Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 19 April 1980 |
Host | |
Venue |
Nederlands Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands |
Presenter(s) |
Marlous Fluitsma Hans van Willigenburg (Green Room) |
Conductor | Rogier van Otterloo |
Directed by | 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 |
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Returning countries |
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Withdrawing countries |
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Participation map
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their 10 favourite songs |
Nul points | None |
Winning song |
"What's Another Year" |
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. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called "What's Another Year".[1][2]
Location
Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 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. The European Broadcasting Union then set the broadcast on Israel's Day of Remembrance for its 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.[3]
The Hague is the seat of government of the Netherlands and the capital of South Holland. It is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Located in the west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation.
The contest took place at the Congresgebouw (presently known as the World Forum). The venue was constructed in 1969 and previously hosted the contest in 1976.
Contest overview
The venue that has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, Congresgebouw, was chosen. Parts of the opening film from 1976 were reused in the introduction and the same set designer (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, except for the voting, did not make the presentation in English or French, which means that the presentation was made almost entirely in Dutch. NOS spent just US$725,000 on the project.
Morocco joined the Eurovision family for the first (and so far only) time. Morocco only confirmed their participation after Israel withdrew. Monaco withdrew, and would not return until 2004.
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", 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 in 1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful Eurovision Song Contest decade. United Kingdom returned to form by coming third.
Format
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 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.
Conductors
For each nation's performance, the orchestra was conducted by the following:
Austria - Richard Österreicher Turkey - Atilla Özdemiroğlu 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 Rödelberger 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
Notes
- 1.^ Although the song was performed in Norwegian, the title and sentence in the lyrics "Sámiid ædnan" is in Northern Sami.
Score sheet
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||
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 |
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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 |
Returning artists
Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
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Katja Ebstein | 1970, 1971 | |
Maggie MacNeal | 1974 (part of Mouth & MacNeal) | |
Paola del Medico | 1969 |
Song presenters
Each song was introduced by a presenter from the national country. Four countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Portugal) used their commentators as presenters. The Danish, Norwegian, German, Portuguese and French presenters hosted their countries' respective national finals.
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 (Norwegian representative in the 1966 Contest and the host of the 1986 Contest) 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
^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
Spokespersons
Austria - Jenny Pippal Turkey - Başak Doğru Greece - TBC Luxembourg - Jacques Harvey Morocco - Kamal Irassi Italy - Mariolina Cannuli Denmark - Bent Henius Sweden – Arne Weise Switzerland - Michel Stocker[8] Finland - Kaarina Pönniö[9] Norway - Roald Øyen[10] Germany - TBC United Kingdom - Ray Moore Portugal - Teresa Cruz Netherlands - Flip van der Schalie France - Fabienne Égal Ireland - David Heffernan Spain - Alfonso Lapeña Belgium - Jacques Olivier
National jury members
Finland – Toivo Kärki[11] Ireland – Mary Hannon Spain – José María Reíllo (tailor), Carmen Miranda (student), Emilio Machado (painter), María José Nieto (actress), Rafael Lozano (discothèque chain director), Nieves Aguado (student), Ana Menéndez (secretary), Rafael Gómez (businessman), Isabel Ortiz (figure skater), Pedro Olivares (engineer), Mari Luz Blanco (housewife)
References
- ↑ "Eurovision 1980 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ↑ The Eurovision Song Contest, retrieved 2018-09-27
- ↑ Yair Lapid, "Memoires After my Death", Keter Books, Jerusalem 2010 ( ISBN 978-965-07-1792-6), p. 239 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1980". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ Dellanoi, Dietmar (OGAE Austria)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Eurovision Song Contest 1980" on IMDb
- ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (2017). Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest Volume Three: The 1980's. UK: Telos Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
- ↑ Baumann, Peter Ramón (OGAE Switzerland)
- ↑ "Selostajat ja taustalaulajat läpi vuosien? • Viisukuppila". Viisukuppila.fi. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
- ↑ http://www.viisukuppila.fi/phpBB3/viisula/topic8529.html#p1018060
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