Eurovision Song Contest 1970

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Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Dates
Finaldate 21 March 1970
Host
Venue RAI Congrescentrum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s) Willy Dobbe
Conductor Dolf van der Linden
Director Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor Clifford Brown
Hostbroadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Intervalact Don de Lurio Dancers
Participants
Numberofentries 12
Debutingcountries None
Returningcountries None
Withdrawingcountries Finland
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Vote
Votingsystem Each country had 10 jury members who each cast one vote for their favourite song.
Nulpoints Luxembourg
Winningsong Ireland
"All Kinds of Everything"
Eurovision Song Contest
1969 1971
The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI
Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in
Eurovision history for a number of reasons.
Ireland's win was their first. The UK were second, six votes behind Ireland. Luxembourg received zero votes for the
only time.
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Overview
Location
For more details on the host city, see Amsterdam.
RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam - host venue of the 1970
Eurovision Song Contest
Due to there being four winners in the previous contest,
a question was raised as to which nation would host the
1970 Eurovision. With the UK having hosted the 1968
Contest and Spain the 1969 Contest, only France and
Netherlands were in consideration. A toss of a coin
resulted in the host country being decided as the
Netherlands.
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the
Netherlands. The city's status as the capital of the
nation is governed by the constitution. The city is
located in the province of North Holland in the west of
the country.
Amsterdam's name is derived from Amstelredamme,
[1]
indicative of the city's origin: a dam in the river
Amstel. Settled as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important
ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age, a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time,
the city was the leading center for finance and diamonds.
[2]
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and
many new neighborhoods and suburbs were formed.
The Congrescentrum, venue of the 1970 contest, is a semi-permanent exhibit at the Ferdinand Bolstraat to
Amsterdam, and was opened on 31 October 1922. This building was replaced in 1961 by the current RAI building on
Europe's Square. The current congress and event center on Europe Square, was designed by Alexander Bodon and
opened on 2 February 1961.
Format
The Dutch producers were forced to pad out the show as only 12 nations decided to make the trip to Amsterdam. The
result was a format which has endured almost to the present day. An extended opening sequence (filmed in
Amsterdam) set the scene, while every entry was introduced by a short video 'postcard' featuring each of the
participating artists. Interestingly, the long introduction film (over four minutes long) was followed by what probably
is one of the shortest ever introductions by any presenter. Willy Dobbe only welcomed the viewers in English,
French and Dutch, finishing her introduction after only 24 seconds.
The set design was devised by Roland de Groot; a simple design was composed of a number of curved horizontal
bars and silver baubles which could be moved in a variety of different ways.
To avoid an incident like in 1969, a tie rule was created. It stated that, if two or more songs gained the same number
of votes, each song would have to be performed again. After which each national jury (other than the juries of the
countries concerned) would have a show of hands of which they thought was the best. If the countries tied again,
then they would share first place.
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Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Austria (who had not taken part in 1969), Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they were
not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.
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Portugal did however host a National final, being won
by Srgio Borges.
Of the participating singers, a number were already established performers. Notably, the United Kingdom sent
Welsh singer and Apple recording artist Mary Hopkin, while David Alexandre Winter represented Luxembourg. The
contest is also notable for the appearance of the then unknown Julio Iglesias, singing for Spain.
Voting and aftermath
In the run-up to the Contest, the United Kingdom were favourites to win and also the favourite with the 50-piece
orchestra. So sure of victory, the UK delegation had organised a winner's party to be thrown after the contest. In the
end, the only two countries in the running were the UK and Ireland, albeit the latter holding the lead throughout the
voting. Ireland took the victory with 32 points, 6 points ahead of the UK, with Germany a distant third. Luxembourg
failed to score any points at all - their only time ever to do so.
Ireland won the contest with "All Kinds of Everything", penned by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith, and sung by
another unknown, Dana, an 18-year-old schoolgirl from Derry, Northern Ireland. The song became a million-seller
and the singer an international star. As the contest was held in the Netherlands this year, and the country was one of
the four winners in 1969, Dana received her awards from the Dutch winner Lenny Kuhr.
Mary Hopkin scored a few more hits but downscaled her music career in 1971 after getting married. She later
commented on her appearance at the Contest as humiliating and said that she hated the song she had to sing. Spanish
entrant Julio Iglesias went on to achieve worldwide success in the decades that followed, becoming one of the
top-selling singers of all time. Dana meanwhile continued to score hit singles throughout the 1970s with songs such
as "Fairytales" and "It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas" and in the 1990s became a politician, running for the Irish
presidential election, 1997 and becoming an MEP.
Of the other performers, Stella Maessen (of Hearts of Soul), Jean Valle, Guy Bonnet and Katja Ebstein all took part
in the Eurovision Song Contest again, the latter twice more. The following year, Austria, Finland, Norway, Portugal
and Sweden all returned to the contest.
Conductors
Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra.
Netherlands - Dolf van der Linden
Switzerland - Bernard Grard
Italy - Mario Capuano
Yugoslavia - Mojmir Sepe
Belgium - Jack Say
France - Franck Pourcel
United Kingdom - Johnny Arthey
Luxembourg - Raymond Lefvre
Spain - Augusto Alguer
Monaco - Jimmy Walter
Germany - Christian Bruhn
Ireland - Dolf van der Linden
Returning artists
For the first time, no artists from previous contests returned.
Results
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Nr. Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01
Netherlands
Dutch Hearts of Soul "Waterman" Aquarius 7 7
02
Switzerland
French Henri Ds "Retour" Return 4 8
03
Italy
Italian Gianni Morandi "Occhi di ragazza" Eyes of a Girl 8 5
04 Yugoslavia Slovene Eva Sren "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" Come, I'll Give You a Flower 11 4
05
Belgium
French Jean Valle "Viens l'oublier" Come, Forget Him 8 5
06
France
French Guy Bonnet "Marie-Blanche" - 4 8
07 United Kingdom English Mary Hopkin "Knock, Knock Who's There?" - 2 26
08 Luxembourg French David Alexandre Winter "Je suis tomb du ciel" I Fell From Heaven 12 0
09
Spain
Spanish Julio Iglesias "Gwendolyne" - 4 8
10
Monaco
French Dominique Dussault "Marlne" - 8 5
11 Germany German Katja Ebstein "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" Wonders always happen 3 12
12 Ireland English Dana "All Kinds of Everything" - 1 32
Scoreboard
Dana sings the winning song All Kinds of Everything
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Results
Netherlands 7 3 3 1
Switzerland 8 2 2 1 2 1
Italy 5 1 2 2
Yugoslavia 4 4
Belgium 5 3 1 1
France 8 1 2 2 3
United Kingdom 26 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 4 3
Luxembourg 0
Spain 8 3 2 3
Monaco 5 1 1 2 1
Germany 12 1 1 3 4 1 2
Ireland 32 5 6 9 1 4 2 3 2
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1970 contest along with the spokesperson who
was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a
commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the
commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.
Voting order Country Spokespersons Commentator Broadcaster
01
Netherlands
Flip van der Schalie Pim Jacobs Nederland 1
02
Switzerland
Alexandre Burger Theodor Haller TV DRS
Georges Hardy TSR
Giovanni Bertini TSI
03
Italy
Enzo Tortora Renato Tagliani Secondo Programma
04 Yugoslavia Dragana Markovi Milovan Ili Televizija Beograd
Oliver Mlakar Televizija Zagreb
Toma Terek Televizija Ljubljana
05
Belgium
Andr Hagon Claude Delacroix RTB
Herman Verelst BRT
TBC RTB La Premire)
Nand Baert BRT Radio 1
06
France
TBC Pierre Tchernia Deuxime Chane ORTF
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07 United Kingdom Colin-Ward Lewis David Gell BBC1
Tony Brandon BBC Radio 1
John Russel British Forces Radio
08 Luxembourg TBC Jacques Navadic Tl-Luxembourg
Camillo Felgen RTL Radio
09
Spain
Ramn Rivera Jos Luis Uribarri TVE1
Miguel de los Santos Primer Programa RNE
10
Monaco
TBC Pierre Tchernia Tl Monte Carlo
11 Germany Hans-Otto Grnefeldt
Marie-Louise Steinbauer
[3]
ARD Deutsches Fernsehen
Wolf Mittler Deutschlandfunk/Bayern 2
12 Ireland John Skehan Valerie McGovern RT Television
Kevin Roche Radio ireann
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Austria
(Non-participating country) Ernst Grissemann ORF
- Greece (Non-participating country) TBC EIRT
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Norway
(Non-participating country) No commentator
NRK
[4]
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Portugal
(Non-participating country) Henrique Mendes RTP1
References
[1] Encyclopdia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol 1, p896-898.
[2] Cambridge.org (http:/ / www.cambridge.org/ catalogue/ catalogue. asp?isbn=9780521845359& ss=exc), Capitals of Capital -A History of
International Financial Centres 17802005, Youssef Cassis, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9
[3] [3] Rau, Oliver (OGAE Germany)
[4] [4] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
External links
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