Eurovision Song Contest 1980

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Eurovision Song Contest 1980

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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
was forced to withdraw. After Spain, the 2nd place
winner 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. Rumour had it that they
were only brought in to replace Israel.
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Dates
Final date
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
Host broadcaster
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

(NOS)
Interval act
The Dutch Rhythm Steel and

Show Band
Participants
Number of entries
19
Debuting countries
Morocco
Returning countries
Turkey
Withdrawing countries
Israel
Monaco
Participation map
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,
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"What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second

time winning the competition, having won in 1970
with "All Kinds of Everything", which was also
held on Dutch soil.
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.
Contents
Participating countries
Countries that participated in the past but not in
1980
1 Conductors
2 Results
3 Score sheet
Vote
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1

points to their 10 favourite songs
4 Returning artists
Nul points
None
5 Song Presenters
Winning song
Ireland
"What's Another Year"
3.1 12 points
6 Commentators
6.1 Television
6.2 Radio
Eurovision Song Contest

! 1979 1980 1981
7 Spokespersons
8 References
Conductors
For each nation's performance, the orchestra was conducted by the following:
Austria - Richard sterreicher
Turkey - Atilla zdemiro!lu
Greece - Jick Nacassian
Luxembourg - Norbert Daum
Morocco - Jean Claudric
Italy - Del Newman
Denmark - Allan Botschinsky
Sweden - Anders Berglund
Switzerland - Peter Reber
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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
Results
Draw
Country
Language[2]
Artist
Song
"Du bist
Musik"
English
translation
Place
Points
You are music
64
01
Austria
German
Blue Danube
02
Turkey
Turkish
Ajda Pekkan "Petr'Oil"
15
23
03
Greece
Greek
Anna Vissi
and the
Epikouri
"Autostop"
("#$%#&')
Hitch-hiking
13
30
French
Sophie &
Magaly
"Papa
pingouin"
Papa penguin
56
"Bitaqat
Khub" (!"#$%
&')
Love message
18
I don't know
what I would
give
87
14
25
04
Luxembourg
05
Morocco Arabic
Samira
Bensad
06
Italy
Italian
Alan
Sorrenti
"Non so che
darei"
07
Denmark Danish
Bamses
Venner
"Tnker altid Thinking

p dig"
always on you
08
Sweden Swedish
Tomas Ledin "Just nu!"
Right now!
10
47
French
Paola
"Cinma"
Cinema
104
Finnish
Vesa-Matti
Loiri
"Huilumies"
Flute man
19
Lapland
16
15
09
Switzerland
10
Finland
11
Norway Norwegian
Sverre
"Smiid
Kjelsberg &
dnan"
Mattis Htta
Katja
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12
Germany
13
United
Kingdom
14
15
16
German
Ebstein
English
"Love
Prima Donna Enough for
Two"
France
"Theater"
Theatre
128
106
Jos Cid
"Um grande, A great, great

grande amor" love
71
Dutch
Maggie
MacNeal
"Amsterdam"
93
French
Profil
"H, h,
m'sieurs
dames"
Hey, hey,
ladies and
gentlemen
11
45
"What's
Another
Year"
143
Portugal Portuguese
Netherlands
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17
Ireland English
Johnny
Logan
18
Spain
Trigo
Limpio
"Qudate esta
Stay tonight
noche"
12
38
19
Belgium French
Telex
"EuroVision"
17
14
Spanish
Score sheet
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.
Johnny Logan performing his winning

song "What's Another Year"
Results
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Austria
64
Turkey
23 3
Greece
30 5
Luxembourg
56 1
Morocco
87 2
Denmark
25
Sweden
47
104 6
Finland
Norway
15
Germany
3
1
1
6
2
4
8 10 10 6
4 10 4
4 12 1
2 10 10
3 10 8
5
8
12 10 10 7
6 10
Netherlands
93 12 12 6 12
France
45
143 10
8
5
3 10
3
8
1
8
6
4
12 1
1 12 7 12 8 12 12 12 5
5
10 8 12 10 5 12 7
10 12 10 4
10 6
12 7
12 2
1
3 10 12 7
71
14
Portugal
Belgium
38 4
128 8 10
Spain
United Kingdom 106 7
Ireland
12 8
Italy
Switzerland
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7 12
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
Ireland
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Netherlands
Austria, France, Luxembourg, Turkey
Germany
Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Switzerland
Finland, Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Turkey
Morocco
United Kingdom Sweden

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Returning artists
Artist
Country
Previous year(s)
Katja
Ebstein
Germany
Maggie
MacNeal
1974 (part of Mouth

Netherlands & MacNeal)
Paola Del
Medico
Switzerland
1970, 1971
1969
Song Presenters
Each song was introduced by a presenter from
the national country.
Katja Ebstein during rehearsals
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
Maggie MacNeal during rehearsals
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
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Television
Radio
Austria - Ernst Grissemann (FS2)[3]

Turkey - Blend zveren (TRT)[3]
Greece - Mako Georgiadou (ERT)[3]
Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic (RTL Tl
Luxembourg)[3]
Austria - Walter Richard Langer (Hitradio

3)
Turkey - (ebnem Sava) (TRT Radyo 3)
Greece - Dimitris Konstantaras (Proto
Programma)
Luxembourg - Andr Torrent (RTL Radio)
Morocco - TBC
Italy - Michele Gammino (Rete 2)[3]
Denmark - Jrgen de Mylius (DR
Sweden Ulf Elfving (SVT,
TV)[3]
TV1)[3]
Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS),
Morocco - N/A
Italy - N/A
Denmark - Erik Wiedemann (DR P3)
Sweden - Kent Finell (SR P3)
Switzerland - N/A
Georges Hardy (TSR), Giovanni Bertini
Finland - N/A
(TSI)[3]
Norway - Erik Heyerdahl (NRK P1)
Finland - Heikki Harma & Aarre Elo (YLE

TV1)[3]
Germany - Roger Horn

(Deutschlandfunk/hr3)
Norway - Knut Aunbu (NRK)[3]

Germany - Ado Schlier (ARD Deutsches
United Kingdom - Steve Jones (BBC

Radio 2)
Portugal - N/A
Fernsehen)
United Kingdom - Terry Wogan (BBC
Netherlands - Willem van Beusekom

(Hilversum 3)
1)[3]
Portugal - Eldio Clmaco (RTP1)[3]
Netherlands - Pim Jacobs (Nederland 2)[3]
France - Patrick Sabatier
(TF1)[3]
Ireland - Larry Gogan (RT
1)[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)
Spain - Miguel de los Santos (TVE1)[3]

Belgium - Jacques Mercier (RTBF1), Luc
Appermont (BRT TV1)[3]
Spokespersons
Austria - Jenny Pippal
Turkey - Ba)ak Do!ru
Greece - TBC
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Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey

Morocco - Kamal Irassi
Italy - Mariolina Cannuli
Denmark - Bent Henius
Sweden Arne Weise
Switzerland - Michel Stocker[4]
Finland - Kaarina Pnni[5]
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
References
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" (http://www.diggiloo.net/?1980). The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Eurovision Song Contest 1980" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313367/) at the Internet
Movie Database
4. ^ Baumann, Peter Ramn (OGAE Switzerland)
5. ^ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat l*pi vuosien? Viisukuppila" (http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/yleista/topic157830.html). Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
6. ^ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
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