luxembourg | Jacques Navadic | |
Morocco | RTM | RTM | Unknown | |
Netherlands | NOS | Nederland 2 | Pim Jacobs | |
Hilversum 1 | Willem van Beusekom | |||
Norway | NRK | NRK Fjernsynet | Knut Aunbu | |
NRK | Erik Heyerdahl | |||
Portugal | RTP | RTP1 | Unknown | |
RDP Programa 1 | Unknown | |||
Spain | TVE | TVE 1 | Miguel de los Santos | |
Sweden | SVT | TV1 | Ulf Elfving | |
RR | SR P3 | Kent Finell | ||
Switzerland | SRG SSR | TV DRS | Theodor Haller | |
TSR | Georges Hardy | |||
TSI | Unknown | |||
Turkey | TRT | TRT Televizyon | Unknown | |
United Kingdom | BBC | BBC1 | Terry Wogan | |
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 | Steve Jones | |||
BFBS | BFBS Radio | Andrew Pastouna |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Iceland | RÚV | Sjónvarpið | Björn Baldursson | |
Israel | IBA | Israeli Television | Unknown | |
Reshet Bet, Reshet Gimel | Unknown |