Eurovision Song Contest 1980

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Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Dates
Finaldate 19 April 1980
Host
Venue Congresgebouw
The Hague, Netherlands
Presenter(s) Marlous Fluitsma
Hans van Willigenburg (Green Room)
Conductor Rogier van Otterloo
Director Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor Frank Naef
Hostbroadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Intervalact The Dutch Rhythm Steel and Show Band
Participants
Numberofentries 19
Debutingcountries
Morocco
Returningcountries
Turkey
Withdrawingcountries
Israel
Monaco
Vote
Votingsystem Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Nulpoints None
Winningsong Ireland
"What's Another Year"
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The
Hague. The presenter was 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.
Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund another
international production, and the Israeli government turned down a request to extend the IBA budget. Moreover, the
date that was eventually set for the 1980 contest by the European Broadcasting Union coincided with Israel's Day of
Remembrance for their casualties of war, so Israel decided not to participate at all. After Spain, the 2nd place winner
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of 1979, and reportedly the UK, refused to host, the Netherlands finally agreed to host the show in a small-scale
production. According to Yair Lapid, son of Tommy Lapid who was then the IBA director general, Lapid called his
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.
[1]
The same arena in The Hague used for 1976 - the Congresgebouw - was
chosen, with parts of the opening film from 1976 being reused in the introduction and the same set designer (Roland
de Groot) taking charge of the design. For the first time since 1977 and 1978, there were no filmed postcards
between the songs, with a guest presenter from each nation introducing the entries. NOS spent just US$725,000 on
the project.
Morocco joined the Eurovision family for the first (and so far only) time. It is rumoured that they were only brought
in to replace Israel.
Monaco withdrew, and would not return until the 2004 semi final.
Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "What's
Another Year". This was Ireland's second time winning the competition, having won in 1970 with "All Kinds of
Everything".
Germany were runners-up this year. They would finish in second place again the following year, finally winning it in
1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful
decade. United Kingdom returned to form by coming third.
Conductors
For each nation's performance, the orchestra was conducted by the following:
Austria - Richard sterreicher
Turkey - Atilla zdemirolu
Greece - Jick Nacassian
Luxembourg - Norbert Daum
Morocco - Jean Claudric
Italy - Del Newman
Denmark - Allan Botschinsky
Sweden - Anders Berglund
Switzerland - Peter Reber
Finland - Ossi Runne
Norway - Sigurd Jansen
Germany - Wolfgang Rdelberger
United Kingdom - John Coleman
Portugal - Jorge Machado
Netherlands - Rogier van Otterloo
France - Sylvano Santorio
Ireland - Noel Kelehan
Spain - Javier Iturralde
Belgium - no national representative
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Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01
Austria
German Blue Danube "Du bist Musik" You are music 8 64
02
Turkey
Turkish Ajda Pekkan "Petr'Oil" - 15 23
03
Greece
Greek Anna Vissi and the Epikouri "Autostop" () Hitch-hiking 13 30
04 Luxembourg French Sophie & Magaly "Papa pingouin" Papa penguin 9 56
05
Morocco
Arabic Samira Bensad "Bitaqat Khub" (
)
Love message 18 7
06
Italy
Italian Alan Sorrenti "Non so che darei" I don't know what I would
give
6 87
07
Denmark
Danish Bamses Venner "Tnker altid p dig" Always thinking of you 14 25
08
Sweden
Swedish Tomas Ledin "Just nu!" Right now! 10 47
09
Switzerland
French Paola "Cinma" Cinema 4 104
10 Finland Finnish Vesa-Matti Loiri "Huilumies" Flute man 19 6
11
Norway
Norwegian Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis
Htta
"Smiid dnan" Lapland 16 15
12 Germany German Katja Ebstein "Theater" Theatre 2 128
13 United
Kingdom
English Prima Donna "Love Enough for Two" 3 106
14
Portugal
Portuguese Jos Cid "Um grande, grande
amor"
A great, great love 7 71
15
Netherlands
Dutch Maggie MacNeal "Amsterdam" 5 93
16
France
French Profil "H, h, m'sieurs dames" Hey, hey, ladies and
gentlemen
11 45
17 Ireland English Johnny Logan "What's Another
Year"
1 143
18
Spain
Spanish Trigo Limpio "Qudate esta noche" Stay tonight 12 38
19
Belgium
French Telex "Euro-Vision" 17 14
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Score sheet
Johnny Logan performing his winning song
"What's Another Year"
Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points
for their top ten songs. However this year for the first time, countries
were required to cast their votes 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.
The Netherlands gained a strong lead early on, getting the maximum
'douze points' from three of the first four voting countries. This was not
to last, however, as Germany and eventually Ireland overtook them.
Results
Austria 64 1 3 4 5 1 4 5 6 4 6 3 3 4 10 4 1
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
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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
The table is ordered by appearance
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:
N. Contestant Voting nation
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
Returning artists
Katja Ebstein during rehearsals Maggie MacNeal during rehearsals
Artist Country Previous year(s)
Katja Ebstein Germany 1970, 1971
Maggie MacNeal
Netherlands
1974 (part of Mouth & MacNeal)
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Paola del Medico
Switzerland
1969
Song Presenters
Each song was introduced by a presenter from the national country.
Austria - Chris Lohner
Turkey - ebnem Sava
Greece - Kelly Sakakou
Luxembourg - Michle Etzel
Morocco - Bouzidi Mohamed
Italy - Beatrice Cori
Denmark - Jrgen de Mylius
Sweden Ulf Elfving
Switzerland - Lyliam Stambac
Finland - Heikki Harma
Norway - se Kleveland
Germany - Carolin Reiber
United Kingdom - Noel Edmonds
Portugal - Eldio Clmaco
Netherlands - Marlous Fluitsma
France - velyne Dhliat
Ireland^ - Thelma Mansfield
Spain - Mari Cruz Soriano
Belgium - Arlette Vincent
^All the introductions were made in the language in which the song was performed, with the exception of Ireland.
Thelma Mansfield introduced the song in Irish, whereas the song was performed in English.
Commentators
Television
Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS2)
Turkey - Blend zveren (TRT)
Greece - Mako Georgiadou (ERT)
Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic (RTL Tl Luxembourg)
Morocco - TBC
Italy - Michele Gammino (Rete 2)
Denmark - Jrgen de Mylius (DR TV)
Sweden Ulf Elfving (SVT, TV1)
Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS), Georges Hardy (TSR), Giovanni Bertini (TSI)
Finland - Heikki Harma & Aarre Elo (YLE TV1)
Norway - Knut Aunbu (NRK)
Germany - Ado Schlier (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen)
United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC 1)
[2]
Portugal - Isabel Wolmar (RTP1)
Netherlands - Pim Jacobs (Nederland 2)
France - Patrick Sabatier (TF1)
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Ireland - Larry Gogan (RT 1)
[3]
Spain - Miguel de los Santos (TVE1)
Belgium - Jacques Mercier (RTBF1), Luc Appermont (BRT TV1)
[4]
Radio
Austria - Walter Richard Langer (Hitradio 3)
Turkey - ebnem Sava (TRT Radyo 3)
Greece - Dimitris Konstantaras (Proto Programma)
Luxembourg - Andr Torrent (RTL Radio)
Morocco - N/A
Italy - N/A
Denmark - Erik Wiedemann (DR P3)
Sweden - Kent Finell (SR P3)
Switzerland - N/A
Finland - N/A
Norway - Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1)
Germany - Roger Horn (Deutschlandfunk/hr3)
United Kingdom - Steve Jones (BBC Radio 2)
Portugal - N/A
Netherlands - Willem van Beusekom (Hilversum 3)
France - Julien Lepers (France Inter)
Ireland - Mike Murphy (RT Radio 1)
Spain - N/A
Belgium - Marc Danval (RTBF La Premire), Herwig Haes (BRT Radio 1)
Spokespersons
Austria - Jenny Pippal
Turkey - Baak Doru
Greece - TBC
Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey
Morocco - Kamal Irassi
Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
Denmark - Bent Henius
Sweden Arne Weise
Switzerland - Michel Stocker
[5]
Finland - Kaarina Pnni
Norway - Roald yen
[6]
Germany - Gabi Schnelle
United Kingdom - Ray Moore
Portugal - Teresa Cruz
Netherlands - Flip van der Schalie
France - Fabienne gal
Ireland - David Heffernan
Spain - Alfonso Lapea
Belgium - Jacques Olivier
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References
[1] [1] Yair Lapid, "Memoires After my Death", Keter Books, Jerusalem 2010 (ISBN 978-965-07-1792-6), p. 239 (in Hebrew)
[2] Eurovision Song Contest 1980 BBC Archives (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ programmes/ p007xbg6)
[3] http:/ / www. imdb.com/ title/ tt0313367/ fullcredits#cast
[4] Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ISBN 90-209-5274-9
[5] [5] Baumann, Peter Ramn (OGAE Switzerland)
[6] [6] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
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